The NASPA Center for
Scholarship, Research and Professional Development for Women examines issues of
concern to women in education, matters of policy development, and the design
and implementation of relevant programs, services, advocacy and mentoring opportunities for women
professionals and students. While encouraging
research from all in student affairs, the Center encourages, in particular,
research by women, for women, and about women in student affairs and about
women students.
The Center for Women targets the following areas:
- The status of women in higher education.
- How to educate women in higher education.
- How to provide for the unique needs of women in higher education.
- What women bring to higher student affairs/higher education.
- Research about women enrolled in higher education.
- Research about women working in student Affairs/higher education.
- Leadership development for women working in student affairs/higher education.
In addition, the Center:
- Serves as an information, networking, and funding
resource to support women in producing scholarship in support of
student affairs work broadly defined to embrace the mission of higher
education
- Offers a professional home in NASPA for women, including leaders in women's centers
- Partners with other organizations who are looking at various issues that affect the education and advancement of women
- Works with graduate faculty who are witnessing the feminization of the field of student affairs
- Publishes an annual journal for scholarship and research on women
- Provides mentoring possibilities for women from the pre-professional to postretirement through the Panel of Listeners program
- Collaborates
with other organizations that focus on professional development for
women to provide more alternatives for women in Student Affairs