Volume 20, Issue 3 (Fall 2023)

A Message from the Executive Director

Dear ACPA Members, Here we are again at the start of a new academic year! Having worked on a college ...

ACPA Books: Working with our New Publisher

ACPA has begun an exciting new relationship with Taylor & Francis’s Routledge division as the publisher of ACPA Books. While ...

A Message from the Editors

Hello and welcome to fall 2023, everyone. As you transition from the start of classes and welcoming students to campus, ...

ACPA: A Conversation with Nancy Evans and Vernon Wall

As we approach the ACPA Convention in Chicago and continue to celebrate 100 years of the organization, we are hosting ...

Student Affairs to For-Profit and Back Again: My Journey | Battinelli

What is your ideal salary? That is a thought that would run through my head upon graduating from my undergrad ...

How to Use ACPA’s Developments in Work and Class | Boettcher & Luna

In the past few years, we have worked to rebuild Developments as a unique outlet for information and resources for ...

Promoting and Expanding Pathways to Graduate Degrees in STEM | Edmunds

Introduction The national need to recruit and retain students in STEM majors, and subsequently recruit and retain them in STEM ...

The Supreme Court Prohibits Race-Conscious Admissions | Lowery

As the end of June 2023 approached, higher education and student affairs students, staff, faculty, and others focused their attention ...

Financial Barriers for Individuals with Learning Disabilities in Higher Education | Mayo

Navigating the hidden curriculum, or the unspoken academic and social norms, of an institution can be more challenging for a ...

The Blue Book: 30 Years and Counting | McClellan & Kiyama

McClellan, G. S. & Marquez Kiyama, J. (2023). The handbook of student affairs administration (5th ed.). Jossey-Bass. The first edition ...

Share Your Perspectives on the Future of Higher Education and Student Affairs

As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of ACPA in 2024, ACPA Developments and the ACPA @ 100 Committee would love ...

Coaching By Design: A Collaborative yet Individualized Approach to Academic Coaching | von Spiegel & Rubin

In recent years, academic coaching has become an increasingly popular resource for students in higher education. Unlike more established student ...

Fostering Critical Hope (Part 1 of 3) Our Present Moment; Somewhere between Fear and Despair | Shea

written by: Heather D. Shea, Ph.D., 2023-2024 ACPA President Author’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series for ...

The Job Search: What We Learned | Spellman, Goetzinger & Morgan

Will I get a job? Will I get a job I like? Will I have a job before graduation? How ...

A Guided Reflection: I Am…Undefined | Vitale

Introduction I am…Mandy Vitale. I am a human, out here trying to figure out what the heck that means, how ...