Purpose

The Council of Student Affairs Officers serves as a forum for discussion and collaboration on topics and issues affecting the region’s higher education community by:

• Providing professional support and renewal for those who wish to enhance student-centered learning and development
• Identifying trends, issues, policies and regulations that affect students and staff and developing strategies to address these needs
• Utilizing regional student affairsprofessionals as a key professional development resource
• Engaging members of the student affairs profession in the collaborative examination of their practices
• Sharing information from our campuses to develop strategies to expand and enhance students’ access to higher education
• Making recommendations for possible programming in current areas of concern for the student affairs profession