Student Affairs On-Line The on-line magazine about technology and Student Affairs Gary D. Malaney - Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst Editor Stuart Brown - StudentAffairs.com Executive Editor

Join our mailing list!    First Name        Last Name        School        Email            ©2007    StudentAffairs.com    All Rights Reserved	Fall 2005: vol. 6, no. 4 Editor's Note Once again, we have a very eclectic group of articles that you will hopefully enjoy. Researchers planning to employ survey design methodology will find some interesting tips, and student affairs practitioners will discover some new technological applications. Faculty, students, and staff members will gain insights on two important issues: gay identity development and online gambling. Gary D. Malaney Director, Student Assessment, Research, and Evaluation Office Coordinator, Higher Education Program University of Massachusetts Amherst malaney@educ.umass.edu Inside This Issue Featured Articles Billy Molasso provides some very useful information regarding collecting data via surveys in two different articles: Ten Tangible and Practical Tips to Improve Student Participation in Web Surveys and Exploring Options to Create Web Surveys for Student Affairs Assessment Plans. In Logging On: How Technology Has Impacted the Identity Development of Gay Males, Doug Burleson discusses the effect of Internet sites on gay identity development. Leslie Dare identifies some technological applications of interest to student affairs professionals in Ten Technologies to Watch & Learn. And in Reasons for the Increase in Online Gambling, Stuart Brown discusses the surge of online gambling activity on college campuses.