NASPA'S Strategic
Plan
As promised in the December/January issue of the NASPA
Forum, below is NASPA's revised strategic plan.
MISSION STATEMENT
NASPA serves student affairs administrators who bring an
institutional perspective to work with students in higher education. NASPA's
constituencies are senior student affairs officers/administrators, student affairs
personnel at all levels, faculty, and other professionals who are actively involved in
facilitating student learning in the higher education setting. NASPA promotes leadership
in higher education, advocacy for students, and professional development opportunities.
GOALS
To provide professional development to our members
through the dissemination of high quality information and exemplary models of practice.
Strategic Objectives:
- To feature sessions at each NASPA national conference which
provide management trends, data, skill development, and "best practice" models
for the delivery of student affairs services.
- To utilize NASPA publications as vehicles for providing
benchmark data, trend analysis, and exemplary models of practice which are associated with
the management and administration of student affairs.
- To utilize emerging technology applications to disseminate
essential management leadership information and models.
- To design and offer leadership development opportunities
that emphasize institutional perspectives and focus on the development of campus and
association leaders.
To provide leadership in higher education through
policy development and advocacy for students on important national issues.
Strategic Objectives:
- To increase NASPA's visibility, participation and influence
on national educational policy issues.
- To influence educational policy development at national,
state and institutional levels through research and information services.
- To support students' needs through advocacy efforts at
local, state and national levels.
To promote pluralism, diversity, and
internationalism in NASPA and the profession.
Strategic Objectives:
- To encourage campus environments which promote civil
discourse, respect, and appreciation of difference; freedom of expression; and
opportunities for individual and community development.
- To exercise a leadership role regarding the benefits and
accomplishments of affirmative action.
- To increase pluralism and diversity within the membership
and leadership within NASPA and the profession.
- To facilitate greater international dialogue and exchange
among NASPA and student affairs professionals.
To provide leadership for promoting, assessing,
and supporting student learning and successful educational outcomes.
Strategic Objectives:
- To promote more active collaboration between academic
affairs and student affairs.
- To encourage research and information exchange regarding
the impact of student affairs work on positive educational outcomes.
- To serve as a resource in designing effective outcomes
assessment strategies.
- To prepare student affairs professionals and academic
administrators to support central educational mission of student learning.
- To promote the development of a campus climate that
facilitates student learning.
To maintain, evaluate, and develop a high quality
association infrastructure to meet current needs and anticipate future trends.
Strategic Objectives:
- To assess and implement the strategic techniques,
information technology, and staffing necessary for successful association leadership in
student affairs and higher education.
- To provide a solid and sufficient resource base to achieve
association goals.
- To provide research and information to support the
association's operation and achievement of its goals.
- To support and develop regions, divisions, and networks to
achieve the association's goals and promote the association's growth.
Revised November 1995
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