The mission of the School of Family Studies and Human Services is to provide high quality educational programs, training, and services; increase knowledge and skills through multi-disciplinary research, teaching and scholarship; and contribute professional leadership in order to enhance the quality of life for individuals and families. Department curricula are designed to develop a multidisciplinary perspective on the study of individuals and families across the life span. Programs in the School have an applied focus. The placement of the Communication Sciences and Disorders program in the School of Family Studies and Human Services allows its students to gain a unique perspective among speech pathology programs in the study of families and life span human development.
The Communication Sciences and Disorders program is accredited through the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The program was re-accredited in 2002.
The program meets all criteria established by the Board of Regents. Over the past five years there have been an average of 57 juniors and seniors and an average of 20 degrees granted each year. The average number of majors has been 97. At the masters level, the five year student average is 22 and 10 degrees are granted each year on average.
The Communications Sciences and Disorders program has eight full-time faculty and one part-time faculty: three associate professors, three assistant professors, and four instructors. Graduate faculty status is held by four faculty. According to the U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate Schools (2002), the Communication Sciences and Disorders program ranks 12 th among the 166 bachelor/masters speech-language programs in the United States and in the top quartile of all programs including doctoral programs. Of all academic programs at Kansas State that are ranked by U.S. News and World Report, Communication Sciences and Disorders is the highest ranked program. Faculty in Communication Sciences and Disorders are part of 37 faculty in the School of Family Studies and Human Services who provide further support to the program. Communication Sciences and Disorders faculty collaborate, in particular, with the Early Childhood Education, Sensory Analysis, and Apparel Design faculty.
The average ACT score of undergraduate students in Communication Sciences and Disorders is 24.0. The masters degree is considered to be the entry hiring level. Students at the bachelors level cannot be licensed as speech pathologists. About 85% go on for a masters degree. The K-State Master’s program is highly competitive. Only 31% of applicants are accepted. Communication Sciences and Disorders master’s students must take a national certifying exam at the completion of their master’s program. The national pass rate is 80%. K-State 's pass rate is 98%.
Speech Pathology is listed as one of the top ten fields for growth in the future. K-State Career and Employment Services figures indicate that nearly 100% of masters graduates in Communication Sciences and Disorders find employment in their field of study.
Faculty members in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program are active in their national professional organization. Several faculty serve on editorial boards. Over the past several years the faculty with research appointments have averaged three publications each year and given two presentations at national conferences. Grant funding has come from the National Institute of Health and several other funders. The faculty also provide considerable applied service to Manhattan and surrounding areas through the Speech and Hearing Clinic and other civic work. The program has contracts with the Manhattan Public Schools and the Randolph Schools. Internships are provided to students at a number of hospitals and school systems.
The School of Family Studies and Human Services is the most cost effective unit in
the College of Human Ecology and one of the most cost effective units in the University. As the programs in the School are all integrated, it is difficult to pull out individual programs from the whole. However, it should be noted that Communication Sciences and Disorders is an income producer through its clinic and pays the salary for one faculty member through fees. It should also be noted that the School as a whole secures between two and two and a half million dollars in grants and contracts in addition to the fee income of its clinics and centers.
The mission of the School of Family Studies and Human Services is to provide high quality educational programs, training, and services; increase knowledge and skills through multi-disciplinary research, teaching, and scholarship; and contribute professional leadership in order to enhance the quality of life for individuals and families. Department curricula are designed to develop a multi disciplinary perspective on the study of individuals and families across the life span. Programs in the School have an applied focus. The placement of the Early Childhood program in the School of Family Studies and Human Services allows its students to gain a unique perspective in the study of families and life span human development.
The Early Childhood Education program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). The program was re-accredited in 2002. The laboratory school operated by this program (Stone House) is accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The program was re-accredited in 2003.
The Early Childhood Education program operates a distance education bachelors degree for Head Start teachers across the state. This distance education degree program recently received the Region VII Exceptional Program Award from the Association of Continuing Education for 2002. The development of the distance education degree program was funded through FIPSE.
The program meets all criteria established by the Board of Regents. Over the past five years there have been an average of 49 juniors and seniors and an average of 18 degrees granted each year. The average number of total majors has been 91. At the masters level the five year student average has been 22 graduate students enrolled each year. Nine degrees have been granted each year on average.
The Early Childhood program in the School of Family Studies and Human Services has six full time regular faculty: two associate professors, one assistant professor, and three instructors. The program faculty are supported by other faculty in the School of Family Studies and Human Services. There are 37 faculty in the School. Collaboration occurs, in particular, with the Communication Sciences and Disorders program faculty.
The average ACT score for undergraduate students is 22.5. Because of the experience the students gain at our model Stone House programs, students are held in high regard by prospective employers.
