History
For three decades, the HRL Commission has made numerous and outstanding contributions
to ACPA, to the residence life profession, and to thousands of
students who have lived, studied, and matured in American residential
colleges and universities.
For the past several years, the HRL Commission has been especially productive in five important professional
areas:
Information dissemination |
Membership involvement |
Recognition of achievement |
Liaison relationships |
Leadership |
Purpose
Residence halls are one of the primary settings for student learning at colleges and universities. The Commission for Housing and Residential Life is one of the largest of ACPA's commissions and actively involves its members in meeting seven major objectives:
- To provide leadership with ACPA
and the profession in general for student learning in college
residence halls.
- To identify issues of special concern
and advise colleagues regarding these concerns through the support
of research efforts, survey information, reports, position papers,
and task force investigations.
- To communicate innovative ideas,
special issues, problem resolution, and research information with
a broad base of individuals throughout the country who are involved
in residence education.
- To maintain a working relationship
with other professional organizations, student associations, and
other commissions, divisions, and agencies within ACPA that maintain
similar or overlapping objectives.
- To cultivate professional development
experiences through sponsoring and implementing convention programs
and regional workshops.
- To assist in developing a set of
professional standards for staff working in residence halls.
- To develop a plan and a process
for evaluating the work and leadership of the Commission.
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