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Presented to the M膩noa Faculty Senate by the Graduate Council for a vote of the full senate on February 20, 2019, a resolution supporting the proposal for a Graduate Certificate in Measurement and Statistics in Educational Psychology in the College of Education.聽 Approved by the M膩noa Faculty Senate on February 20, 2019 with 32 votes in support of approval; 2 votes against; and 3 abstention.

RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE PROPOSAL FOR A GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN MEASUREMENT AND STATISTICS IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

WHEREAS, the purpose of a graduate Certificate in Measurement and Statistics in Educational Psychology (GCERT MSEP) is to provide documented expertise in measurement and statistics for students from the College of Education (COE) and across campus; and

WHEREAS, the graduate certificate provides a detailed program in statistics applicable to psychometrics and other fields requiring advanced statistics; and

WHEREAS, the certificate requires a capstone project on the student鈥檚 own degree research that results in a scholarly paper; and

WHEREAS, the certificate is assembled from existing courses except for the capstone, no new resources are required to administer it, and 4鈥�5 students are expected per year; and

WHEREAS, a pilot program of the certificate requirements has been in place for the past two years with five students having met the same requirements that the certificate demands and students from other programs have already been taking the courses from COE; and

WHEREAS, graduates obtaining the certificate will have verifiable evidence to show a proficiency in advanced statistics as applied to measurement and statistics for a variety of fields including testing offices, research units, and higher education offices; and

WHEREAS, the degree has been reviewed and endorsed by the Department of Curriculum Studies, the COE Dean, the COE Committee for Curricular and Program Planning, the COE Senate, the Office of Graduate Education, the Graduate Council, and the Chancellor; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, that the M膩noa Faculty Senate approves the proposal to establish a Graduate Certificate in Measurement and Statistics Educational Psychology in the College of Education.

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