CAS Resources for Graduate Students.

Learning about CAS for the first time? Most graduate students in higher education and student affairs programs are first exposed to professional standards through coursework, readings, presentations, and class projects.

CAS OVERVIEW
If you're just getting introduced to CAS, we recommend you begin with the following resources:
The CAS General Standards
CAS mission, vision, and purpose
CAS member associations
List of CAS Standards
Our basics on CAS

CAS PROGRAM REVIEW OR SELF-ASSESSMENT
A primary way educators use CAS Standards is to evaluate the effectiveness and quality of their programs and services.
CAS Graduate Student Resource Packet
The CAS Self-Assessment Guide (SAG)
An introduction to the CAS self-study process
Examples of using CAS for program review

CAS LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES
As part of each set of standards, CAS requires that programs and services articulate and assess learning and development outcomes that students are expected to achieve as a result of interacting with them. CAS has identified six board categories of outcomes.
The CAS outcome domains and dimensions
How to develop learning outcome statements
How to apply domains and dimensions to student affairs work
Basic approaches to assessing learning outcomes

GRAD STUDENT STORIES AND TESTIMONIALS
Insights from the Interns
Using CAS in your job search
Using CAS in times of transition