by Joel P. Freelance Writer Today, the student affairs Twitterverse broke for two hours after a second-year graduate student, Ryan Reeves, who recently returned from a retreat with the student organization he advises and upon learning he received an A on his latest case study, tweeted this: Student Affairs is the best!!! #sachat #sajobs #msachat [...]

by Skye Kopfgeschlagen Freelance Writer With the rampant use of cell phones on Harmony University’s campus following the institution’s texting-as-class-participation pilot program, Twitter has become a popular way for faculty and staff to complain about the students with immediate gratification by “Tweeting” their frustrations. One Tweet from a user called “@ProfHarmU” stated, “The little bombastic [...]

by Joel Pettigrew Freelance Writer One of the most popular activities at student organization exec team retreats is the practice of writing a letter to your future self, giving yourself advice, calming words and perspective for when you are in the thick of the academic year. Recently, however, advisors are finding that more and more [...]

by Alexander Riche Freelance Writer In a surprise move last month, the Library of Congress announced its intent to acquire all posts since March 2006 from social media site Twitter. The reaction was swift. Markus Trinion, a doctoral student doing his dissertation on faculty attitudes toward technology, described his frustration at the venerable institution’s surprise [...]

by Aloysius St. Bernard Freelance Writer In an unexpected move last Thursday, residence hall director candidate John Hanson declared himself the new director of residence life at Peyton Randolph University, ousting Dr. Henry Laurens, who had served the small liberal arts college for twelve years. The coup marked a symbolic changing of the guard from [...]

by Brody Truce Senior Staff Writer Each spring, eager high school seniors around the country check their mailboxes each day for acceptance letters from colleges and universities. Citing changes in student expectations and a desire to be more environmentally aware, one college has found a new way to reach out to newly accepted students. “Paper [...]

Likely, the final hours of American College Personnel Association (ACPA) President Tom Jackson’s term will be spent issuing pardons for a number of misguided conference delegates. ACPA held its annual convention this week in Boston, where over 3000 college student affairs professionals met to attend workshops and learn the latest trends in higher education. “What [...]

Theo McClellon, Dean of Students at Michigan Southern University, was terminated from his position this week, just a month after receiving Tech U Magazine’s “Twitterer of the Year” award. “We were shocked,” said one of McClellon’s staff member, who asked to remain anonymous. “We’re all scared for our jobs now because we thought he was [...]

Leah Wescott, Editor-in-Chief of the new satirical blog the Cronk of Higher Education held a press conference Saturday to offer congratulations to Ashton Kutcher following a 2-month-long Twitter competition. As photographers snapped pictures, Wescott let her emotions show. Wiping a tear, she set aside her written script. “We’re just a bunch of hacks, trying to [...]

CronkNews.com has challenged its staff, through manipulation, threats and temper tantrums, to improve social networking. The goal: to attract 100 Twitter followers before Ashton Kutcher recruits 4 million. Results so far: 09/17/09 Competition Start Date 09/19/09 10/03/09 Kutcher Followers 3,548,800 3,621,866 3,754,142 CronkNews Followers 39 47 50 Uh oh. Kutcher is closing in on 4 [...]