Clinical Experience in Higher Education    1 s.h

Catalog description

Higher Education Internship is an intensive, 120 hour supervised internship designed to expand students’ professional skills, awareness, reflective abilities, and capacity for leadership. The internship is completed under the mentorship of an accomplished on-site administrator in conjunction with a university supervisor. The internship involves the completion of a Higher Education Change Project keyed to a series of competencies aligned with the Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Educators as adopted by both NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) and ACPA (College Student Educators International). Candidates participate actively in a Virtual Clinical Learning Community and share their clinical experiences with other administrative candidates at geographically-dispersed and demographically-diverse institutions. Finally, they develop a Comprehensive Competency Report that they can elect to fashion into Administrative Portfolios documenting her or his clinical activities and the administrative and leadership lessons learned.