About Student Affairs Executive

Student Affairs Executive is a community and resource for the senior leaders shaping the future of the student experience.

Today’s student affairs executives are leading complex organizations, developing talent, allocating resources, navigating changing legislation and technology, working with institutional stakeholders, and demonstrating how their divisions contribute to broader university priorities.

Student Affairs Executive was created to support leaders in those efforts.

Through executive-focused journalism, peer insights and an annual leadership summit, we connect senior student affairs leaders with the ideas, strategies and relationships that can help them lead more effectively.

Our coverage explores the issues commanding executive attention — from organizational strategy, data and student success to AI, budgets, partnerships, talent development and the evolving higher education landscape.

At the center of it all is peer leadership: sharing how executives are navigating complex challenges, what’s working on campuses and what others can learn from their experiences.

Student Affairs Executive is where senior leaders come to learn from their peers, strengthen their leadership and navigate what’s next in higher education.