Developments, Volume 11, Issue 3 (Summer 2013)

Gregory Roberts
ACPA Executive Director

Greetings from One Dupont Circle!

There has been a tremendous amount of activity since we last engaged and I want to share some of those items with you:

ACPA completed work on an aggressive Strategic Plan that targets eight (8) key areas of focus, six (6) strategic goals and two (2) strategic initiatives:

• Career Development
• Professional Development
• Research and Scholarship
• Equity and Inclusion
• Association Performance and Excellence
• Leadership in Higher Education
• Globalization
• Recruitment/Retention

All of our efforts will be focused around each of these agendas over the next ...

Paul Eaton
Editor
Louisiana State University

Writing the Editor’s introduction to Developments always gives me an opportunity to think critically. I try to title my introductory pieces around central metapatterns, questions, or themes running through the various articles of the Issue. This Issue of Developments has many themes and important questions for each of us to consider as we embark on the start of a new academic year.

This question – Are we really that different? – is one posed to us by Marisa ...

ACPA has always offered programs and services uniquely designed for mid-level professionals in student affairs. Those programs have included not only convention offerings but also the Donna Bourassa Mid-Level Management Institute, and the saGROW mentoring program to name just two. ACPA has now added even more for the mid-level professional in student affairs: the ACPA Mid-Level Community of Practice!

The ACPA Mid-Level Community of Practice ...

Marisa Vernon
Columbus State Community College

As professionals, it can be so easy to settle into a bubble. With so much information available to all of us, we naturally filter, compartmentalize, and focus on the topics that pertain directly to our institution’s priorities, the projects in which we are invested, or the specific student populations we serve. We scan the table of contents within the journals that appear on our desks, and skim through newsletters looking for familiar industry buzzwords. ...

Joyce Lui
Iowa State University

In celebration of our 40th Anniversary, members of the Standing Committee for Women are pleased to sponsor a Series in Developments. Our Series, “Women As,” explores how women’s intersecting identities (race, class, gender expression and performance, sexuality, religion, etc.) impact women’s experiences in different roles. Thus, authors share their ideas as women who are leaders, faculty, caregivers, and/or students. In support of a feminist approach to research ...