History

Alice Jordon, founder of Student Parent Services @ Cal

Student Parent Center Beginnings and Progression 

The core services of the Student Parent Center emerged as part of the Women's Resource Center in the mid 1980's. Visionary and advocate, Alice Jordan, spearheaded the development of supportive campus policies, programs and resources at the University of California, Berkeley. Until her retirement in 2013, she devoted her entire career to advocacy for the educational and childcare needs of parents and the expansion of access to higher education as a route out of poverty for low-income families.

To this day, The Student Parent Center is unique in the UC system, and one of only a handful in the country.