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April 15, 2006
| Student Affairs Leader - April 15, 2006 - Full Issue PDF … |
| First-Year Housing: Should We Give Students What They Want, or What They Need? Over the next few years, market forces might make traditional residence hall rooms less dominant at residential colleges, even though most chief housing officers agree that this housing type is best overall for first-year students. |
| Time, More than Place, Affects Graduation How students use their time in their first year of college matters more to their chances of attaining bachelor’s degrees than at what type of institution they begin their education, says a U.S. Department of Education researcher. |
| On-Campus Capsules Princeton issues guidelines on how campus officers can use Facebook.com; Professors create comic book for students on copyright law; Secret Service responds to student's MySpace post; Stanford students defend woodpeckers' home; Television inspires student activities |
| Making Learning Communities Attractive to Faculty Faculty need to be very careful about how they commit their time and energy, so any potential partnership with student affairs needs to be compelling and clearly articulated. |
| Resources Critical issues in student affairs; First-year student development; National social norms conference |
