About Special Interest Group 10, Issues in Higher Education

Vision

To address issues affecting academicians in undergraduate and graduate programs so that together we can provide a collective voice in the Association.

Mission Statement

To foster development of ever-expanding knowledge of instruction, learning strategies, and curriculum to provide the underpinnings of education and skills for practice of the profession. To foster collaboration among programs, faculty, academic staff, clinical supervisors, research laboratories, and administration so that common concerns are addressed and resolved in the best interests of our academic members.

What Makes Us Unique

Unification and collaboration among faculty and academic staff at different ranks, levels of experience, responsibilities and expertise.

Goals

SIG 10 has begun to plan for the future. The primary goals are to:

Disseminate state-of-the-art information on curriculum and instructional practices that are critical to the preparation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists.
Provide a forum for discussion and exploration of academic-related issues, such as research findings and initiatives, innovative instructional practices, and progressive methods for clinical supervision.
Foster discussion of appropriate curricula and training in research methodology in applied and basic scientific techniques.
Discuss and develop better ways to provide academic and clinical education.
Promote alternative models for delivering quality education to students and practitioners based on lifelong learning needs.
Help members understand and cope with the challenges universities face in view of current demographic, political, economic, legislative, and service delivery issues.
Provide members with information about quality education programs across settings.
Encourage debate about academic issues.
Prepare educators to understand and provide instruction with consideration of present and impending health care and marketplace changes.
Provide a mechanism for coordinating information, implementing strategies, and developing action plans related to academic issues that emerge from various related professional groups and forums (i.e., CGPCSD, ASHA Colloquy).

Professional and Study Issues

Best practices
Career ladders
Clinical education
Distance learning
Downsizing
Ethics
Faculty development
Graduate application processes
Materials and software application for instructional resources and innovations
Mentorship
Multicultural Issues
Performance evaluation
Program evaluation
Recruitment and retention
Reimbursement
Research
Preparation of speech-language pathology assistants
Student evaluation
Use of technology in the classroom, clinic, and laboratory

Affiliate Benefits and SIG Programs

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups is the online peer-reviewed scholarly review journal of the SIGs. SIG 10 offers new self-study CE activities through Perspectives each year.

Continuing Education

Earn ASHA continuing education units (CEUs) through

Self-study of Perspectives and pay the lowest processing fee to take the learning assessments
SIG sponsored Master Classes and one-hour sessions at the annual ASHA Convention.

Networking

SIG 10 Affiliates have access to exclusive discussion forum/groups, which provide the opportunity to interact with other SIG Affiliates who share interest in higher education. Use ASHA's Member Directory to search for individuals by SIG afiliation. In addition, SIG 10 Affiliates can meet in person and online at an ASHA and SIG 10 sponsored events; typically each SIG hosts an Affiliates meeting at Convention and sponsors a virtual open house.

Representation Within ASHA

The SIG 10 Coordinator represents the Special Interest Group on Issues in Higher Education within the ASHA Board of Special Interest Group Coordinators.
The Coordinating Committee responds to ASHA requests for input regarding policy, guidelines, committees, and other issues.
Affiliates have the opportunity to provide input to the SIG leadership and ASHA.

Coordinating Committee Members

2023–2024 Coordinator: Carol Koch, Samford University
2023–2025 Associate Coordinator: AnnMarie Knight, Columbia College
2022–2024 Editor: Elena Dukhovny, California State University, East Bay
2023–2025 Professional Development Manager: Juliana O. Miller, University of South Carolina
2023–2025 Member-at-Large: Teresa Cardon, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
2024–2026 Member-at-Large: Felicidad M Garcia, Temple University
Ex Officio: Elgustus Polite, Director, Academic and Research Resources, ASHA