Employment demand is high for students with this degree. This career path is listed as one of the fastest growing fields. Close to 100% of the graduates who seek employment in early childhood education find positions in their major field. One-third go on for additional education.
Faculty members in the Early Childhood Education program are active at the local and state level where they have held numerous offices. Faculty members regularly present at national conferences and publish in professional journals. The Early Childhood Education faculty consult extensively in the community, and, of course, considerable service is provided to the Manhattan community through the Ruth Hoeflin Early Childhood Center and the C.Q. and Georgia Chandler Institute for Child and Family Studies (Stone House). More than 100 children are involved in half day and full day programs at Stone House. Some of the programming at Stone House is in collaboration with the Manhattan Public Schools and Early Headstart.
The School of Family Studies and Human Services is the most cost effective unit in the College of Human Ecology and one of the most cost effective units in the University. As the programs are all integrated, it is difficult to pull out individual programs from the whole. However, it should be noted that the Stone House programs generate revenues of over $250,000 a year which provides funding for graduate assistants and staff. It is also important to note that the School as a whole secures between two and two and a half million dollars a year in grants and contracts in addition to fees.
The mission of the School of Family Studies and Human Services is to provide high quality educational programs, training, and services; increase knowledge and skills through multi-disciplinary research, teaching and scholarship; and contribute professional leadership in order to enhance the quality of life for individuals and families. Department curricula are designed to develop a multidisciplinary perspective on the study of individuals and families across the life span. Programs in the School have an applied focus.
The emphases in this CIP code includes undergraduate programs in Personal Financial Planning, Family Life and Community Services, Family Studies and Human Services and Social Work, and Life Span Human Development. The Personal Financial Planning emphases is registered with the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. The Family Life and Community Services emphasis is certified by the National Council on Family Relations Certified Family Life Educator program. The Family Studies and Human Services and Social Work program is accredited through the Council on Social Work Education. Graduate program emphasis include Marriage and Family Therapy, Family Life Education and Consultation, Life Span Human Development and three distance education emphases through the Great Plains IDEA consortium: Personal Financial Planning, Gerontology, and Youth Development. The Marriage and Family Therapy program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education. Re-accreditation was received in 2002.
The program meets all criteria established by the Board of Regents. Over the past five years there have been an average of 234 juniors and seniors in the program with an average of 103 bachelors graduates a year. The average number of majors has been 334.
At the masters level the five year student average for all areas of emphasis excluding the Great Plains IDEA programs is 47 with an average of 14 degrees granted each year. There are an additional 48 graduate students enrolled in our distance education programs associated with the Great Plains IDEA programs. These programs are too new to have established graduation rates.
Areas of emphasis under the Family Studies and Human Services CIP Code are served by a total of 14 faculty who are supported by other faculty in the School. There are 37 faculty in the School. Among the 14 faculty there are six full professors, three associate professors, three assistant professors, and two instructors. Twelve of the faculty are graduate faculty members.
The Personal Financial Planning program is rated as one of the top five programs in the nation by the Dow Jones Investment Advisor. In the most recent ratings available, the School 's Marriage and Family Therapy program ranked 7 th among the programs based on academic reputation. The Family Life Education program was ranked 6 th.
At the undergraduate level, the average ACT score is 22.
At the masters level, the Marriage and Family Therapy emphasis accepts 42% of the students who apply while Life Span Human Development, and Family Life Education and Consultation accept 76% and 72% respectively.
Student teams in Personal Financial Planning have won 1 st place twice, 3 rd, and 4 th, in the past four years of the American Express Collegiate Financial Competition. A number of students in Personal Financial Planning have received scholarships from national professional organizations.
Eighty-six percent of Personal Financial Planning students receive positions in their area of study. A number accept employment well in advance of their graduation. Approximately 75% of Community Service and Life Span Human Development students receive positions closely related to their majors. The knowledge gained in these majors are concerned with people and relationships and can benefit graduates in a wide variety of fields. Twenty-one percent of these graduates go directly to graduate school.
During FY02, students in the School provided nearly 52,000 hours of supervised service to 106 hospitals, schools, and social service agencies located in 26 Kansas communities. All practica are supervised by School faculty. Our Directed Field Experience sequence is seen as a model by other universities.
Faculty serve on various editorial boards and two faculty are associate editors of journals. Faculty average 2.5 publications a year in professional journals. A number of faculty have received teaching and distinguished service awards from the College.
The School of Family Studies and Human Services is the most cost effective unit in the College of Human Ecology and one of the most cost effective units in the University. However, this cost effectiveness comes at a considerable cost to the instructional faculty in the unit. Enrollments in School programs have grown rapidly during the past decade but School general fund resources have not grown at all and have, in fact, declined.