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The Foundations Of Student Affairs: A Guide To The Profession, Dallas Long
The Foundations Of Student Affairs: A Guide To The Profession, Dallas Long
Dallas Long
Student affairs is a large, complex area of campus operations and is comprised of many departments with professionals from a wide variety of educational backgrounds. Long provides a short history of the student affairs profession, followed by an overview of the departments in a typical student affairs division and the responsibilities and goals of the professionals in those departments. Long also describes the values that guide the work of student affairs professionals and the contemporary challenges they face.
Assessment Of Psychology Competencies In Field Placements: Standardized Vignettes Reduce Rater Bias, Craig J. Gonsalvez, John Bushnell, Russell Blackman, Frank Deane, Vida Bliokas, Kathryn Nicholson-Perry, Alice Shires, Yasmina Nasstasia, Christopher Allan, Roslyn Knight
Assessment Of Psychology Competencies In Field Placements: Standardized Vignettes Reduce Rater Bias, Craig J. Gonsalvez, John Bushnell, Russell Blackman, Frank Deane, Vida Bliokas, Kathryn Nicholson-Perry, Alice Shires, Yasmina Nasstasia, Christopher Allan, Roslyn Knight
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Supervisors' ratings of psychology trainees' competence in field settings are a critical component of training assessment. There has been little systematic research regarding the validity of these assessments, but the available evidence suggests we have a problem! Supervisors' judgments may be affected by systemic biases that pose a serious threat to assessment credibility. The current study is part of a research collaboration among six universities that endeavors to develop and evaluate a new method the use of vignettes against outcomes derived from a conventional rating scale. Individual vignettes were designed and subjected to a rigorous process of peer-review and revisions, …
Interdisciplinary Professional Education: Training College Students For Collaborative Social Change, Monica Nandan, Manuel London
Interdisciplinary Professional Education: Training College Students For Collaborative Social Change, Monica Nandan, Manuel London
Faculty and Research Publications
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a rationale for developing interprofessional competencies among graduates from professional and graduate programs, so that they are well prepared to participate in local, national and global social change strategies. Design/methodology/approach – After reviewing the literature on strategic social change initiatives the authors briefly describe two such initiatives: corporate social responsibility initiatives and social entrepreneurial ventures. After reviewing the interprofessional literature from various disciplines and professions, the authors categorized them into “competencies,” “rationale,” “conceptual framework,” “principles” and “challenges.” An examination of exemplar pedagogy from this body of literature suggests ways to …