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Recruitment and Retention of Bilingual Graduate Students in School Psychology: Efforts and Challenges in Increasing Professional Diversity
Ding, Yi; Ridgard, Tamique; Cho, Su-Je; Wang, Jiayi
School Psychology International, v42 n6 p569-589 Dec 2021
The main goal of this paper is to illustrate recruitment efforts, strategies, and challenges in the process of training bilingual school psychologists to serve diverse schools. First, we address the acute and chronic shortage of bilingual school psychologists in the United States, particularly in urban schools where student populations are increasingly diverse. Then we provide a review of strategies and efforts to recruit and retain bilingual graduate-level learners in one school psychology program in an urban university. Quantitative data regarding recruitment and retention efforts are discussed. We identify challenges and future directions to increase diversity in the field of school psychology.
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Bilingualism, Student Diversity, Urban Schools, Graduate Study, Persistence, Student Recruitment, Information Dissemination, College Admission, Student Financial Aid, College Faculty, Minority Group Teachers, Diversity (Faculty), Academic Persistence, Training, Mentors, Peer Teaching, Racial Bias, Ethnicity, Racial Discrimination, Student Needs, COVID-19, Pandemics, Enrollment Trends, Barriers
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