“Living, Loving, Learning, and Leaving a Legacy”

Phyllis L. Mable

1934-2012

Phyllis L. Mable, 78, died on May 9, 2012 in Washington, DC, her residence since 2001.

Ms. Mable was born February 13, 1934 in Delhi, NY. She completed her B.S. in Home Economics, Child Development, and Family Relationships at Cornell University in 1956.  She went on to earn her M.S. in College Student Personnel Administration from Indiana University in 1959, and attended the Institute for Education Management at Harvard University in 1985.

Ms. Mable spent her entire career in education. Her first job was teaching nursery school in Winnetka, Illinois. From there, she worked as a Resident Assistant in graduate school and spent the first twenty years of her career in college residential life, holding various positions at the University of Florida and Virginia Commonwealth University. In 1982, she accepted the position of Vice President of Student Affairs at Longwood University, a position she held until her retirement in 2001.

Ms. Mable was not only dedicated to students, but also to the profession of student affairs. She served as President of the American College Personnel Association from 1979-1980 and President of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) from 1989-2001. Ms. Mable was the first Executive Director of CAS, a position she held from 2001 until her death in 2012. She is the co-editor of three professional books on the educational role of college residence halls. ACPA honored Ms. Mable with the Annuit Coeptis Award(1981), as a Senior Scholar Diplomate (1987), the Esther Lloyd-Jones Professional Service Award (1983), and in 2003 she was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Ms. Mable was recognized as an ACPA Foundation Diamond Honoree Recipient and as a Pillar of the Profession by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Foundation.

In addition to Ms. Mable’s many professional accomplishments, she was a dedicated friend, enjoying nightly dinner dates, visits to the Kennedy Center, Broadway shows, and travels to friends around the globe. She spread her message of “living, loving, learning, and leaving a legacy.”

Ms. Mable is survived by her extended loving family in Delhi, New York, “nephew” Drew Hudson from Annapolis, Maryland, thousands of beloved friends, and countless admiring colleagues. She was “Aunt Phyllis” to many generations of the children of her dear friends.

A memorial service is being planned. Questions, condolences, or wishes can be sent to phyllislegacy@gmail.com.

In lieu of flowers, friends may send memorial donations to the Phyllis Mable Citizen Leadership Award Fund at Longwood University or the ACPA Phyllis L. Mable New Professionals Institute Fund.

Donations for the Phyllis Mable Citizen Leadership Award may be sent to: University Advancement, Longwood University, 201 High St., Farmville, VA 23909. Checks should be made to “Longwood University Foundation.”

Donations for the ACPA Phyllis L. Mable New Professionals Institute may be sent to: ACPA – College Student Educators International, One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC  20036. Check should be made to the “ACPA Mable Institute.”

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CAS Announces New Publications

Washington, DC:  The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) announces the publication of the 8^th Edition of the book, CAS Professional Standards for Higher Education, and its release on August 1, 2012. Pre-orders for the updated publication are now being accepted. The book of standards is the defining source of professional standards for many of the services provided to students in higher education.

Along with the book, CAS is also releasing an updated CD of all 43 functional area self-assessment guides (SAGs). The SAGs provide the institution with a strategy for assessing program and service effectiveness based on the evidence a team gathers and evaluates.

CAS Honors Dr. Susan R. Komives

CAS honors Dr. Susan R. Komives for her service as the ACPA Director to the CAS Board (2004-2012) and for her role as President of CAS (2008-2011).

Dr. Laura Dean (right) presents a resolution of appreciation at the CAS Board meeting, April 22, 2012 in Baltimore.

Dr. Susan Komives recieves the ACPA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr. Susan Komives, CAS Past President, was awarded the 2012 ACPA Lifetime Achievement Award.

The ACPA Lifetime Achievement Award honors a member who has a recognized level of scholarly productivity and leadership at one or more institutions of higher learning as a Student Affairs’ staff member, administrator, or faculty member. Honorees have a minimum of two decades or other exhibited long-term involvement and service to the field of Student Affairs over an extended period of time.

CAS Endorses the Committing to Quality: Guidelines for Assessment and Accountability in Higher Education

As postsecondary education becomes ever more important both for the economy and democracy, institutions must take the lead in ensuring that college degrees reflect a high level of student achievement.  With growing national attention on college cost and quantity of degrees awarded, U.S. higher education must broaden that dialogue to focus directly on quality.  And the critical conversations must be had on campuses.

A new publication from the New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability, Committing to Quality: Guidelines for Assessment and Accountability in Higher Education, provides a roadmap for discussing educational quality and taking action to improve it.  The publication is endorsed by twenty-seven national higher education organizations, including CAS, but we are seeking to expand this group and invite your organization to also endorse it individually.

A true focus on quality requires everyone on college and university campuses — presidents and chancellors, faculty members, academic and student affairs administrators, and students — to work together to answer the question “Are our students learning?” As you know, students are engaged in a range of activities while in college, many of these outside the classroom, so it is imperative that we assess learning across the entire institution. I encourage you to advocate for not only demonstrating this contribution, but to also advocate for everyone across an institution to working towards the same institutional outcomes and assessing them at all levels.A complimentary copy of Committing to Quality is available here and hard copies may be requested here.  I ask that you share this publication with your members and ask them to discuss and use it.  Should your organization choose to endorse it individually, along with CAS, please contact me.  An updated list of endorsers will be maintained on the Alliance’s website and we will include all new endorsers in the next printing of this publication.

Thank you for supporting Committing to Quality as a part of the Council for the Advancement of Standards.  I hope that your organization will be able to do so individually as well.

