1. Developing a Cosmopolitan Outlook In Student Affairs Practice NYU Student Affairs Conference 2014

2. Topics We Will Cover  Define “cosmopolitan” and “local”  Benefits and challenges of both positions  How balancing cosmopolitan & local positions can positively affect practice  Outline & brainstorm ways to broaden the local paradigm

3. Differences (Gouldner, 1957) Local  Highly committed to organization  Emphasizes institutional knowledge  Focus on immediately available resources  More rules-bound Cosmo  More committed to field  Emphasizes global knowledge  Values external resources and information  More willing to experiment Influence

4. Challenges to Paradigm Balance Professional Development Task Orientation Assimilation

5. Cosmopolitan On 4 Levels FIELD SCHOOL OFFICE / SERVICE PERSON

6. Person: What Can I Do?  Talk to strangers.  Weekly briefings.  Build a big net. Keep it working.

7. Office/Service: What Can We Do  Innovate. But also…  Go with what works.  Share your results – with the world!

8. Institution: You work here too?  ABC: Always. Be. Collaborating.  Knock down the silo.  Common problems; common solutions

9. Field: The Wide World of Education  Find your orgs. Stay connected.  Represent! (Yourself, your office, your school, your work).  Remember the nerds!

10. Small-group Discussion

11. Take-Away Recommendations  Try to read at least one Inside HigherEd or Chronicle or Journal article daily & share it if you find it applicable to your organization  Organize some sort of informal gathering with colleagues to discuss ideas/experiences  Engage with local, regional, and/or national professional organizations  Consider specialized institutes based on function/interest (RCI, MMI, SSO, SJTI, etc.)

12. Remember: Balance Cosmopolitan Local

13. Questions? Marc A. Lo, PhD Student Benjamin S. Selznick, PhD Student Higher & Postsecondary Education Reference: Gouldner, A.W. (1957). Cosmopolitans and locals: Toward an analysis of latent social roles. Administrative Science Quarterly, 2(3), 281-306.