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October 1, 2006
| Student Affairs Leader - October 1, 2006 - Full Issue PDF … |
| Six Steps to Starting Fund Development in Student Affairs Student personnel administrators are increasingly being asked to become fund-raisers, developing financial support for student-life-related initiatives and programs. Faculty and academic staff are old hands at raising money for their work. However, many student affairs staff are understandably frightened by the prospect. |
| On-Campus Reports Underinsured students; Complying with drug-free campus regulations; Updates in student suicide litigation; more |
| Problem Gambling among College Students Even though problem gambling affects about 5 percent of students, most campuses don’t offer any programming addressing the problem. |
| Student Incivility: Not a Crisis, but a Concern Saying there’s a civility “crisis” in higher education might be too strong and simple a statement. But disengaged classroom climates can indeed hinder teaching and learning. |
| Spoken Word Learning Community to Help Recruit Urban Students The University of Wisconsin–Madison has recently announced the formation of a learning community to foster the growth of an urban art form. The learning community will focus on spoken word, most readily identifiable as part of the hip-hop culture but actually a mix of multiple art forms including poetry and storytelling traditions from West Africa. |
