Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals

From MCAwiki

Their website: www.lgbtcampus.org

Mission/Vision & Goals

The combined vision and mission of the Consortium is to achieve higher education environments in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni have equity in every respect. Our goals are to support colleagues and develop curriculum to professionally enhance this work; to seek climate improvement on campuses; and to advocate for policy change, program development, and establishment of LGBT Office/Centers.

Goal 1. Providing support to colleagues serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities in higher education.

Goal 2. Consulting with higher education administrators in the interest of improving campus climate and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender faculty, staff, students, administrators, and alumni/ae.

Goal 3. Advocating for institutional policy changes and program development that recognize the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

What is it?

The Consortium is a resource for LGBT Center staff professionals and is certified by the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education(CAS) as an associate member organization.

What does it's work look like?

It meets 3 times annually at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force(NGLTF) Creating Change Conference, the NASPA Conference, and the ACPA conference. All Consortium Members receive the following benefits: membership on the Listserv, an online community of over 300 people; opportunity to participate in Monthly Topics conference calls & chats; access to the Members Only web site, which includes archives of the Listserv and additional resources created by members; opportunity to attend regional meetings and the LGBT Campus Administrators Institute at Creating Change; Access to "Queer News on Campus," a weekly round-up of news headlines; participation in the Mentoring Program, Internship Program, and Consultants / Speakers Network; membership in constituency-based groups such as the People of Color Group, Trans & Genderqueer Group, and LGBT2 Group; Opportunity to take a leadership role on the Executive Board, or join one of our many Work Groups; a vote at the annual Business Meeting. Votes are cast by institution; a 10% discount on subscriptions to the Journal of LGBT Youth, a scholarly publication dedicated to improving the quality of life for LGBTQ youth.

Projects

LGBTQ Architect (http://architect.lgbtcampus.org) Can help guide you through documentation for campus administrators working with LGBTQ populations. Use these documents to construct a program for yourself.

Materials include sample funding proposals, position descriptions, outreach strategies, programming resources for small and large events, introductions to climate assessment, and many other useful tools for starting and/or furthering the work of campus-based resource programs.

These resources, compiled from campus resource programs across the country, are free as part of a grant-funded project sponsored by the Calamus Foundation, the LGBTA Student Resource Center at Penn State University, and the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.

Resources (http://www.lgbtcampus.org/resources/)

The Consortium offers a host of resources available on their website. They are arranged in a FAQ format.

Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education(CAS)Their website: www.cas.edu

CAS provides a standard to help gauge the effectiveness of your organization on the achievement and development of students.

What does this mean for me as a college student?

Depending on your institution, and the status or existence of a LGBT Resource Center on your campus, the Consortium's usefulness will take on different forms. The resources available to the public are invaluable, and depending on what you're working on at your campus can be influential. If you do have a Resource Center with professional staff, the Consortium is a great way for that staff to learn, grow, and feel supported, as well as a invaluable resource to track the growth of the center and give direction and guidance. As a student, you can ensure your resource center knows about the Consortium, or while working to create a resource center use the Consortium as a resource to help you along that journey.

Page Created by Miranda Larocque, with information gathered from http://www.lgbtcampus.org, https://www.cas.edu/index.html, and personal experience.