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ACPA Task Force on Information Technology in
Student Affairs
Will
Barratt
Indiana State
University
At the 2000 ACPA conference this year the leadership of
ACPA, under the initiatives of Past President Gregory
Roberts, President Jill Carnaghi and President Elect Nancy
Evans, created a new Task Force charged with focusing on
Information Technology issues in student affairs. Created
with the purposes of education, advocacy and coordination
this group has been working to identify the needs within the
student affairs community and to begin meeting those needs.
Will Barratt was asked to Chair the initial work of this
group, to recruit members, and to move toward meeting the
Task Force goals this year. If interest in this area
continues to expand, the Task Force may seek Commission
status within ACPA.
The members of this group have been using E-mail
discussions to identify common concerns and issues facing
the membership; it has become clear that things are
confusing at best. In order to best focus the Task Force
member's efforts, four work groups have been identified and
they will begin collecting information and resources to
provide to the membership through the website, discussion
groups and at the national meeting.
ACPA ITSA Policy Group charge: Collect and prepare
for web publication and conference presentations material or
web links on:
- Campus and student affairs policy statements
regarding IT, Internet and E-mail use.
- Codes of student conduct segments related to IT,
Internet and E-mail use.
- Recommended standards for IT and web pages from
campuses, government agencies (GAO) and appropriate
groups such as CAS.
- Legal material, and case studies.
- Student affairs statements on learning, student
development and technology.
- Identify individuals who can act as consultants in
this area.
ACPA ITSA Practice Group charge: Collect and
prepare for web publication and conference presentations
material or web links on:
- Standard practices in student affairs for using IT,
Internet and E-mail.
- Best practices in student affairs for using IT,
Internet and E-mail.
- Emerging practices in student affairs for using IT,
Internet and E-mail.
- Material on relating practice to theory and to
research.
- Identify individuals who can act as consultants in
this area.
ACPA ITSA Technology Group charge: Collect and
prepare for web publication and conference presentations
material or web links on:
- Reviews and descriptions of currently available
hardware and software - what is available for use.
- Reviews and descriptions of current hardware and
software in use on campuses - what is really in use.
- Reviews and descriptions of emerging hardware and
software - what will become available for use.
- Identify out-of-date technologies that should be
updated or replaced.
- Identify individuals who can act as consultants in
this area.
ACPA ITSA Staffing Group charge: Collect and
prepare for web publication and conference presentations
material or web links on:
- Position descriptions for student affairs
technologists (equipment managers)
- Position descriptions for student affairs IT
developers and designers.
- Position descriptions for student affairs IT
managers.
- Material related to student affairs staff
training.
- Material related to student affairs student user
training.
- Identify individuals who can act as consultants in
this area.
These collections will always be a 'work in progress' as
material is identified, added and updated continually and
the collection of materials will grow as the Task Force
members move forward with their work. The Task Force members
always welcome contributions from anyone, so if readers have
resources which might benefit student affairs practitioners,
please forward them to the Task Force. As a critical mass of
material becomes available, there will be further articles
and publicity.
These four elements, Policy, Practice, Staffing and
Technology are expanded in a companion article in this issue
entitled Four Elements of
Information Technology in Student Affairs.
- Information on this Task Force can be found at:
http://wbarratt.indstate.edu/itsa/.
Since this web site is new and growing, please check
back frequently.
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