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Translating Data Into Practice: 2024 NASPA Top Issues Findings & Practical Applications on Campus

Translating Data Into Practice: 2024 NASPA Top Issues Findings & Practical Applications on Campus

Includes a Live Web Event on 11/18/2024 at 2:00 PM (EST)

The NASPA 2024 Top Issues results provide a snapshot of what senior leaders view as key priorities on their campuses this year. This member briefing will provide an overview of the top-ranked issues—including centering student voice, expanding access to mental health and well-being supports, facilitating cross-campus collaboration, and more—and examine how these trends shape student support services. A key portion of the presentation will highlight the prevalence of issues related to health, safety, and well-being in holistic student support efforts on campus and how institutions are leveraging NASPA’s extensive resources and frameworks to strengthen their responses to these issues. Join us for this session on translating NASPA’s research findings into actionable strategies to support student success.

Alexa Wesley Chamberlain

Director of Research and Strategy

NASPA

Alexa Wesley Chamberlain is the director of research and strategy at NASPA–Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Her research portfolio spans a variety of topics related to advancing student-centered redesign of campus policies, practices, and systems. Prior to joining NASPA, she focused on federal postsecondary education policy and institutional finance strategies through internships at Lumina Foundation, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and the U.S. Education Department. Alexa holds a master’s degree in public policy and a bachelor’s degree in government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Jennifer E. Henkle

Director, Sexual Violence Prevention and Response

NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Jennifer E. Henkle, MSW, LMSW (she/her/hers) is the director for sexual violence prevention and response. Jennifer oversees the Culture of Respect initiative and guides NASPA's work as a collaborative partner towards resolving systems of gender- and power-based violence. She is a Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) in the state of Virginia and has formerly worked in residence life, survivor advocacy and respondent services, campus sexual violence prevention and education, and higher education case management.

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