WASHINGTON — The American Psychological Association and Liaison International announced today that, after completing a review of the current soft-launch of the PSYCASTM service, they will temporarily close it to new programs. The APA and Liaison will be working to clarify and refine work flows and business processes related to the dissemination of third-party information through PSYCAS, and associated student costs, and to ensure the implementation of industry best practices.
While we work on this development, we believe it would be most efficient to close PSYCAS to new programs. We will, however, continue to provide comprehensive service to psychology programs currently registered to accept applications for admission via the PSYCAS platform through the end of the current application cycle (August 2015). Students who have already created accounts on PSYCAS may continue to use it to apply to the participating programs. New students may also create accounts, but only to apply to the current programs. We will do individual outreach to participating programs and applicants to provide additional assistance throughout the process.
PSYCAS, which was launched with a limited number of participating programs in January, was designed to make the application process more efficient for students, faculty and departments. “We are grateful to the four schools and the scores of applicants who have participated in this new endeavor and have been instrumental in the implementation of PSYCAS,” said Jim Diaz-Granados, PhD, APA executive director for education. “While we recognize the benefits of a centralized application system for the field, such as ease of application filing, centralization of application materials, discipline-wide analytics, and savings in time, our plan is to continue to work with all stakeholders in the psychology higher education community to ensure that a centralized application system fully meets the needs of our students, departments and the discipline.”
For more information, contact Garth Fowler, PhDopens in new window, APA associate executive director for graduate and postgraduate education.
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