This document is a manual for a social work field placement program. The social work field placement is described as a learning experience designed to translate the students' interests, interpersonal abilities, and academic knowledge and theory into the capability of enabling others to solve problems. Expectations of skills to be learned in the…

This guide assists public affairs/public administration programs in self-study. A series of major topics for exploration and a series of questions are posed for consideration by this unit, including: program goals, organization, facilities, faculty, student body, field experience, self-study of academic programs, research, public service, plans…

This is the introduction and summary of a series of six papers discussing major issues about student assessment for the University of Wisconsin Extended Degree Program, a program designed to give academic credit for college level learning derived from experiences outside the scope of formal classes. A distinction is made between prior learning,…