December 1, 2008

Student Affairs Leader - December 1, 2008 - Full Issue PDF
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Beyond Yellow Ribbons: Higher Education Comes to the Aid of Veterans
By David Allen & Janice Haynie
Student affairs leaders are in a unique position to help service members achieve their academic goals. We recommend that your campus conduct an inventory of your resources and current capabilities across certain key categories to include people, programs and services, equipment, and strategic budgeting and planning.

ACE Launches 'Serving Those Who Serve'
The American Council on Education has launched the initiative “Serving Those Who Serve: Higher Education and America’s Veterans.” The goals of the multipronged initiative are to inform military veterans of their educational benefits and help them plan for college, and to support colleges and universities in developing programs to increase military veterans’ college success.

Lessons Learned from a Suicide Prevention Pilot Program
By Therese Kattner
In 2001, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention began developing a Web-based way to identify college students at risk for suicide and encourage them to seek in-person treatment. Student Affairs Leader spoke recently with Ann Haas, the foundation's research director, about the major lessons learned since the pilots began.

Suicide Prevention Project Expands to New Populations
New developments in AFSP’s College and University Screening Project include examining how the screening works for graduate and professional students as well as for faculty and staff.

Faculty and Student Affairs Relations
How will changing faculty hiring practices affect student affairs?