Student-Centered
Student-Centered
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Student-Centered is the official podcast of the Arkansas Student Affairs Association, dedicated to keeping students at the heart of higher education. Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to student affairs, this podcast offers inspiration, strategies, and meaningful conversations. Explore challenges, opportunities, and innovative ideas shaping the student experience, while celebrating the work of professionals across Arkansas. Grab your coffee, and let’s connect, learn, and grow—because staying student-centered ensures success for our students and communities!
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The podcast prominently features topics such as student affairs strategies, first-generation student success, and career development in higher education with episodes like Investing in Student Affairs Professionals and Supporting First-Generation Student Success, focusing on real-world applications and professional growth.

Student-Centered is the official podcast of the Arkansas Student Affairs Association, dedicated to keeping students at the heart of higher education. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new to student affairs, this podcast offers inspiration, strategies, and meaningful conversations. Explore challenges, opportunities, and innovative ideas shaping the student experience, while celebrating the work of professionals across Arkansas. Grab your coffee, and let’s connect, learn, and grow—because staying student-centered ensures success for our students and communities!
In this episode of the Student-Centered, host Zackery Tucker has a conversation with Ava AI, an artificial intelligence persona, to explore the evolving role of AI in the world of Student Affairs — from everyday strategies that save time and improve decision-making, to deeper questions about ethics, equity, and the human connection that defines education.
The episode is a recording of a virtual conversation with the AI tool ChatGPT using the Everway Read&Write tool about AI use in Student Affairs work.
Whether you’re curious about practical applications of AI in advising, programming, and assessment — or you’re wrestling with questions about what it means for the future of higher education — this conversation offers both insight and inspiration.
✨ Key Topics:
- Innovative uses of AI in Student Affairs
- Ethical considerations and FERPA concerns
- Strategies for AI-assisted reflection and decision-making
- Preparing students to use AI responsibly
- The balance between innovation and human connection
📘 Join us as we imagine a future where AI doesn’t replace Student Affairs — it empowers it.

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