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February 15, 2006
| Student Affairs Leader - February 15, 2006 - Full Issue PDF … |
| How to Make Facebook Your New Best Friend Most student affairs administrators are now aware of the trouble Facebook can cause. What they might not know is that it is emerging as the newest and perhaps most efficient way to stay in touch with their students and what they are thinking. |
| Don't Count on Facebook Fading Away: Educate Students about Privacy Issues Now Facebook is by some accounts the ninth-most-visited website today. And it looks like the site—or at least the concept of networking online—will be around for some time. That doesn’t mean, however, that students, who were quick to adopt Facebook, have a good understanding of its implications. |
| On-Campus Capsules Administrator halts event in campus free-speech zone; Teaching assistant charges admission to exam review session; Students access course material through iTunesU; Slavery reparations group asks students to boycott loans from certain banks; Judge dismisses fraternity's lawsuit against university; New student website aims to become 'eBay for college'; more |
| Website Channels Parental Involvement Taking a cue from Facebook, MySpace, and other online networking communities, the University of Alabama has created a networking website for parents of first-year students. |
| College-Bound Seniors Drink Less, Demonstrate More This year’s freshman class contains fewer experienced beer drinkers than any cohort in nearly 40 years. |
| Resources Symposium on recruiting and retaining students of color; Report on campus sexual assault; Alcohol and other drug abuse prevention grant websites; National career conference; more |
