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The annual conference for Naspa -- Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education runs March 8-12 in Boston. View the schedule.

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Be Everywhere Now
Today's generation of students is a singular one in its spectacular hunger for life and more life. But some stereotypes about the millennial generation may not hold up.

No Longer 'Nontraditional'
Colleges are reaching out to adult students, especially those who have some credits but no degree.

Help for Troubled Students
Public colleges often don't have enough resources for mental-health services, even as expectations rise for them to identify and help troubled students.

Past Naspa Coverage

Creating a 'Culture of Preparedness' (2008)
Colleges must empower their students to help prevent violent incidents on campuses and prepare them to respond during emergencies, experts say.

Do Guns Belong on Campus? (2008)
The solution to shooting incidents at colleges and universities is not more guns, public-safety experts argue.

New Demands on Student Affairs (2007)
The needs of an increasingly diverse student population are rapidly expanding the roles and responsibilities of student-affairs offices.

Millennials, Parents, and Liability (2006)
Modern students are skilled multitaskers who dream big, thrive on stress, and call their parents constantly.

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February 13, 2008

Welcome to AAAS Conference Coverage

Welcome to our coverage of the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (known familiarly as AAAS), taking place in Boston. During the next four days, we’ll bring you breaking news and analysis from the most prominent gathering of scientists in the world.

This meeting is where science struts its stuff and meets public policy. The Nobel Prize-winner David Baltimore will be speaking, and Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda, will deliver a special address on the link between science, education, and development. There will be more than 150 special sessions on everything from astronomy to zoology.

The gathering also features career workshops with job information for academic researchers, and a “town meeting” with the general public on the hot topic of obesity and health.

We will have reports from sessions, gossip from the hallways and the exhibit halls, and analysis of where American science is heading.

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