Alliant International University
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Alliant International University is an independent, not-for-profit, upper-division university formed in July 2001 as a result of a merger between California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) and United States International University (USIU). Drawing on the legacies of both CSPP and USIU, Alliant continues to be dedicated to multiculturalism and internationalism. The University develops applied social scientists and professionals for practice in a global context. In 2005, US News & World Reports ranked Alliant International University the most international among national doctoral-intensive universities. Doctoral programs are currently being developed in collaboration with universities in Hong Kong and mainland China in an effort to aide in the advancement of the psychology profession in Asia.
The University is regionally accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Schools and educational centers
- California School of Professional Psychology
- Center for Undergraduate Education
- Center for International Studies
- Center for Forensic Studies
- Graduate School of Education
- Marshall Goldsmith School of Management
- Presidio School of Management
Research and public service
- Center For Applied Research in Education, San Diego
- Center For Applied Behavioral Services, San Diego
- [Center For Integrative Psychology], San Diego
- Center for Innovation and Change, Los Angeles
- Cross Cultural Studies Institute, University-Wide
- Family Violence Institute, San Francisco
- [GlobalMind Center for Strategic Consulting], San Diego
- Institute for Intercultural Studies in Emerging Markets, Mexico City
- [Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma], San Diego
- () [International Renewable Resources Institute], Mexico City
- [Organizational Consulting Center], San Diego
- The Psychological Services Center, Los Angeles
- [The Rockway Institute] For LGBT Research in the Public Interest, San francisco
- W. Gary Cannon Psychological Services Center, Fresno
- [World Council for Curriculum and Instruction], San Diego
- Golden State Psychology Internship Association, Fresno
- [Violence Prevention Institute], San Diego
History
United States International University
California Western University was the original name of United States International University (USIU), until the name change in 1968. The law school retained the name California Western School of Law (popularly known as California Western or Cal Western).
California Western was originally chartered in 1924 by Leland Ghent Stanford as a private graduate institution called Balboa Law College, the first law school in San Diego. His brother, Dwight Stanford, served as one of the first deans. Leland Ghent Stanford is not related to the founder of Stanford University, Leland Stanford, though he did earn both his undergraduate and law degrees at Stanford. He also received a M.A. and Ph.D in Government Administration there. Balboa Law College expanded to include undergraduate and other graduate studies and changed its name to Balboa University. The law school was closed in 1946.
In 1952 Balboa University became affiliated with the Southern California Methodist Conference, changed its name to California Western University and relocated to Point Loma. The law school was reopened in downtown. In 1960, the law school had 6 full-time faculty and 23 students. In that year, it re-located to Rohr Hall at Point Loma. It received accreditation from the American Bar Association in 1962.
Following the name change, USIU moved to Scripps Ranch. Point Loma Nazarene University currently occupies the Point Loma site.
California Western University was the first university being accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges to offer a doctorate in Clinical Psychology for off-campus study and practicum. From 1970-1976 this program offered students the opportunity to study, work and do a practicum all while living out of California State, and with only infrequent brief visits to the campus, earn a PhD. The school applied for the accreditation process, which was never completed because of mergers with other universities and because of low enrollment caused by a lack of public knowledge of the program. Nonetheless, this program pioneered the fully accredited PhD programs from such schools as Humanistic Psychology Institute (today [Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center]) and California School of Professional Psychology.
Misleadingly, the CWU name was also used by California Coast University, a correspondence school located in Santa Ana, California, until the loss of a name-infringement lawsuit in 1981. CCU, which was opened in 1973, should not be confused with the California Western University which operated from 1924 to 1968. The two schools were never associated in any way, and CCU only gained accreditation in 2005, decades after the court order to stop identifying itself as CWU.
California School of Professional Psychology
See California School of Professional Psychology.Notable alumni
- Eric Bishop (Jamie Foxx) - Entertainer
- Linda Durre - Clinical Psychologist and Television Personality
- Victor Yalom - Psychologist
- Jon Wallace - President, Azusa Pacific University
- Carola Suárez-Orozco, Associate Professor, New York University
- Mervyn M. Dymally - Assemblyman (California)
- Ron Karenga - Founder of Kwanzaa
- Shane Bush - Neuropsychologist
- Phil Esbenshade - Professional Skateboarder\Attorney
- Judy Chu - Assembly Member, 49th District, California
- Douglas Treadway - President/Superintendent of Ohlone College
- Andrew Mattison - founder, University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research
- Eduardo Valdes - President of iHispanic Marketing Group
- Ken James - Educator
- Barry Black - 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate
External links
- [Alliant International University Official Website]
- [Mexico City Campus Website]
- #redirect [[Template:Ja icon]] [Japan Program Website]
- [Athletics Department]
- [International Organizational Studies Association]
- [Marshall Goldsmith Online Library]
- [Scripps Ranch Theatre]
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