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6 Tips for Getting the Most Out of NACA Events for Your Delegation

Plan for your delegation and get the most out of NACA events! Consider implementing some of these quick tips. 1. Use the conference as a training opportunity for future leaders rather than a reward for long-time leaders. Utilize the College Student Leader...

Published Tue, Jun 30 2009 2:30 PM by chrisn

Filed under: delegation, events, leadership development

Professors Create Fake Students to Spark Online Discussions

The Chronicle of Higher Education posted a story today about three professors who created fake student accounts for their online classes and used those "students" in online discussions. Two of the professors said the students had no idea that they had...

Published Thu, May 28 2009 2:19 PM by chrisn

Filed under: online classes, educational ethics

Government Will Start Lending Directly to Students

Yesterday, an opinion piece was published in the Colorado Daily outlining some of the ways the government was going to start directly lending money to students in order to encourage young Americans to earn their degree and to help with the costs of tuition...

Published Wed, May 13 2009 1:53 PM by chrisn

Filed under: graduation, tuition, loans

Swine Flu on College Campuses

Several colleges and universities are testing students for possible cases of swine flu on their campuses. This morning, InsideHigherEd.com posted a story on their site about several schools testing for this type of flu and what the schools are doing in...

Published Thu, Apr 30 2009 9:41 AM by chrisn

Filed under: flu, campus

Difficulties in Job Searching

In last month's issue of Campus Activities Programming magazine, Megan Stumph from www.Cbcampus.com wrote a great article about college graduates persevering through difficult situations while looking for jobs ( read the pdf here ). She highlighted several...

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 2:59 PM by chrisn

Filed under: jobs, GPA, resume

Educators or Police Officers?

For years, campuses around the country have tried to stop, or at least prohibit, their students from illegally sharing files with other students and downloading copyrighted music on campus. Schools have had to not only designate manpower to fight this...

Published Mon, Oct 20 2008 2:03 PM by chrisn

Filed under: downloads, illegal file sharing, copyright

The High Price of College Textbooks

It's nothing new for college students to bring up the high cost of textbooks, but up until this week a website run by an anonymous student was giving students a break by providing pirated versions of their books. The website, Textbook Torrent, was discovered...

Published Fri, Oct 17 2008 3:36 PM by chrisn

Filed under: textbooks, downloads

Update: Univ. of Illinois May Enforce Political Measures on Students

Last week I blogged about the University of Illinois deciding that faculty and staff may not wear political buttons, use bumper stickers or attend on-campus rallies that favor either presidential candidate; now the school may be extending its measures...

Published Fri, Oct 3 2008 3:29 PM by chrisn

Filed under: politics, faculty, free speech, students

University of Illinois Tells Employees Not to Express Political Leanings on Campus

InsideHigherEd.com recently posted a story about the University of Illinois sending out an official memo from the ethics office to its faculty, staff and all employees telling them not to attend on-campus political rallies, refrain from having political...

Published Wed, Sep 24 2008 10:36 AM by chrisn

Filed under: politics, faculty, free speech

Colleges & Universities Crack Down on Off-Campus Violations

by Chris Neiger A little while ago the AP ran a story about colleges and universities extending the enforcement of their conduct codes to students who who commit violations off campus. It's way of making sure students are obeying the conduct codes they...

Published Wed, Sep 17 2008 2:30 PM by chrisn

You know what really grinds my gears???

Despite the Family Guy reference in the title, this next article is going to talk about the graduate assistantship process and how one would go about this process. First of all, I think that the NACA National Convention is a GREAT place to interview for...

Published Fri, Aug 1 2008 4:34 PM by evans437

Filed under: campus activities, higher education blogs

One year down...one more to go!!!

Hello all, Let me take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Evan Schaefer and I am currently a Program Adviser/Graduate Assistant for the University Program Board (UPB) at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, MN. I just completed my first year...

Published Tue, Jul 15 2008 7:22 PM by evans437

Filed under: campus activities, higher education blogs

The Evolution of a Student Leader

So I struggled with what to write for this last blog. Having already talked about developing leaders in the classroom and then developing student leaders I wasn’t really sure what you all might find interesting. With the help of my supervisor I finally...

Published Wed, Jun 25 2008 2:56 PM by angell@usca.edu

Developing Student Leaders

Outside of getting them in a classroom and teaching them directly, how do we develop our students into effective leaders? One of the easiest ways to do this is to take the students on our campus who are already in leadership positions and develop their...

Published Tue, Jun 24 2008 2:35 PM by angell@usca.edu

Student Leadership Classes, where and when to start...

So this is the first blog I’ve ever done so just bear with me as I learn what works and what doesn’t. If any of you have any suggestions I would love to hear them. So my topic this week is on fostering student leadership. With this being a wide open topic...

Published Mon, Jun 23 2008 10:49 AM by angell@usca.edu

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