Monthly Newsletter Archive
Expanded Articles
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June Articles
Building a Bridge: Configuring your CSDCAS Portal Page
The prelaunch configuration portal is now open, and programs have already begun to the process of building out their pages. Before starting this process, programs should conduct a systematic review…
How to Integrate DEIB Into the Curriculum and Clinical Training
A principle of patient- and family-centered care is honoring a shared vocabulary which supports mutual respect and inclusivity among patients, families, and health care providers. Clinicians who practice patient-centered care…
May Articles
Activities to support DEIB during National Speech, Language, and Hearing Month
Creating a sense of belonging is one of the most powerful – and most challenging – goals within diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) efforts. While we often focus on…
Supporting the Class of 2027 Students from April 15 through Enrollment (Week 1)
For graduate programs in speech-language pathology, April 15, the national deadline for acceptance of offers, marks a shift in focus from student recruitment to retention. While a program’s waitlist may remain active until the…
June Articles
From Service Learning to Participatory Action: A Process for Equity-Centered Engagement in CSD Education
Does your CSD program have a service-learning and capstone project to benefit the communities we serve? Our programs are well positioned to advance equity by preparing speech-language pathology and audiology students to engage with communities as equal partners. Yet traditional service-learning models often fall short of this ideal when problems and solutions are defined by the program or faculty alone. If we don’t partner with the community, we can be unintentionally…
Do Letters of Recommendation Actually Work?
In an age of holistic admissions, letters of recommendation are still common among CSD admission requirements; however, research suggests the tool systematically advantages some applicants while disadvantaging others. Historically, programs commonly use letters of recommendations because it provides a narrative context that could offer insight into future professional behavior. The issue at hand is not…
March Articles
Navigating Funding Mechanisms to Support Research: A Practical Roadmap for Speech Language Hearing Professional
When Maya, a second-year master’s student in speech-language pathology, developed an idea for her thesis on bilingual language development, her first reaction was excitement. Her second was hesitation. She wondered how she would pay for participant incentives, transcription support, and conference travel. Across campus, an early-career faculty member was refining a pilot study on technology-supported aphasia…
Strengthening Graduate Admissions Through Committee Training
As graduate speech-language pathology programs continue to move toward more holistic admissions practices, the process of reviewing applications has become increasingly complex. Today’s admissions decisions are rarely based on GPA alone. Instead, committees are asked to consider academic trends, personal statements, professional experiences, leadership, research, and community engagement. While this broader approach benefits applicants and programs alike,…
February Articles
Dismantling Microaggressions in Clinical Settings: A Guide for Teaching CSD Student Clinicians
Microaggressions are defined as brief, commonplace, daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative slights and insults and may have harmful psychological effects on individuals or groups (Sue et al., 2007). Microaggressions are pervasive in both clinical and academic environments and often manifest as subtle, yet harmful expressions of bias…
Rubric Tips and Tools
Graduate speech-language pathology and audiology programs are increasingly using holistic approaches to evaluate applicants (e.g., Jernigan & Carbonneau, 2025). This shift illustrates that our field recognizes the need for a workforce that reflects the diverse populations we serve. Change is hard, though. Numbers, like GRE and GPA, are clean and easy to analyze. How do…
January Articles
When Belonging Begets Belonging
Belongingness is not an aspirational concept in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD); it is a foundational condition for learning, professional identity formation, and ethical culturally responsive clinical practice. In CSD, students are asked to engage deeply—with vulnerability, cultural humility, and reflective capacity—while navigating high expectations, evolving clinical competence, learning in real time, teambuilding, and assessment-focused supervision. These demands do not pause…
Starting the Admissions Process
The Admissions Corner is designed to help programs with the admissions process for graduate education programs in audiology and speech-language pathology. We want to provide information related to WebAdMIT (the program-facing program), CSDCAS (the applicant-facing program), application management, and multiple other issues related to admissions. We are focusing the next few Admissions Corner articles on preparing…
December Articles
Practical Strategies for Recruiting Underrepresented Students into the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD)
Recruiting students from underrepresented backgrounds into the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) remains a critical challenge. According to data from the most recent 2023-2024 CSD Education Survey, students from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds represent less than 34% of undergraduate students and 29% of graduate students enrolled in CSD programs. This decline between the undergraduate and graduate levels highlights…
Application Management and Supporting Students
The Admissions Corner is designed to help programs with the admissions process for graduate education programs in audiology and speech-language pathology. We want to provide information related to WebAdMIT (the program-facing program), CSDCAS (the applicant-facing program), application management, and multiple other issues related to admissions. We are focusing the next few Admissions Corner articles on preparing…
November Articles
Bridges to Belonging: Merging Community Partnerships with CSD Curriculum
Authentic connections and organic experiences are critical facilitators of DEIB that require engagement beyond the walls of a classroom or clinic. It requires intentionality and collaboration across partners who are willing to engage in mutually beneficial experiences. As communication sciences and disorders (CSD) faculty and clinical educators, finding opportunities for these immersive experiences for our…
Preparing for the Review Process
The Admissions Corner is designed to help programs with the admissions process for graduate education programs in audiology and speech-language pathology. We want to provide information related to WebAdMIT (the program-facing program), CSDCAS (the applicant-facing program), application management, and multiple other issues related to admissions. We are focusing the next few Admissions Corner articles on preparing for different stages of…
October Articles
Shared Purpose and Meaningful Connections
Did you know that several groups within the larger ASHA Community are dedicated to supporting the diverse communities within our professions and those populations we serve? You can learn more about these important groups, the work they do, the resources they offer, and how to become involved in any one of these groups through ASHA…
September Articles
The Power of Collective Intelligence, Teamwork, and Diverse Perspectives
At its July business meeting, the CAA and ASHA Accreditation reviewed feedback from the widespread peer comment period and voted on revisions to Standard 3.4 A/B. While the CAA reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that all accredited programs—regardless of location—can equitably meet accreditation standards and prepare practitioners to deliver individualized care to all clients, we also…
Guiding Students Through the Application Process
With the CSDCAS admissions portal open a little over a month, now is a good time to help your undergraduate and transfer students learn to access it as they apply for next year’s graduate programs. My department presents information about CSDCAS in three different Fall semester meetings: In these three meetings, we walk students through the following: …
August Articles
Dismantling Microaggressions in Clinical Settings: A Guide for Teaching CSD Student Clinicians
Microaggressions are defined as brief, commonplace, daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative slights and insults and may have harmful psychological effects on individuals or groups (Sue et al., 2007). Microaggressions are pervasive in both clinical and academic environments and often manifest as subtle, yet harmful expressions of bias…
Rubric Tips and Tools
Graduate speech-language pathology and audiology programs are increasingly using holistic approaches to evaluate applicants (e.g., Jernigan & Carbonneau, 2025). This shift illustrates that our field recognizes the need for a workforce that reflects the diverse populations we serve. Change is hard, though. Numbers, like GRE and GPA, are clean and easy to analyze. How do…