Mission and Purpose

MCPA actively seeks to promote the ideology and philosophy of individuals committed to student development in higher education. More specifically, MCPA dedicates itself to:

• promote a variety of collegial interactions among individuals interested in student development; serve as an advocate for the diversity of issues affecting student life; provide programs which enhance student and professional development encourage the use of basic and applied knowledge about students and their development; actively recruit and retain persons of underrepresented populations into MCPA and thefield of college student personnel in Maryland; provide leadership to the student personnel profession in the colleges and universities in the state of Maryland; advance the contribution of student personnel administration in higher education through teaching, counseling, research, service and commitment to productive change in college student personnel practices; and,
• stimulate the professional development of college student personnel administrators within the state.

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