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Check out the new web guide for designing and implementing cocurricular assessment programs.

John Hoffman presented two sessions at the NASPA International Assessment and Retention Conference held in St. Louis, Missouri in June, 2008. Click here to review session handouts.

John presented Implementing a Comprehensive Assessment Program: Can I Get One Hour a Month? with Shauna Young on June 18, 2006 at the International Assessment and Retention Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. Shauna is involved in NASPA Region VI's Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Knowledge Community as the sub-chair for Southern California.

John presented Christian Students on Campus: Privileged or Oppressed? Stereotyped or Misunderstood? at NASPA's Multicultural Institute held December 8-10 in Las Vegas, NV. more...

John Hoffman and Marla Franco presented Assessment in Student Affairs at the Western Regional Careers in Student Affairs Day held at California State University, Long Beach on October 21, 2005. Click here to see the handout.

John Hoffman and Katie Lowitzki had their research article, "Predicting college success with high school grades and test scores: Limitations for minority students," published in the August-September, 2005 issue of The Review of Higher Education more...

John along with his brother, Louis, and several colleagues, presented two papers in April at the International Convention of the Christian Association of Psychological Studies (CAPS), held in Dallas, TX: Cultural Diversity and the God Image (read the paper) and Modern and Postermodern Ways of Knowing (read the paper).

John Hoffman, along with his wife, Joy, and colleague Andre Coleman, presented "Surprise and Sense-Making: Using Assessment to Improve Student of Color Retention" in March at the 2005 NASPA Conference in Tampa, FL more...

 

 

 

COUN 548: The U.S. College Student

 

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to explore the complexities in and range of students in postsecondary education in the United States. The focus of this course is on learning about the major demographic groups (race, ethnicity, age, ability, sexual orientation, gender, etc.) in higher education and their experiences with access, retention, and campus culture in both two- and four-year institutions. These topics will be examined through the analytical lens of the diverse purposes of higher education in the United States.

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Course-Specific Resources & Handouts

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