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The Future of Higher Education: Implications for Student Affairs

DATE: Tuesday, October 15, 2024
ID: SA002
TITLE: The Future of Higher Education: Implications for Student Affairs
TIME: 1:00 – 2:00 pm EST

FACILITATOR: Dr. Aaron W. Hughey is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Counseling and Student Affairs at Western Kentucky University, where he oversees the graduate degree program in Student Affairs in Higher Education.

OVERVIEW:
As we are all acutely aware (or should be), the paradigm is changing rapidly in higher education, driven by several still-evolving realities. These include shifting demographics with significant implications for enrollments, the continued impact of social media, the revolutionary technological innovations surrounding AI, remote delivery of services, and a volatile political landscape that questions the inherent value of higher education as a societal asset. Add to the mix cultural considerations, the growing need for mental health services, vocational/occupational realities, and economic uncertainties and you have a perfect storm whose implications for the student affairs profession are only now beginning to be understood. Join us for a frank, transparent, and evidence-based interactive webinar experience in which we dissect where we currently are and where we are likely to be in 10-15 years.

OUTLINE:

  • Where We Came From/Where We May Be Headed
  • It’s the Economy, Stupid! (Or Is It?)
  • Demographics: Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
  • Technology: A Blessing and a Curse
  • Politics, Politics, and More Politics
  • Cultural Norms and Cultural Upheaval
  • The World of Work: Are We Still Relevant?
  • The Bottom Line: What Does It All Mean for Student Affairs?

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  1. Why the past won’t determine the future of student affairs.
  2. What we can blame on the economy (and what we can’t).
  3. How demographics can be, but don’t have to be, deterministic of our fate.
  4. What technology can/can’t do for/to the profession.
  5. Why everything now must take politics into consideration.
  6. How higher education went from a requirement to an elective.
  7. Why the definition of work matters to our viability.
  8. What all this means for student affairs professionals of the future.

NOTES: This live webinar will be conducted via Zoom and questions from attendees are encouraged! To register, just complete the following brief form. All registrants will be notified of login details approximately two days before the event. If you have follow-up questions, please contact our staff at stuart@studentaffairs.com.