DAI, Inc., Student Development, Assessment Tools, College Affairs, Career Planning, Advising, Counseling

USER GROUPS

Professors and student affairs professionals who have purchased the DAI materials over the past five years have been invited to register their use by type of category (see Applications). The forthcoming Community Edition of the DAI will eventually provide similar information from community agencies and corporate trainers. As this information becomes available to us, we will add it to our website.

Simply click on the category below to see the list of registrants according to the student service application. This will allow you to contact users according to similar interests in assessment with the DAI.

FRESHMEN & NEW STUDENTS

Orientation Programs

Student Development Classes

 

LIVING GROUPS

Residence Life

We utilized the DAI for self-assessment in a college success workshop

program for approximately 225 students (9 hall directors working with 25

students in 6 session workshop series). The DAI was distributed in one

session, completed on resident's time, and scored/discussed/processed at

the next session by the hall director. Feedback from residents was that

the instrument was too long for this setting. Evaluation by hall

directors indicated they needed more extensive training to appropriately

process (i.e., they received a 1-hr. training session) and that they

needed additional time to process with residents. The DAI is a good

instrument but perhaps better utilized in a classroom or 1:1 advising

setting.

 

David A. Hoffman, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean of Student Affairs

Truman State University

Phone (660)785-4111

dhoffman@truman.edu

 

AUTHORS NOTE: The DAI is similar in length to other comparable

instruments. However, the concern regarding length of the inventory

(135 items) is sometimes expressed by students. An important source of

planning and implementation is found in the DAI Advisor's Guide, Tips

for Large Group Applications (p. 26-27). It includes a section on

"Things to Avoid" and "Things to Remember." One of the tips suggests

dealing with only a few dimensions at a time if possible. More specific

suggestions on "how to" are being added to the Advisor's Guide. In the

meantime, there is an addendum to this section that we would be happy to

send to anyone interested. In addition, we have a memory bank of

learnings from conversations with David Hoffman and others that we would

be glad to share with you.

 

Greek Affairs

Commuter Students

 

ACADEMIC ADVISING Faculty Advising Professional Advising Peer Advising COUNSELING CENTERS LEARNING CENTERS General Students Special Populations

CURRICULUM & CAREERS

General Education Programs

Gannon University is a small Roman Catholic, diocesan liberal arts college located in urban Erie, Pennsylvania. At Gannon University the liberal arts core curriculum is called the Core of Discovery. Defining a liberal arts education as a combination of intellectual vitality and practical education, it is our belief that a student's co-curricular experience is of equal importance to that of the classroom. At Gannon we developed a program called Lifecore of Discovery that essentially adds "life" or the practical experience/education to the learning that is occurring in the classroom. On most campuses, faculty is responsible for the curricular experience and Student Affairs is responsible for the co-curricular. It is our intention to integrate the students curricular and co-curricular experiences more intentionally by having faculty and student affairs working more closely together.

 

Currently, the Lifecore of Discovery program is an experiential wellness model based on nine lifestyle dimensions. Students are required to complete 1-2 activities per dimension and discuss their learning with a facilitator before receiving credit on their co-curricular transcript. Primarily three types of small groups of students were formed to complete the program: residence hall students; commuter student groups; and students enrolled in Self Development classes. The Developmental Advising Inventory online assessment complements this existing program.

 

Kathleen Gausman

Assitant Dean for Student Development

Gannon University, Erie, PA

(814) 871-5618

gausman001@gannon.edu

 

Academic Departments

Graduate Student Preparation Programs

 

In our CSP 617 graduate course, Student Learning and Development in

Higher Education, we have the students become familiar with the DAI as a

model self-assessment and developmental advising tool. The graduate

students assess themselves on two priority tasks for them--one is the

DAI dimension Life Planning. Then we interact regarding initiatives

they can use to address developmental needs. Also, the same students

visit the Career Development Center and carry out the DISCOVER

interactive technology self-assessment program. The students must then

be able to generalize these learning experiences to advising

undergraduates.

 

Dr. Tim Gallineau, Graduate Faculty and Coordinator

Student Personnel Administration Graduate Program

Educational Foundations Department

Buffalo State College - SUNY

Phone: (716) 878-4083

gallintl@buffalostate.edu

 

Career Planning and Placement

 

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Agencies

Churches

CORPORATIONS

OTHER