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living options that meet these goals. But as confident as residence life professionals can be about these facts, there are some inherent contradictions that must still be confronted. As much as residence life professionals would love for students to be inquisitive and concerned about their academic experience and conscious of their own social adjustment, it is unrealistic to expect them to read the research on this subject. Students are not thinking about academic performance and social adjustment in the abstract, number-driven terms that people in the residence life profession are. Students deal with these things in real time, and, more often than not, if a sense of dissatisfaction permeates a student’s first year in the residence hall, they will probably do what they can to change their environment (read: move out). This transition to off-campus living hurts retention chances. Also, for many students, college offers the first taste of true independence, living elsewhere besides under their parents’ roof. Residence halls can provide this thrill, but the prospect of living off campus in an apartment also has an allure to many. There’s the promise of more independence, more

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Talking Stick - March/April 2012

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Talking Stick - March/April 2012

Talking Stick - March/April 2012
Contents
New Member Highlight
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Res Life
Special Focus
Regroup
Calendar
Building Retention
Locker Room Talk
Conversations
First Takes
Reporting Out
Welcome
Snapshot
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - BB1
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - BB2
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Talking Stick - March/April 2012
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Cover2
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 1
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 2
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Contents
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - New Member Highlight
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 5
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Vision
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 7
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Just In
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 9
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 10
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 11
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 12
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Your ACUHO-I
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Transitions
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 15
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 16
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 17
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Res Life
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 19
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 20
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Special Focus
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 22
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 23
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Regroup
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 25
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 26
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Calendar
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Building Retention
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 29
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 30
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 31
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 32
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 33
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 34
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 35
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Locker Room Talk
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 37
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 38
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 39
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 40
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 41
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 42
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 43
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Conversations
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 45
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 46
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - First Takes
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Reporting Out
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 49
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 50
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 51
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 52
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 53
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Welcome
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - 55
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Snapshot
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Cover3
Talking Stick - March/April 2012 - Cover4
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