The Public Affairs Mission at Missouri State University involves the facilitation and development of community engagement, cultural competence, and ethical leadership. This document summarizes the process the authors followed to construct the Public Affairs Student Self-Report Scale and the results of the scale validation. This work was conducted by the 2008-2009 Provost Fellows for Teaching and Learning, Chantal Levesque-Bristol and Jeffrey Cornelius-White.
To develop the items included in the Public Affairs Self-Report Scale, the authors examined information from various organizations including the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Transcultural Nursing, and US Department of Health and Human Services: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The authors also consulted with the Missouri State Faculty Senate and three Provost Public Affairs committees, the Citizenship and Service-Learning office, Residence Life, the Provost’s working definitions, Associate Provost for Student Development and Public Affairs Dr. Rachelle L. Darabi, and the Public Affairs Reports from the Missouri State colleges.
View the adopted Public Affairs Mission Goals at Missouri State University
Read the full report and access the Public Affairs Scale
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