Florida State University. Hardee Center for Leadership and Ethics in Higher Education.

In 1977, Melvene Hardee founded the Center for Studies of Women in Educational Management Systems to identify and solve the problems of women who aspire to be higher education administrators, offering professional development activities and resource materials. When she retired in 1989, the Center was renamed the following year as The Melvene Draheim Hardee Center for Women in Higher Education, in recognition of her vision for the Center and her advocacy for women. The Hardee Center provided coordination, direction, and focus in the areas of promoting women to management and administrative positions in higher education. Its goals were to promote the professional development of its graduate scholars and other students, including both men and women, in higher education; to provide opportunities for FSU students in higher education to enhance their research skills and to foster research on women in higher education; to solicit financial support for professional development, research, and administrative activities, and to encourage participation in its activities and awareness of its mission at state and national levels. In Fall 2004, the Hardee Center for Women in Higher Education and the Center for the Study of Values in College Student Development merged. This merger was implemented to consolidate programs and resources, and to advance the closely related core purposes of the two centers. The newly merged Center was named the Hardee Center for Leadership and Ethics in Higher Education. This new title reflected a commitment to continue the legacy of Dr. Melvene Hardee and to incorporate a focus on ethics and leadership.

From the description of Florida State University Melvene Draheim Hardee Center for Women in Higher Education collection, 1920-2004 (inclusive). (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 701240145