The National Learn and Serve Challenge - October 6th-12th

The National Learn and Serve Challenge will occur on October 6-12 on campuses across the United States. Through this national service-learning challenge, colleges and universities will be able to:

• Spotlight the value of service-learning to young people, schools, and communities.
• Encourage others to launch service-learning activities
• Build support for service-learning among decision-makers
• Increase recognition of Learn and Serve America, the only federal program dedicated to service-learning

The National Learn and Serve website also includes ideas for service learning activities on the higher ed level - link. For more information about the Learn and Serve Challenge, please access - http://www.learnandservechallenge.org/index.php.

Are any of the TACUSPA members participating in the Learn and Serve Challenge?

An Online Student Affairs and Technology Journal

Student Affairs Online (http://www.studentaffairs.com/) features an ejournal that focuses on student affairs and technology. This online journal enables student affairs practitioners and scholars to read articles, read virtual case study competition entries, and to submit articles for publication. The editors for this journal are Gary D. Malaney (Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst) and Stuart Brown (Executive Editor).

To view the Spring 2008 issue, please access - Student Affairs Online Journal.

The Impact of Rising Gas Prices on College Students

The current cost of gasoline is driving some college students to take online classes or to only drive to campus two or three days a week. In fact, some students are resorting to living on campus instead of having an on campus apartment. Read this article - Commuting Costs Helping Drive Demand for Campus Housing.

Here is a video about college students and the rising gas prices.



How will this affect the way that we deliver student services to our students? Will we offer more online services/commuter services? Will more students eventually move to on campus residence halls or apartments?What do you think?