Mission Statement

The Graduate Students and New Professionals Community of Practice (GSNPCoP) is one of the entity groups within ACPA charged to develop and deliver year-round programs and services focused on enriching and supporting the needs of graduate students and new professionals in student affairs and higher education.


Vision Statement

The Graduate Students and New Professionals Community of Practice strives to be the centralized gateway, network, and resource for graduate students and new professionals that elevates current issues, addresses institutionalized culture, produces scholarly work, and implements innovative practices that promote systemic change in order to transform higher education and student affairs.


Outcomes and Core Values

In 2020, the Graduate Students and New Professionals Community of Practice will continue to expand beyond their work on revised Mission and Vision Statements by engaging in thoughtful dialogue that will produce newly established Outcomes and Core Values that align more closely with our new Mission and Vision as well as ACPA's revised Mission.