Identifying physical activity promoting opportunities within the university setting offers a promising avenue to enhance student veterans' transition to a healthy civilian lifestyle. Using an asset-based, mixed-method approach that included surveys and focus groups with students and interviews with university stakeholders, we characterize the…

Given interest in understanding how fraternities inform students' capacities for leadership, the purpose of this critical quantitative study was to investigate the precollege characteristics and higher education experiences influencing orientation toward political and social involvement among college fraternity men. Results demonstrated…

This investigation explored the concept and practice of organizational commitment to hazing prevention in higher education. Using Bolman and Deal's four frames we analyzed qualitative data from written materials and interviews with 16 campus professionals at eight U.S. universities. Findings revealed structural, human resource, political, and…

Despite incorporating diversity coursework into most higher education and student affairs (HESA) graduate programs, HESA graduate students report feeling underprepared to enact social justice work. Current pedagogical approaches introduce students to foundational concepts but fail to develop reflective, justice conscious administrators. This…

This phenomenological study explores the challenges 21 formerly incarcerated students identified as barriers to maintaining positive student experiences while enrolled in a college-in-prison program. Employing a thriving framework, the study identified several key challenges, including lack of study space, friction with prison staff, limited…

Informed by Kolb's experiential learning theory and Baxter Magolda's holistic theory of student development, this qualitative study explores the experiences of graduate students in a supervised internship. From an analysis of written assignments completed during the internship experience, our findings reveal abundant meaning-making opportunities…

This study involved 54 peer financial mentors from seven institutions to explore their challenges when working with mentees. Challenges included: mentees presented financial concerns that exceeded the mentors' ability, mentors frequently lacked the financial knowledge to provide highquality peer financial mentoring, and the shift in programming…

Based on interviews with 21 women who have children with disabilities and work in student affairs, this article explores how these women define work/family balance and negotiate their dual roles and responsibilities. Using a work/family balance framework and a social justice approach to disability as theoretical guides, this study considers…

The field of student affairs has historically argued that professionals' attrition from the field is not a serious concern, framing it instead as routine turnover. While scholars have acknowledged the potential organizational impacts of attrition, the topic has received little exploration. This work advocates for a shift in the narrative…

This case study research of University of California (UC) food pantries found that pantries rapidly adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic to accommodate food-insecure students. Pantry administrators used sensemaking to understand and make decisions during the pandemic. They developed innovative food distribution models, collaborated with on- and…

Using photo-elicitation methodology, we explored how seven Black undergraduates experienced racial battle fatigue in the context of a predominantly white university. Findings revealed five themes: (a) encountering racism and racial microaggressions, (b) demonstrating double consciousness, (c) contending with assimilation, (d) negotiating support…

This qualitative narrative inquiry study examined the lived experiences of 21 Latino men enrolled in higher education and student affairs (HESA) administration master's-level graduate programs and how they made meaning of their social identities. Through the implementation of a socio-ecological outcomes framework, findings described how social…

Eight disabled white women disability services directors shared their experiences working in disability services in higher education. The 10 principles of disability justice provided the framework for this interpretative phenomenological analysis. Individual interviews were used to understand the lived experiences of the participants. Participants…

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a crucial area of policy for student affairs. Through interviews with 28 Title IX administrators, this study examined how these leaders view themselves and behave as policy actors. Findings indicate that Title IX administrators often engage in collaborative policy activity, avoid policy advocacy, and…

Research from the past 20 years sought to understand the experiences of multiracial college students and recommend strategies for support. However, colleges and universities still predominantly operate in a monoracial paradigm. Through a critical content analysis, we examine the recommendations from research on multiracial college students between…