April 1, 2009

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Q&A: Emergency Management in Higher Education
Crisis intervention and emergency management are not the same thing. The former involves response, and the latter involves preparation and prevention, according to Maureen Connolly, a researcher who focuses on emergency and crisis management in educational settings, and Dr. William Kibler, Mississippi State University’s vice president for student affairs.

Tips for Creating or Improving an Academic Honor Code
If you want to know how often academic dishonesty occurs on your campus, a good place to start is to ask the students.

News Capsules
Students turn to peer lending websites; A brief guide to medical amnesty policies; Successful practices for aiding Latino students; Orangeburg Massacre film debuts; Student workouts generate power; Student vs. nonstudent mental health; LGBTQ outreach at historically black institutions

Making the Best Use of Legal Counsel
By Dennis Black
Legal problems require legal counsel. But how can colleges and universities develop a legal services program that is effective and efficient? How can costs be controlled? How can they support prevention efforts? How can the campus best work with counsel? What should their goals be?

Placemaking in Student Affairs
By Kathleen Manning
Placemaking is, by its very nature, local. It’s a process of creating a sense of place within public spaces. The end result of such effort is that people take ownership of their environment; they interact more, safety increases, and caring for one another follows. These are all goals that student affairs educators seek in their campus environments. Student affairs could certainly gain from an examination of place and how it impacts our work.