We have developed an interactive virtual session that supports community college leaders in assessing their institution's readiness for equity-oriented change. Amid increased resistance and pushback to DEI efforts, we share insight from our research and practice on specific strategies to advancing racial equity efforts across community colleges. Specifically, we offer a model focused on two dimensions: (1) the level of organizational support and (2) shared responsibility to enact racial equity. From these dimensions, we describe four quadrants (Convergence, Performative, Collective, and Burdened) with distinct organizational conditions that shape how community college leaders design, build, and sustain equity efforts. The ability to identify organizational conditions that either cultivate or abate equity efforts is critical to disrupt, innovate, and transform our institutions. Our model is one way for equity advocates to decipher their own organizational archetype and leverage that information to mobilize their racial equity efforts.

Join NASPA and the Community College Division (CCD) in four high-content, scholarly webinars highlighting the work and support of community college students, faculty, and staff. Webinars can be purchased individually or as a package. All webinars will be recorded and available on-demand for 365 days after the live event.

Based on the Assessment and Evaluation Student Affairs Educator Certification domain, this package includes ten webinars that encompass the appraisal of the quality and effectiveness of higher education work with an understanding and appreciation for different contexts, cultures, and backgrounds. Specifically, the practice of assessment and evaluation is grounded in outcomes, using various methods and tools, and utilizing the data to identify strengths and opportunities for improvement in program, delivery, or actions. Click on the Package title to view all the ten webinars included. PRICE Members: $349 Non-members $499

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 1 in 5 Black women are survivors of sexual assault. However, their numbers are lower as it pertains to prosecuted cases. Why is this? It is because Black women and girls have historically been dehumanized, considered unrapeable, and left without legal recourse, therefore they become easier targets for sexual violence and are more reluctant to come forward. In addition negative stereotypes and structural biases have had devastating consequences for Black women. Their trauma and victimization are often misunderstood, mislabeled or dismissed by systems (i.e. criminal justice, healthcare etc..) and even by their own culture.

How do you get students to care about ending sexual violence and increase your program reach and impact? Learn creative tools for connecting your students to the issue of sexual violence and motivating them to take action.

Through this interactive workshop, we will put on our “UndocuLens,” a conceptual framework that will provide action steps, grounded in evidence-based best practices of educational institutions across the country, that members can implement to bolster support for undocumented students. Additionally, we will demonstrate how different forms of advocacy can collectively help bring institutional and state-level change for undocumented students.

Based on the Student Affairs Educator Certification Domain, Student Learning, Development, and Success Bundle, this ten-webinar package provides professional development that encompasses the application of student learning and development theories while centering and advocating for holistic student learning, development, and success. It includes the design of programs and services that retain, develop, and move students toward completion and graduation. Click on the package title to learn more about the webinars included. Price Members: $349 Non-members: $499

Celebrate Pride Month with NASPA! This seven-webinar package showcases programs and policy implementation that support LGBTQA+ students, faculty, and staff.

The qualitative case study explored the factors that foster an atmosphere of belonging for men of color (MOC) attending a two-year Predominantly White Institution (PWI). The pressing issue is that PWI colleges erroneously assume that an extension or invitation of welcome is the same as fostering a sense of belonging for men of color (MOC). This led colleges to construct policies and practices that do not intentionally and deliberately create an atmosphere where MOC feel valued, validated, and visible.

“Neurodiversity” is both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. Learning about the culture of neurodiversity will widen your perspective for those whose brains function in ways different from the neurotypical mainstream. This strengths-based, positive approach will alter your view of "outside-the-box" thinkers. Learn how proper niche construction can mold the future for neurodivergent students and how you can provide a community of acceptance for your campus.