011 - Intentional or Misspent Resources in RA Hiring Processes | Apefa Cooper [Article Review]

It's been mentioned on the Podcast a few times how time consuming it is facilitating RA hiring processes, so today Apefa Cooper (Texas A&M San Antonio) came back to the show to talk about an article she wrote in The Journal of College and University Student Housing about this very thing. Apefa not only talks about the hours upon hours spent in the various components, but also coverts that time into real money: staff wages. Apefa breaks down her article and the various alterations to RA hiring processes to intentionally look at how we are investing our resources. At the end of the show, we talk about the publishing process and how Apefa grew throughout her experience of publishing her first article.

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Article Reviewed on this Episode:

The Price of Hiring Resident Assistants: An Analysis of Human Capital, Opportunity Costs, and Personnel Wages [JCUSH Article]


Other Things Mentioned on this Episode:

009 - Reflections from a Black President | Adonis Thompson [SWACUHO Podcast]

010 - Read, File, Delete, or Ignore: Email Management | Monique Burkley and Maggie Guzman [SWACUHO Podcast]

003 - Resident Assistant Hiring Decisions | Craig Seager [SWACUHO Podcast]

008 - The Expectations and Satisfaction of Residents with Autism | Dustin Grabsch [SWACUHO Podcast]

Dilbert Priorities [Comic Strip]