title: Promoting diversity through program websites: A multicultural content analysis of school psychology program websites.
abstract: The recruitment of culturally and linguistically diverse students to graduate programs is critical to the overall growth and development of school psychology as a field. Program websites serve as an effective recruitment tool for attracting prospective students, yet there is limited research on how school psychology programs use their websites to recruit diverse students. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether school psychology program websites include sufficient levels of diversity-related content critical for attracting diverse applicants. The website content of 250 professional psychology programs (165 school psychology training programs and 85 clinical and counseling psychology programs) were examined for the presence of themes of diversity and multiculturalism that prospective racially/ethnically and linguistically diverse students deem important for selecting a graduate program. Results indicated that school psychology programs had less diversity-related content on their program's website relative to clinical and counseling psychology programs.' Implications for improving recruitment of racially/ethnically and linguistically diverse students through websites are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas Austin.
authors.forename: Leann V
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8144-1016
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University.
authors.forename: Jamilia J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling, Psychology, and Special Education, Duquesne University.
authors.forename: Scott L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Graves
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vaughan-Jensen
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University.
authors.forename: Ryne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pulido
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University.
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Banks
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards*; D011584:Psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011588:Psychology, Educational / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education*; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D014146:Training Support; D014481:United States