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CAS To Suspend Sales Of Current Publications

CAS announced it will suspend all sales of its current publications effective April 15, 2012, and will start immediately taking orders for its new publications to be released on August 1, 2012. In the interim, if colleagues want to purchase publications, they should realize that the 7th Edition of the CAS Professional Standards for Higher Education will be replaced with the 8th Edition. Download the full media release (PDF).

ACPA President Appoints International Member Advisory Board

ACPA, in its commitment to the advancement of the student affairs profession, recognizes the global dimensions of its work and the long-term contributions of student affairs/student services practitioners and scholars throughout the world. For over a year, ACPA has been working to develop a Globalization Strategic Plan for the Association. Throughout its development, ACPA has vetted the Plan through a number of venues. Read more

ACPA Elections Results Are In

ACPA members voted to elect eight of their colleagues to lead the largest comprehensive student affairs association in the United States. Two others were appointed. View Election Results | View Media Release

ACPA Announces Institutional Leadership Councils Program

ACPA is pleased to announce an exciting new program for senior-level professionals! Institutional Leadership Councils will be inaugurated at the ACPA Annual Convention in Louisville, KY in March, 2012. These councils will provide a forum for Vice Presidents of Student Affairs, Deans of Students and other ranking campus administrators to gather and discuss critical issues that are facing senior administrators on campuses similar to their own. Read more.

Statement on the ACPA Student Affairs Credential Program

ACPA’s announcement last week that it created an implementation team to outline policies and practice for credentialing individuals in student affairs has launched a lively and thoughtful exchange of responses and suggestions. Read more.

ACPA Appoints Credentialing Implementation Team

Based on the recommendation by the Presidential Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Certification (2011) appointed by President Heidi Levine, the ACPA Governing Board unanimously approved the creation of a professional credentialing program, to consist of a Student Affairs Register and Specialized Skill Certification. Read more.

Muhammad Ali First Recipient Of The ACPA 2012 Humanitarian Award

To honor and celebrate Muhammad Ali’s decades long work on social justice and his 70th birthday, the 13 Governing Board members of ACPA-College Student Educators International voted unanimously to award him the association’s first Humanitarian Award. Download the full media release (PDF).

ACPA Supports Minority-Serving Institutions

ACPA together with the American Council on Education and 35 other higher education associations jointly sent a community letter to the U.S. Congress on October 14, asking members to reject the massive cuts to Minority-Serving Institutions proposed in the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee draft FY 2012 funding bill.

Tier One: JCSD’s Latest Ranking

In the July/August 2011 issue of the Journal of Higher Education, ACPA's premier publication, THE JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT (JCSD) is ranked fourth among 50 Tier One journals in higher education. Read more.

ACPA Submits Testimony to U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Il.) in Support of the DREAM Act

ACPA Executive Director Gregory Roberts presents a statement in support of the DREAM Act before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security's hearing on Capitol Hill. Read the statement.

Phyllis L. Mable New Professionals Institute

ACPA is pleased to announce the launch of the Phyllis L. Mable New Professionals Institute as an addition to its wide array of professional development series. Download the media release (PDF) on this new institute.

2011-12 College/University Membership

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