A Snapshot of Alliant International University
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A Snapshot of Alliant International University

 Alliant Schools and Centers 

  • The California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) prepares students for careers as clinical psychologists, marital and family therapists and other mental health professionals. While earning their degree, students work in a wide variety of settings, establishing themselves in the professional community as experienced practitioners. By the time students earn their degrees, they have already developed a network of colleagues and professional affiliations that make them exceptionally attractive to employers as vital contributors to their field.
  • The Marshall Goldsmith School of Management (MGSM) has a history that spans more than 80 years and its graduates have gone on to become leaders in industry, government, and management. MGSM offers a world-class international campus that promotes diversity and inclusion and enables students to gain real-world experience and a professional networking advantage by working and studying with some of the leading minds around the world. MGSM has divisions offering degrees in Organizational Psychology, Business and International Studies.
  • The Graduate School of Education (GSOE) gives educators the tools they need to truly make a difference, preparing them to teach, to lead, to counsel in one of the most diverse educational environments in the country. GSOE offers a variety of degree and credential programs: TeachersCHOICE teaching programs, TESOL and CLAD/CTEL certificate programs, programs in Educational Leadership Programs and Educational Psychology.
  • The School of Forensic Studies (SFS) is pioneering the field of forensic psychology both nationally and internationally. CFS opened the world’s first doctoral program in forensic studies and now runs the world's largest program. CFS specializes in training professionals to become well-rounded practitioners who possess broad-based knowledge of both the field of psychology and the law. SFS offers doctorates in Forensic Psychology at multiple Alliant campuses and two master's degrees for law enforcement professionals at the Fresno campus.
  • The Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) in San Diego offers two-year degree completion programs that lead to careers or expedited graduate degrees in Business & Management; Communications: Marketing & Public Relations; Human Resources; International Business; International Relations; Psychology; Teaching/Education and Criminal Justice. Alliant's Mexico Campus offers full four-year undergraduate programs.

Alliant Research Institutes

Because Alliant's student body is largely made up of graduate students, an enormous amount of research is done at the University, much of it in conjunction with masters' or doctoral theses.  Much research is carried on through the following  “institutes,”organizations affiliated with Alliant.

  • The Rockway Institute - Alliant’s National Think Tank for LGBT Research & Public Policy, brings together scientific research and professional expertise to counter antigay prejudice and inform public policies affecting lesbian, gay,
    bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. The Institute's view is that public opinion, policies, and programs should be shaped by the facts about LGBT lives, not by political ideology. The institute aims to organize the most knowledgeable social scientists, mental health professionals, and physicians in the United States to provide accurate information about
    LGBT issues to the media, legislatures, and courts.
  • International and Multicultural Education, Research, Interventions and Training (I-MERIT) is an institutional home for the University’s diversity initiatives, which are aimed at institutionalizing multicultural and international values and perspectives in Alliant’s education and training programs and in its organizational culture. These initiatives stem from the university’s identity as a professional practice university in a multicultural and international context.
  • Latino/a Achievement Initiatives - facilitates progress toward Alliant’s vision of specializing in higher education access and success for traditionally underserved Latino/a populations. It works to create a university culture characterized by a vibrant Latino-friendly environment which integrates culturally sensitive and competent approaches to education and training in support of students’ higher education goals.
  • Institute of Violence, Abuse and Trauma  (IVAT) is an international resource and training center that focuses on violence - preventing it, responding to it, and addressing its impact - across a wide social spectrum. IVAT includes the Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute, the Youth and School Violence Center, the Workplace Violence Center, and the Traumatic Stress Center. IVAT strives to be a comprehensive resource, training and research center dealing with all
    aspects of violence, abuse and trauma, including family, child, teen, and elder  maltreatment as well as sexual assault issues.It also provides publications and dissemination, professional services, program evaluation, and hosts annual international conferences and regional mini-conferences.
  • The Institute on Disability and Health Psychology (IDHP) promotes social justice and quality of life by working to inform and change systems, policies, providers, and legislators relative to disability. It aims to increase representation of people with disabilities in psychology, promote training of psychologists on the conjunction of disability studies and psychology, to conduct research in disability studies that informs the work of psychologists.
  • The Institute for Behavior Assessment and Research (IBAR) provides resources for faculty, clinicians, students and the community to create research that is meaningful and culturally responsible. It maintains a database of psychological, demographic, and psychosocial test data as well as a registry list of experts and researchers who are potential consultants, collaborators, committee members, and committee chairs. It provides experts for research design and statistical analysis as well as publication consultation and assessment training.

 

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