SA Weekly: February 25

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Simplifying Higher Ed Accountability -- or Complicating It? “Senator Lamar Alexander wants to apply a single loan-repayment system to programs at all colleges, nonprofit and for-profit alike, drawing concerns about student access.”

Next on College Completion Agenda: Equity “Community colleges are realizing that addressing racial and income equity are the missing pieces to improving completion rates. And Achieving the Dream wants to help them eliminate that inequity.”

Hate Incidents on Campus Still Rising “Results of a new survey show that administrators are still reporting incidents targeting minority students.”

What Single Moms Need to Succeed in College “An effort to hear directly from single moms about what they need to succeed in community college is part of a new initiative to raise graduation rates.”

Still Taking a Knee Against Racism “Athletes and activists who modeled themselves off Colin Kaepernick have continued their campaigns.”

When Speaker Series Has Mostly White Men “Stanford said it was creating a forum for sharing diverse views, but many students didn't see much in the way of diversity.”

Research & Policy

February 25 NASPA Policy Update by Diana Ali, Assistant Director of Policy, Research and Advocacy

Where We Are in 2019: A Reflection on Two Years of the Culture of Respect Collective Sarice Greenstein, Assistant Director, Culture of Respect

Around NASPA

No Mud, No Lotus by Shadia A. Sachedina, AVP Steering Committee

Defining the Civic Ethos of Our Campus: the Lasting Impact of Alternative Spring Break Experiences, by Vivian Lanzot, LEAD Initiative

AVP Spotlight! Meet Vijay Pendakur from Cornell University, by the AVP Steering Committee