OPPORTUNITY for comment: APA requests public comment: "Principles for Quality Undergraduate Education in Psychology"

Call for Public Comment through May 31, 2010: Principles for Quality Undergraduate Education in Psychology

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"The APA Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) has posted the Principles for Quality Undergraduate Education in Psychology (Draft, January 2010) for review and comment. These recommendations were developed following the 2008 APA National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology.

In accordance with Association Rule 30-8, BEA is circulating the Principles for Quality Undergraduate Education in Psychology to APA governance groups, APA Divisions, State Psychological Associations, other organizations in psychology, departments and schools of psychology, and members of the public.

Feedback will be gathered through May 31, 2010. At the conclusion of public comment, the document will be circulated to all APA governance groups with a request that the Council of Representatives approve as Association policy the Principles for Quality Undergraduate Education in Psychology.

Instructions
All comments are to be submitted electronically via the Education Directorate Public Comment website at http://apaoutside.apa.org/EducCSS/Public/. 

In order to submit comments, participants must first register. Registration requires participants to use an email address, and to develop a password.

Select the Principles for Quality Undergraduate Education in Psychology from the list of projects to view instructions, register, and to post comments. To submit feedback, please select "edit comments."

Comments may be submitted through May 31, 2010.
If you have any questions, contact Robin Hailstorks, PhD (RHailstorks@apa.org) or
Martha Boenau (MBoenau@apa.org) at 202-336-6140.

Martha Boenau | Associate Director, Office of Precollege and Undergraduate Programs

Education Directorate

American Psychological Association

750 First Street N E , Washington , DC 20002-4242

Tel: (202) 336-6140 | Fax: (202) 336-5962

email: mboenau@apa.org | www.apa.org

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