Racial Conflict in a Higher Education Policy Vacuum
Refining data from an earlier, and larger, study published in 2021 from interviews about campus racial conflict with 35 students, faculty, and higher education and student affairs professionals split...
View ArticleLessons from Across the Pond
Recently I travelled to the United Kingdom and Ireland, where I was able to visit seven college unions and connect with dozens of people across the field. This included two meetings of chief...
View ArticleListening to Stories
I always seem to especially enjoy those final closing few weeks at the end of the academic year. Things slow down, often very fast. There are fewer meetings and events, which can mean opportunities to...
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ACUI Revisits Successes from 2020–24 Strategic Plan
The past five years have been considerably tumultuous and ever-changing. The Association had to navigate significant challenges along the way, beginning with the decision in March 2020 to end the...
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ACUI Members Visit Atlanta for Prep Course on New Projects
Over 20 ACUI members from 13 different institutions gathered in Atlanta earlier this month to attend the Renovation & Construction Seminar, an event that offered education sessions, tours,...
View Article2024 Steal this Idea Winners
Please login to read the full article. Bulletin featured articles are only available to those at Full and Premium Tier member campuses, as well as retiree members. The post 2024 Steal this Idea...
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Closing the Gap Welcomes 2024 Cohort Participants, Mentors
ACUI’s Closing the Gap professional development program is announcing a record cohort of 15 student affairs professionals for the 2024 edition of the program that is now in its fifth year. Closing the...
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Introducing ACUI’s 2024–25 Community of Practice Leaders
ACUI is excited to announce the appointment of community of practice leaders for the 2024–25 term. Community leaders play a crucial role in our communities of practice, serving as the driving force...
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ACUI 2024-2029 Strategic Plan
ACUI has been using strategic planning to guide the work of the association since the early 1990s. In mid-2023, the Board of Trustees began to create the 2024–29 strategic plan. The first step was to...
View ArticleElection Preparation and the Role of the College Union
Each presidential election cycle in the United States includes a lot of hype, and 2024 feels unusually super-hyped to the degree that folks are either highly anxious about the outcome or numbed and...
View ArticleIn Control? We are Each a Constant Work in Progress
In my last Bulletin article, I mentioned the summer is a wonderful time for reflection and getting to know others through stories. Well, I have done quite a bit of unintentional reflection, and the...
View ArticleNo New Friends: The Desolate Realm of Higher Education/Student Affairs...
Writing in the first volume of the year of The Journal of Higher Education Politics & Economics, higher education professors Pietro A. Sasso (Delaware State University), L. J. Shelton (University...
View Article2024 Renovation and Construction Showcase
As it should be, this year’s Renovation & Construction edition of The Bulletin is all about students and meeting their unique needs regarding community. In higher education, a strong sense of...
View ArticleStrategies for Fostering Belonging in the College Union
Editor’s Note: This is the third part of a year-long, four-part series entitled The State of the College Union that looks to analyze the most current and affecting issues facing ACUI’s members. The...
View ArticleInvisible on Campus? Parenting Students Represent a Significant Community...
About one-fifth of the U.S. undergraduate population—that is somewhere between 3.8 and 4.3 million students—are also parents, and nearly half of those identify as single mothers. For years, pregnant...
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I-LEAD® 2024 a “Life-Changing” Experience for Students
Over 40 college students from around the United States gathered at California State University–San Bernardino to experience four days of ACUI community building and leadership development designed to...
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Butts-Whiting Winner Linda Eldred Passes Away
Linda Eldred passed away on August 29, 2024. Eldred served as an at-large member on the Board of Trustees in the late 80s, as Region 9 director from 1975–77, and as chair of the 1989 Conference...
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Student Centers Play Integral Role in Hurricane Helene Recovery
“It feels bad here,” said University of North Carolina—Asheville’s Jessica Inman. “But we know it’s worse off-campus,” said the senior director of campus life about the devastation left by Hurricane...
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Across the United States, Campus Communities Surge to Get Out the Vote
College students across the United States converged on election polling locations, many located on their own campuses and in student center hubs, for early voting in the 2024 U.S. Presidential...
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