July 1, 2007

Student Affairs Leader - July 1, 2007 - Full Issue PDF
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Preventing Substance Abuse as a Retention Strategy at Lynn University
By Jim Hundrieser
Our mission as educators is to facilitate learning and allow students to define, discover, and prepare themselves to successfully achieve their personal and professional goals. One application of this mission that is particularly challenging is helping students learn how to examine their use, abuse, and potential addiction to alcohol and other drugs.

On-Campus Report Capsules
Communication 101: The lead story for the last issue of the year of the Daily Northwestern (www.dailynorthwestern.com) was titled “Females struggle for tenure: Gender bias issues resurface after announcement,” but the heading could have been “Is this the best tone for administrators to take when communicating with students?” The story includes this quote from Northwestern University President Henry Bienen: “Of course Northwestern does not discriminate against females or anyone else.” The reporter attributed this remark to an email sent from Croatia.

Trouble for Student Government Leaders
By Dennis R. Black
Here is a look at some of the troubles student government leaders faced recently, on and off campus. The issues: alcohol, weapons, and theft.

Equal Pay for Equal Work?
By Catherine Hill
New research released in April by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation shows that just one year out of college, women working full-time already earn less than their male colleagues, even when they work in the same field. Ten years after graduation, the pay gap widens.

Pop Culture, Hip-Hop Administrators, and Being Receptive
Over the last two years, I have had a running conversation—an education, actually—with a student in our Higher Education and Student Affairs master’s program. Garrett is not your typical student: he is older than most by five or six years, has an intense commitment to social justice, and loves hip-hop. Until meeting Garrett, I had an outsider’s negative view of hip-hop. I incorrectly thought it was the same genre as rap, with predominantly misogynistic and racist lyrics.