Community | Diversity | Equality | Accountability | Success for Students | Suggestions
Throughout the Division of Student Affairs there seems to be a general consensus that the Campus Compact has empowered people to be more proactive in their dealings with students. Rather than being treated as statistics that come and go with the years, the ideals of the Compact have increased the amount of respect for students as stakeholders and equal contributors of their educational success. The interviewees generally spoke very highly of their commitment to student success.
"I think there has been a change in how students are treated, how students are received, and how students are respected since the Vice Provost of Student Affairs, Larry Roper, came onboard. Prior to that time I don't think students were respected. They were treated more as children. Students are treated more as adults today. Naturally there has been a change of perspective from my perception, relative to how students are treated. I think that the whole mentality of Student Affairs has changed since the Compact. I think students often times are treated as partners now."
"People who are at the frontlines serving with students on a daily basis, who are giving the seminars or organizing meetings, have a sense of fulfillment. They have healthy vital environments which translates into service. When I'm feeling great about the work I'm doing or my opportunities to grow, I can offer more of myself in a meaningful way... Students have a model of what effective management and effective service-centered leadership can achieve. Students that work with us or are the recipients of our programming can see that played out in a real working environment."
"Before, there wasn't a lot of community and teambuilding [among the different units of University Housing and Dining Service]. One of the things that the discussions around the Campus Compact created was more discussion about how we are all working towards the same goal of student success and that we really need to look at our own relationships and how we work together in order to best serve the needs of those students! We were focused on the student living group communities and not really ourselves."
"The Campus Compact has allowed staff to be more able to express what's going on with students and highlight processes that may need changing. Staff members can be advocates for students, before students really didn't have advocates. Staff members now can stand up a say things on the behalf of students which may have been too much of a risk before."
