Types of Student Organization Roles

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There are multiple roles available to manage student organizations. This article will break down what each of these roles mean and what the typical personnel for each role should be.

Access Roles

The access role determines what functionalities those associated with the student organization have access to. These roles affect how easily the user can access the set up and management of the organization's pathway. There are three types of access roles within a student organization, which are displayed below with each of their capabilities outlined:

	Member (student population)	Leader (organization E-Board)	Manager (organization Adviser, President)
Viewing Student Organizations
View public content in all organization profiles
View member-only content in assigned organization profiles
Managing content of assigned student organization profile	X
Roster Management
Create, edit, and delete Leader roles in assigned organization profiles	X	X
Create, edit, and delete Member roles in assigned organization profiles	X
View student organization membership list in assigned organization profiles
Export and import list of student organization membership in assigned organization profiles	X

Member Roles

The member role doesn't define a functionality that those associated with the student organization may have, but it acts as a title for the user when data on the student organization is reviewed. There are four types of member roles within a student organization:

1. Member: reserved for the general student body.
2. Advisor: reserved for faculty, staff, or other professional members at your institution that advise a student organization.
3. Officer: a student organization leader.
4. Other: if none of the roles above apply, choose Other.

• Note: the member roles do not act as access roles, and as such, they can differ from the role you choose as an access role. For example, an organization president could be given the Manager-level access role with an Officer-level member role. This is up to the student organization administrator's discretion.

Title

Finally, you can choose what title applies to the user associated with the student organization, if applicable. There are seven default titles:

• Member
• President
• Vice President
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Committee Chair
• Advisor
  • Note: If none of these titles fit for the user you are adding, you can also type in a custom title.

We hope that this guide is helpful to you in deciding the right student organization role for your users.

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