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Resource Ratings

We are currently recruiting raters! If you think you may be interested in volunteering, please email ratings@StudentAffairs.com. Thanks!

StudentAffairs.com now offers ratings of many of the sites and listservs listed in its database to assist busy student affairs professionals find the information they need more quickly and efficiently.

All resources with ratings are evaluated by real, live student affairs practitioners using the following criteria:

Based on their overall score, resources earn a mark of 1-5 apples with the corresponding meaning listed below.

	81-100 / Bookmark it!
	61-80 / Browse it
	41-60 / Click it
	21-40 / Consider it
	0-20 / Skip it!

Sites earning the coveted "5 Apple" rating get to display this graphic on their pages!

Meet Our Raters!

The following individuals have volunteered their time to help make the Compass a more useful resource for student affairs. The ratings and abstracts of websites and listservs they provide allow you to make more informed decisions about which sites to visit or which forums to join, thereby saving you valuable time.

Raters are not compensated for their work (besides a complimentary StudentAffairs.com T-shirt!) and do their best to be unbiased when evaluating resources. They all follow specific, uniform criteria so you can be confident in their evaluation.

• George McClellan is the Director of Graduate & Off-Campus Housing at Northwestern University. George is the Coordinator of the Raters Program for StudentAffairs.com.

• Jan Arminio has served in a variety of student affairs positions since 1978 (residence life, admissions, student activities, judicial affairs, and multicultural education). Currently she is an assistnat professor in a student affairs graduate program at Shippensburg University. Jan is responsible for rating the International section.

• Tracy R. Benner is Assistant Director of Residence Life at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. She is responsible for rating the Multicultural section.

• Patricia Blum is the Director of Career Services at the University of North Alabama. She assists students and community members with all of their career planning and job search needs and gives frequent presentations on the job search process. Prior to this position, she worked in Career Services and Faculty Development as a graduate student at Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA and in Admissions at the University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD. She rates the Admissions section.

• Kathy Jo Chambers is a counselor in Student Support Services at Spartanburg Technical College. Kathy Jo attended Winthrop University earning a B.A degree in History and Economics. She received a M.Ed from the University of South Carolina and is also a Certified Clinical Counselor. Kathy Jo enjoys working with her students and is currently organizing a mentoring and shadowing program. She rates the Academic Advising section.

• Dana Christman has been involved in Student Affairs for over 14 years and has recently acquired her doctorate degree in higher education from Oklahoma State University. She has held several offices and committee chairships in professional organizations in the southwest region of the US and is currently researching journal impact and working on other publications. She rates the Online Journals section.

• Peggy Philpot Holzweiss is a Student Development Specialist at Texas A&M University. She advises the elected Class Officers and all of their committees at Texas A&M University, which include a number of traditional events for the campus. In addition, she also serves as the Research Coordinator for the South Central Region in the National Association for Campus Activities. Peggy rates the Academic Advising section.

• Penny J Rosenthal is the Director of Off Campus & Adult Student Services at Iowa State University. Penny evaluates the Commuter and Women's Center sections.

• Katherine Schneider, Ph.D. is a senior clinical psychologist and coordinator of training at the Counseling Service of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She has taught, counseled and been an administrator for 25 years. Her interests include: disability issues, combining spirituality and counseling and being kept sane by her golden retriever Seeing Eye dog, Carter. Katherine rates the Counseling section.

• Brian C. Steinberg is currently a Residence Hall Director at SUNY-Stony Brook. Brian has held Residence Life Positions at The University of Northern Iowa, Central Michigan University, Drake University, and The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Brian rates the Higher Education Resources section.

• Karen Van Norman is Vice President for Student Development at Mount Olive College in North Carolina. She has worked within Student Affairs for the last 19 years. Karen reviews a number of different sections.

We are currently recruiting raters! If you think you may be interested in volunteering, please email ratings@StudentAffairs.com. Thanks!