The Campus Women's Center as Classroom

Grounded in women’s movements focusing on political activism, Women’s Centers located within colleges and universities simultaneously seek to educate and further actions seeking gender equity. However, the body of literature focusing on the work of Women’s Centers often overemphasizes the activist component of Women’s Centers, thereby overshadowing their commitment to education and learning. The Campus Women’s Center as Classroom is a model for advancing the work of these units by fully articulating their mission to simultaneously and dialectically inspire education and activism. Using the example of the Xavier University Women’s Center, the Women’s Center as Classroom model is described, as well as the development of a program evaluation instrument designed to capture outcomes according to resource provision, learning, and research.