Founders Aaron and Karen Dishno
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The Network for Education Professionals
In support of our efforts for life-long learning, we work to contribute advanced technology software solutions to assist in educating all students. Aaron's strong technical background and Karen's years of experience in high school special education in combination with our pursuit of degrees in higher education led to the unique opportunity to bridge the gap between Education and Technology.
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Student Housing Application - Student Validation
Research Project By: Aaron and Karen Dishno
Project Description:
In the dissertation The Development and Validation of the University Student Housing Application and Student Matching and Placement Methodology, the student housing application was developed and validated by housing experts currently working at universities throughout the United States. The final product consists of 43 question elements that should be included on the housing application at every college and university. Sixteen of the questions were deemed "information only" such as name, student ID, address, emergency contact information, etc. The remaining question elements are considered relevant information for matching students in dorm rooms. The complete list is available
here.
This study asks students to validate the housing expert version of the student housing application. Most significantly, are there any question elements that should be added, removed, or changed?
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EduPros Volunteers at Special Olympics
Congratulations to all of the Athletes that participated
in Special Olympics Floor Hockey event.
Click here for information about Special Olympics in Southern California...
How does your Student Housing Application measure up?
Since student information collected from Student Housing Applications is used to match roommates at many universities, are the universities asking the right questions? This document was created for the purpose of circulating the Validated University Student Housing Application Question Elements to universities for the betterment of education and for all students subject to university housing. These Question Elements were validated by Student Housing Experts that represented twenty universities from large, small, public, and private schools.
Click here to read more... and download the questions produced by
housing experts (PDF)...
Aaron Dishno Receives the
Education Doctorate at the 2011
La Sierra University Graduation Ceremony
On June 19, 2011, Aaron received the Education Doctorate under the Administration and Leadership program. "Thank you Dr. Valley and Dr. Valentine!" ~ Aaron
(Dean of Education, Clinton Valley Ed. D. and
Chair and Professor, Gilbert Valentine Ph. D.)
Aaron Dishno Receives the
2011 Outstanding Graduate Award
from the La Sierra Alumni Association
On June 18, 2011, Aaron was honored with the 2011 Outstanding Graduate Award for Distinction in Academic Achievement and Outstanding Contribution to Campus Life. This award was presented at the Educator Dedication at the La Sierra University Church.
Karen and Aaron Dishno Participate
in Silver Gate Yacht Club's
2011 Wheelchair Regatta!
There is nothing more rewarding than assisting over 400 challenged guests and support staff enjoy a day on the water. This marks Silver Gate's 52nd year and our 3rd year to join them in such a valor effort. We look forward to many more years of volunteer support. Keep up the great work!
For more information, please visit the
Silver Gate Yacht Club
website at:
http://www.sgyc.org
Karen Dishno Proudly Participates in the
2011 Graduation Ceremonies!
Congratulation to all of the graduates of 2011! All of your hard work has paid off.
Advances in Student Housing Administration that can lead to Increases in
Student Retention and Academic Performance!
"10 Years of Research and hard work -
My Dissertation is Complete!"
Following the Dissertation Defense, founder Aaron Dishno is congratulated by the Dissertation Committee; Robert Cruise Ph.D., Marilyn Eggers Ph.D., and Edward Boyatt Ed.D. from the School of Education at La Sierra University, Riverside, California.
About the Dissertation
Previously, inconsistencies in the student information collected by university housing made it extremely difficult to measure the effects student housing placement had on retention and academic achievement. This Delphi research development and validation dissertation created a universal student housing application as the foundation to collect student information for use by any college or university in the United States as a baseline to measure the effects that variations in the housing application have on student retention and academic performance. Furthermore, for the first time in educational research this dissertation developed and validated a method of matching students based on the information on the student housing application for the matching and placement in student housing rooms.
Click here to read the Abstract and more about "The Development and Validation of the University Student Housing Application and Student Matching and Placement Methodology", published in January 2011.
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