Division 10, Issues in Higher Education

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• Vision and Mission Statement
• Goals
• Professional and Study Issues
• Affiliate Benefits
• Division Steering Committee

Announcements

Perspectives is going GREEN to save some GREEN in 2008!

In 2008, Special Interest Division member publications, Perspectives, will be published online only. The Divisions are going to this new format:

• To save some GREEN. Increases in content and frequency of publication coupled with increasing postage costs have put a strain on Division budgets. Publishing online only will free up resources that can be allocated to other Division programs and member benefits.
• To be more GREEN. Online publishing is a positive step environmentally; it saves resources (paper, energy) associated with publishing hardcopy.
• To respond to affiliates' interests in accessing content online.
• To provide new benefits (e.g., archived issues).

Our Vision

To address issues affecting academicians in undergraduate and graduate programs so that together we can provide a collective voice in the Association.

Mission Statement

To foster development of ever-expanding knowledge of instruction, learning strategies, and curriculum to provide the underpinnings of education and skills for practice of the profession. To foster collaboration among programs, faculty, research laboratories, and administration so that common concerns are addressed and resolved in the best interests of our academic members.

What Makes Us Unique

Unification and collaboration among faculty at different ranks, levels of experience, responsibilities and expertise.

Goals

Division 10 has begun to plan for the future. The primary goals are to:

• Disseminate state-of-the-art information on curriculum and instructional practices that are critical to the preparation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists.
• Provide a forum for discussion and exploration of academic-related issues, such as research findings and initiatives, innovative instructional practices, and progressive methods for clinical supervision.
• Foster discussion of appropriate curricula and training in research methodology in applied and basic scientific techniques.
• Discuss and develop better ways to provide academic and clinical education.
• Promote alternative models for delivering quality education to students and practitioners based on lifelong learning needs.
• Help members understand and cope with the challenges universities face in view of current demographic, political, economic, legislative, and service delivery issues.
• Provide members with information about quality education programs across settings.
• Encourage debate about academic issues.
• Prepare educators to understand and provide instruction in corroboration with present and impending health care and marketplace changes.
• Provide a mechanism for coordinating information, implementing strategies, and developing action plans related to academic issues that emerge from various related professional groups and forums (i.e., CGPCSD, ASHA Colloquy).

Professional and Study Issues

• Best practices
• Career ladders
• Clinical education
• Distance learning
• Downsizing
• Ethics
• Faculty development
• Materials and software application for instructional resources and innovations
• Mentorship
• Multicultural Issues
• Performance evaluation
• Program evaluation
• Recruitment and retention
• Reimbursement
• Research
• Preparation of speech-language pathology assistants
• Student evaluation
• Use of technology in the classroom, clinic, and laboratory

Affiliate Benefits

Newsletter Published twice annually in June and October, the Division 10 Newsletter—Perspectives on Issues in Higher Education—features:

• News of division activities
• Articles on clinical topics
• Articles on professional and practice issues

Check out the June 2006 issue:

• Front page, including table of contents, "In This Issue" [PDF]
• Assessing Learning in University Teaching: Classroom Assessment Techniques [PDF] by Rosalind R. Scudder, of Wichita State University, and Kenn Apel, of Florida State University

Continuing Education Division 10 sponsors a Short Course at the annual ASHA Convention. Division affiliates are eligible for a 50% discount on a Short Course at Convention.

E-mail List Division 10 sponsors an exclusive e-mail list (for Division 10 affiliates only).

Networking Affiliates have the opportunity to identify others with interest in high education issues through affiliate meetings and participation in the e-mail list.

Representation Within ASHA

• The Division 10 Coordinator represents the Special Interest Division on Issues in Higher Education within the ASHA Board of Division Coordinators.
• The Steering Committee responds to ASHA requests for input regarding policy, guidelines, committees, and other issues.
• Affiliates have the opportunity to provide input to the division leadership and ASHA.

Steering Committee

Coordinator: Sarah Ginsberg, Eastern Michigan University
Associate Coordinator: Colleen Visconti, Baldwin-Wallace College
Richard K. Adler, Minnesota State University
Fran Hagstrom, University of Arkansas
Karen F. Steckol, University of Alabama

Perspectives Editor: Nancy B. Robinson, Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, San Francisco State University

CE Administrator: Patti Solomon-Rice, San Francisco State University/University of California, Berkeley

Ex Officios

Brian B. Shulman, Monitoring Vice President for Professional Practices in Speech-Language Pathology
Gwendolyn D. Wilson, Monitoring Vice President for Professional Practices in Audiology
Michelle Ferketic, Director, Special Interest Division and International Liaison Programs

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