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The APA Education Directorate is engaged in several higher education initiatives relevant to graduate education, representing psychology in partnership with other science and humanities disciplines
in collaboration with higher education associations. The following websites provide links to higher education associations and initiatives that may be of interest
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (www.carnegiefoundation.org)
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is an independent
policy and research center with a primary mission "to do and perform all
things necessary to encourage, uphold, and dignify the profession of the teacher
and the cause of higher education."
The Master’s Degree Initiative (http://www.cgsnet.org/Default.aspx?tabid=120)
- Council of Graduate Schools initiative with science and humanities
disciplines.
- Focus on market needs for new degrees, disciplinary and interdisciplinary.
Service Learning- Campus Engagement Initiatives (http://www.apa.org/ed/slce/home.html)
- Advances
service learning as a pedagogy within the discipline of psychology.
- Opportunities
for support of community-based research and teaching through civic engagement.
Re-envisioning the Ph.D. (www.grad.washington.edu/envision/)
- How can we re-envision the Ph.D. to meet the societal needs of the 21st Century?
- Fosters local and national/international discussions and initiatives of department self-study.
Project Kaleidoscope (www.pkal.org/)
- Undergraduate science education initiative with interdisciplinary focus.
- Summer workshops for faculty from psychology and other sciences.
Preparing Future Faculty (www.apa.org/ed/pff.html)
- A comprehensive approach to doctoral education that exposes graduate students to the array of roles and responsibilities awaiting them as the professorate of the 21st century.
- Summer and regional workshops planned for faculty and students.
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