FEATURES
8 Growing Expectations, Dwindling Resources
SSAOs Share Strategies for Managing in the New Normal
By Nancy Grund
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14 Increasing Degree Attainment
Two Goals and Major Roles for SSAOs
By John H. Schuh and Jamie P. Merisotis
22 Working with a New President
By Patricia A. Whitely and Thomas Hill
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26 Promoting Partnerships
An Effective Tool to Maximize Resources, Build Community
By Melissa Vito
COLUMNS
4 From the President
6 Smart Thinking
36 Tools of the Trade
Self-esteem Trumps Other
Favorite Experiences
30 Liabilities
Addressing Challenges
of Student Organizations
38 Who’s Reading What
39 Websites to Watch
32 Public Policy
Veterans’ Benefits Emerge as
Student Affairs Priority
40 Capstone
Change is the Only Constant
34 Technology Center
To Twitter or Not to Twitter
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upcoming events
The James E. Scott Academy is pleased
to highlight a sampling of programmatic
offerings. Sessions described are only for
the most senior student affairs officers
(SSAOs) on campus.
Institute for New SSAOs
October 9 – 12, 2011
Washington, D.C.
NASPA Student
Affairs Law & Policy
Conference
December 8 – 10, 2011
Arlington, Virginia
2012 Think Tank
Application Deadline
January 13, 2012
The Institute for New Senior Student Affairs Officers is an intensive three-day academy for the student affairs administrative leaders in their first
two years in the position. Designed by some of the nation’s most effective
SSAOs, this transformative professional development experience focuses
on three areas of achievement necessary for senior-level leadership in
higher education today and in the future: managing for heightened organizational performance, entrepreneurial leadership, and achieving systemic,
transformational change.
Senior Reflection Sessions
The James E. Scott Academy
will sponsor Senior Reflection
Sessions where vice presidents
can elevate legal issues conversations to the most senior level.
During the 2012 NASPA Annual
Conference in Phoenix, Arizona,
the James E. Scott Academy
will host the fourth annual
SSAO Think Tank. Participation
is limited to 25 senior student
affairs officers. Please visit
www.naspa.org/divctr/
academy/ thinktank.cfm for
more information.