By: Zaneeta E. Daver, Associate Director
New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability
1025 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC  20036
p.  202.828.1261 | f. 202.857.9799 | e.  zaneeta@newleadershipalliance.org

Phyllis Mable Honored

ACPA: College Student Educators International

Phyllis L. Mable New Professionals Institute

The George Washington University, Washington, DC
June 3 – 5, 2012

Overview

To address the knowledge and skills emerging professionals desire as they collectively serve thousands of collegians on a daily basis, the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) has created the Phyllis L. Mable New Professionals Institute. With an estimated 55% of ACPA members currently identified as entry-level professionals, and 40% with less than five years of experience in student affairs work, this institute will bring unique opportunities for growth and development.

The Institute is named in honor of Ms. Mable, a highly respected leader in Student Affairs for the past four decades. She served as Vice President for Student Affairs at Longwood University (Virginia), and Executive Director of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education. Phyllis Mable served as ACPA President from 1979-80.

The Institute will include several mentoring opportunities and one-on-one interactions with resident faculty and small group facilitators. Institute participation is limited to 50 participants. Continuing Education Credits are available.

Curriculum

* Focused discussions on the complexities of working within the campus community.

* High interaction in a learning environment with presentations, case studies, discussions, and small group work with Institute faculty.

* Skill enhancement sessions dedicated to:

* Understanding campus cultures – external and internal influences

* Finding your place within your organization\Having the difficult conversations

* Being a supervisee and supervisor

* Identifying additional needed knowledge and skill areas

* Giving and receiving effective feedback and performance appraisals

* Thinking about future career possibilities

* Participating in on-going professional development opportunities

Institute Information: www2.myacpa.org/professional-development/home/2269

Texas A&M at Corpus Christi recognized by CAS

Texas A&M at Corpus Christi recognized by CAS

The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) recently awarded Texas A&M at Corpus Christi with its most prestigious honor, the Ted K. Miller Achievement of Excellence Award.  Dr. Amanda Drum, Director of Assessment and Housing, along with Dr. Eliot Chenaux, Vice President of Student Affairs received the award on behalf of the Student Affairs Division.  The award recognizes outstanding accomplishments in advancing standards of practice and quality assurance in educational programs and services in higher education, with the goal of enhancing student learning.

Laura Dean, president of CAS, presented the award.  In her letter of recognition, Dean cited the selection committee’s recommendation, stating that “the award selection committee was particularly impressed by the on-going assessment plan that includes ‘a rotation plan to assure that each area is fully reviewed using the CAS standards every five years.’  In addition, the committee cited improvement in educational programs in the areas of alcohol education and University Housing using the CAS standards. It is clear that your efforts have resulted in the creation of a culture of assessment in the Division of Student Affairs. Your work will serve as an important example to others striving to incorporate assessment more fully into their student affairs divisions.”

The Ted K. Miller Achievement of Excellence Award is named in honor of Ted Miller, CAS’s first president from 1979-1989, a professor emeritus of the University of Georgia, and the CAS publications editor until his retirement in 2004.

The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) is a consortium of over 40 professional associations in higher education.  Founded in 1979, CAS develops and disseminates standards of practice and related materials for the purpose of fostering student learning and development through enhancing the quality of programs and services.

CAS Announces New Publication

CAS announced it will suspend all sales of its current publications effective April 15, 2012, and will start immediately taking orders for its new publications to be released on August 1, 2012. In the interim, if colleagues want to purchase publications, they should realize that the 7th Edition of the CAS Professional Standards for Higher Education will be replaced with the 8th Edition.

The CAS Professional Standards for Higher Education to be released in August 2012 will introduce five new functional areas of standards and guidelines: Campus Police and Security Programs, Parent and Family Programs, Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Prevention Programs, Transfer Student Programs and Services, and Veterans and Military Programs and Services. In addition, the General Standards have been updated to include technology and distance education services. The Book will continue to carry the 38 functional areas already published, while several functional area standards and guidelines have been revised and unanimously approved by the CAS Board of Directors.

Version 5.0 of the CD that contains all 43 functional area standards and guidelines and Self-Assessment Guides (SAGs) will also be released in August. Other information on the CD includes an e-learning course about how to conduct self-assessment, a PowerPoint presentation that can be used to give an overview of CAS and the assessment process, and links to the CAS website.

Mailings to student affairs, library, and institutional research officers at most every college or university will be distributed by CAS in mid-April and again in late August to notify them of the changes and distribution schedule.

Congratulations to Dr. Bonita Jacobs!

CAS congratulates Dr. Bonita Jacobs on her appointment as president of North Georgia College and State University. In 2005, Dr. Jacobs and her team at the University of North Texas were awarded the CAS Ted K. Miller Award.

CAS 2005 Ted K. Miller
Achievement of Excellence Award
Jan Arminio (center) presenting the award to the University of North Texas, Denton. Bonita Jacobs (left) and Jan Hillman (right) were present to receive the award.

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Recognizing Dr. Barbara Jacoby

CAS President Dr. Susan R. Komives (right) recognized Dr. Barbara Jacoby upon her retirement from 31 years of continuous service on CAS as a Director from the National Clearinghouse for Commuter Programs. Dr. Jacoby served as the first and only chair of the nominating committee throughout her service. Dr. Jacoby was recognized at the April 2011 Board Meeting in Washington, D.C.

The Association of Higher Education Parent/Family Program Professionals (AHEPPP)

The Association of Higher Education Parent/Family Program Professionals (AHEPPP) is now a new CAS member association.

National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students Joins CAS

The National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students is now a CAS member association.

CAS Announces the Release of the NEWEST Standard:

VETERANS AND MILITARY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

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New CAS Standard: Parent and Family Programs and Services

Parent and Family Programs and Services

Adopted in April, 2010 this standard and a Self-Assessment Guide with this standard is available as a pdf download on the CAS Online Store site