COVID-19 update:
In response to the COVID-19 situation, WCPA has canceled the Spring Professional Development Institute, “Free Speech, Protest, and Bias”. Click to see more information.
About WCPA:
Welcome to the Wisconsin College Personnel Association (WCPA). WCPA has been around for nearly 50 years supporting professionals and graduate students in higher education grow professionally.
WCPA welcomes individuals from all types of institutions and career fields related to higher education. WCPA affirms and supports the unique identities in our community by striving for inclusive excellence.
Upcoming WCPA Events:
Annual Fall Conference: October 8-9, 2020 (Virtual Event)
Student Affairs 101, Sponsored by Oshkosh Placement Exchange: October 9-10, 2020 (Virtual Event)
Spring Professional Development Institute: Date TBD
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- When Adrian College threatened to cut history and more, alumni organized
Eleven humanities professors at Adrian College in Michigan recently began their terminal year there, or so they thought. Then the administration rescinded their previously delivered pink slips and promised to find other ways to balance its budget. What changed Adrian’s mind? Hint: It wasn’t the faculty, which, still fuming about… Read more » - Report: decreased budgets for college health centersRecent survey data from the American College Health Association suggest that all is not well on college campuses when it comes to health and wellness. Of respondents to the association’s survey who knew their health center budget allocation for the 2021 fiscal year, 43 percent said that budget would be a… Read more »
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