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After completing my Masters Degree in Student Development and Leadership, my professional goal is to fill the Vice President of Student Affairs position, at Ranger College. I currently work for the educational institution as the Assistant Registrar/Dual Credit Coordinator. My passion, in helping students and providing a safe educational environment for them, will contribute to my success as the Vice President of Student Affairs.

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Step 2: Exploration Option 1 - Top 5 Ethical/Legal Issues According to Derrick Worrels

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Step 2: Exploration Option 1 - Top 5 Ethical/Legal Issues According to Derrick Worrels

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I interviewed Derrick Worrels, the current Vice President of Student Affairs for Ranger College. The current legal and ethical issues impacting his role as a Student Affair administrator are as follows:

1. The Clery Act is a legal requirement that impacts his line of work, by requiring Mr. Worrels to provide transparency in reporting on policies, campus crimes and statistics. The Clery Act is important because Ranger College is federally funded and requires the college to follow reporting requirements of The Clery Act.

2. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is another legal requirement that he must abide by. As a Vice President of Student Affairs, it is important for Mr. Worrels to protect the students' academic records and personal information. In failing to follow FERPA, Ranger College's federal funding would be at risk.

3. Understanding how to make ethical decisions. For instance, being prepared to make decisions that are in conflict of your own personal set of values and standards, to support campus policy.

4. Title IX is a legal requirement that Mr. Worrels must enforce among all students, faculty and staff, within the educational institution. This legal requirement prohibits discrimination based on sex.

5. Mr. Worrels said it was important to remain unbiased when adopting policies and procedures regarding campus carry laws. This is to help ensure campus safety for all students, faculty and staff.

(D. Worrels, personal communication, March 18, 2019)

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Step 2: Exploration Option 3- LA Community College District Settles Free Speech Case

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Step 2: Exploration Option 3- LA Community College District Settles Free Speech Case

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Freedom of speech, a topic that happens to be trending in higher education news. Whitford (2018), reported on a case in which a former student, by the name of Kevin Shaw, sued Los Angeles Community College. The article is intended to bring forward the importance for educational institutions to educate their students on "free speech zone locations and institutional guidelines regarding free speech (Whitford, 2018).

Article Link: https://www.insidehighered.com/print/quicktakes/2018/12/17/la-community-college-district-settles-free-speech-case

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Step 2: Exploration Option 3- Yale University sued over fraternity culture, and plaintiffs demand coeducation

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Step 2: Exploration Option 3- Yale University sued over fraternity culture, and plaintiffs demand coeducation

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The article is about Yale students Anna McNeil, Ry Walker and Eliana Singer, filing a class action lawsuit against Yale University.
Previous on-campus fraternity incidents, against Yale University women, have been linked to violating Title IX. These students are also taking legal action, because they are accusing the educational institution of completely dismissing and ignoring their sexual assault claims (Bauer-Wolf, 2019).

Article Link: ​​https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/13/yale-university-sued-over-fraternity-culture-and-plaintiffs-demand-coeducation

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From the interview with Mr. Worrels, I choose to focus on ethical decision making. I choose this topic because as a future Vice President of Student Affairs, I will be confronted with ethical issues on a daily basis. Understanding how to properly resolve these issues is very important.

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Step 4: Angelo State University Academic Link

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Step 4: Angelo State University Academic Link

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The article's main goal is to educate current and future student affairs practitioners in ethical decision making. The article utilizes Kitchener's five principles for ethical decision making.

Article Citation:
McDonald, W. M., Ebelhar, M. W., Orehovec, E. R., & Sanderson, R. H. (2006). Ethical Decision Making: A Teaching and Learning Model for Graduate Students and New Professionals. College Student Affairs Journal, 25(2), 152–163. Retrieved from https://easydb.angelo.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ902792&site=eds-live

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The overall article was intended for counselors, but can be applied to all areas of student affairs. The article provided a step by step guideline on how to identify ethical or legal problems and steps on resolving them.

Article Link:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.2202/1940-1639.1131

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Step 5: Summary of Ethical Decision Making

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Step 5: Summary of Ethical Decision Making

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Ethical decision making is an important topic because it is a  prominent daily challenge student affairs practitioners encounter.

Issues that were mentioned, within the articles, were racial discrimination, unlegal reporting practices and balancing the student's needs versus the educational institutions policies.

As a future student affairs practitioner, it is important for me to understand the educational institution’s policies for students and know how to protect the students. The dilemma is choosing the best course of action for the situation because ethical decision making is not always having a black and white answer. For example, what I deem as an unethical decision, others may see as being ethical. According to McDonald, Ebelhar, Orehovec and Sanderson (2006), “Another objection to ethical decision-making lies in the fact that ethical dilemmas are by definition unsolvable” (p. 154).

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Bauer-Wolf, J. (2019). Retrieved from ​https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/13/yale-university-sued-over-fraternity-culture-and-plaintiffs-demand-coeducation

McDonald, W. M., Ebelhar, M. W., Orehovec, E. R., & Sanderson, R. H. (2006). Ethical Decision Making: A Teaching and Learning Model for Graduate Students and New Professionals. College Student Affairs Journal, 25(2), 152–163. Retrieved from https://easydb.angelo.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ902792&site=eds-live

Whitford, E. (2018). Retrieved from ​​https://www.insidehighered.com/print/quicktakes/2018/12/17/la-community-college-district-settles-free-speech-case