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Field Responsive; Center Specific: A Model For Collaborative Partnerships, Richard R. Hawkes, Richard G. Stahlhut
Field Responsive; Center Specific: A Model For Collaborative Partnerships, Richard R. Hawkes, Richard G. Stahlhut
Faculty Publications
A description is given of the Regional Partnership Program; a field-responsive; center-specific model established at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) designed to oversee clinical field experiences for student teachers. This cooperative partnership calls for a resident tenure track professor to be placed in a geographic area away from the main campus for the purpose of directing the student teaching program; teaching extension courses and being involved in other activities designed by the university. The model involves six regional districts specifically located across the state in such a fashion as to cause the university to be in touch with all …
The University Of Choice: Social Work Students At Uni, James G. Mccullagh
The University Of Choice: Social Work Students At Uni, James G. Mccullagh
Faculty Publications
The study examined expressed reasons for choosing the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) by undergraduate students majoring in social work there. Responses of 205 social work majors to a questionnaire found that these students chose UNI primarily because of location; size; cost; the presence of a social work program; to get a good education; to be with their friends; and to continue a family tradition. Other findings indicated that 44% of students had attended other colleges previously; that many students considered other majors before deciding on social work; that 84% of the students had been born in Iowa; that 50% …