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| Online Masters Degree in Psychology: Best Buys Ranked by GetEducated.com Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:55 AM PDT ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GetEducated.com has published its distance masters rankings of Best Buys for the online master degree in psychology. The online degree rankings 2010 are based on a review of 35 regionally accredited online graduate schools offering 72 distance learning psychology degrees. Online masters degrees in human services, counseling psychology, clinical psychology, school psychology, forensics psychology, social work, and social psychology and social services were also surveyed. The online education survey found that the average college cost -- tuition and distance education fees included -- for an online masters degree in psychology was $22,666. East Carolina University (NC) ranked as the least expensive online psychology school for its masters in general psychology. North Carolina residents will pay only $4,860 for this distance learning psychology degree. Non-residents will pay more: $20,040. The most expensive online masters university for human services professionals was the University of Southern California for its online masters programs in social work (MSW) ($52,161). GetEducated.com's list of the Top 39 Best Buys Online Masters Degree in Psychology is posted free on the online education research firm's website. Online Masters Program Trends • Private Online Psychology Schools Dominate Of the 35 accredited online masters university programs in psychology, counseling, social work, and human services surveyed by GetEducated.com, 20 operate as private online colleges. • Tuition, Fees, Distance Learning Costs Rising By comparison, two years ago, the average cost for an online masters psychology or an allied human services area was $19,000. In 2010, distance degree masters costs came in at $22,666, almost 20 percent higher. Costs are affected by the entry of more prestigious residential schools, such as the University of Southern California's MSW program, and by the entry of more private schools, both non-profit and for-profit Online graduate students can review and compare all accredited distance learning psychology programs and Online Masters Degree in Psychology options by cost, admission criteria, and career majors by searching GetEducated.com's free directory to the best online graduate programs. About: Founded in 1989 by higher education professionals, GetEducated.com is a consumer group that publishes online university and college degree rankings and reviews of the best accredited online university masters degree programs. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| The psychology of pricing your home Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:47 PM PDT By Marilyn Lewis You're selling your home. Here's the big decision: Should you set the price high, expecting buyers will bargain you down eventually? Or should you start low to attract a lot of attention and get the inevitable discounting over with upfront? You might be surprised how important this decision is.Experts agree that starting high with the idea that you can always drop it later is a costly mistake. Pricing doesn't just determine how much money you stand to make -- it also dictates whether buyers even give your home a serious look. With so many competing properties for sale, yours has to pop out immediately as a good value or buyers will move on, unlikely to return. You get one first shot at your home's debut, and it's easy to blow it. "The amount of traffic that a listing gets in its first week is five to seven times what it gets in its ensuing weeks," says Glenn Kelman, the CEO of Redfin, an online brokerage and listings site. "Let's say you lower the price (later). No one will notice. You really are broadcasting that discount to a much smaller audience of buyers and will have the perception it is damaged goods." It's worth more because it's mineYour job as a seller seems simple: Price it right to make the sale. You analyze the competition thoroughly and coldbloodedly. You know the prices of the properties that have recently sold in your neighborhood and their similarities to and differences from your home. You know the current competition and understand precisely what homes a little better and homes a little worse than yours are selling for.That shouldn't be too difficult -- for Mr. Spock. But for us humans, emotions, history, attachment and expectations get in the way. "The buyer is looking at 'What are comparable houses selling for?' and the buyer is thinking, 'What did I pay for this six years ago?'" says John Gourville, a marketing professor and expert in buyer behavior at Harvard Business School. Home sales and purchases are loaded with illogic and irrationality. Compounding the problem is our tendency to cling to things. Behavioral scientists try understanding why. Economist Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business describes this "endowment effect," the tendency for things, even little things, to become worth more in our eyes once we own them. (This cartoon, at Nudge, a blog Thaler runs, conveys the idea succinctly.) Researchers find that the pain of a loss is two to three times greater than the joy of an equivalent gain, Gourville says. In other words, it's hard to accept receiving less than you paid for something. But in this difficult market, realistic goals may be making a quick sale, getting the best return possible and preventing buyers from niggling over price. In areas clogged with short sales and foreclosures, a realistic goal may be making any sale at all. In Phoenix, says Greg Swann of BloodhoundRealty.com, "we're a long way from being able to be coy about pricing." Here's an arsenal of expert pricing tips. These tricks and strategies to help you gain the upper hand. Making the debut countTip No. 1: Don't get penalized for starting too high. Identify your home's true value, and set the price slightly under that. At worst, you'll lose about $10,000, but you might make a quick sale. If you're further under market than that, buyers are likely to bid the price back up, Kelman says.An error on the high side, however, can cost you more than just time. Once you drop your price, buyers smell blood. "They say, 'He's knocked $30k off the price; he'll do it again.' It's death by a thousand cuts," Kelman says. Don't think no one will realize you've dropped the price. The best listing sites show how many times a price has been reduced and by how much, as well as how long a home has been listed. Tip No. 2: Test your price against reality. Try this: Pretend you're the buyer. Search online in your price range in neighborhoods with similar quality schools about the same distance from downtown or the nearest major work center. If your place doesn't pop out as an obvious value next to other properties people can buy for the same money, your price is too high. "Most people really don't want to price it as well as they have to in this market," says Ardell DellaLoggia, an associate broker at Sound Realty in Seattle and a popular blogger. In her market, that means setting a number 20% to 25% below the selling prices in 2007. Altos Research, a Mountain View, Calif., company that analyzes data for the real-estate industry, routinely compares initial listing prices around the country with final sales prices. Sellers generally start out with prices a bit too high, forcing them to later offer discounts to get a deal done, says Scott Sambucci, Altos' vice president of sales and analytics. Nationally, he says, discounts are averaging 8% to 9% off a property's last listing price. Continued: Finessing the numbers More from MSNFive Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2010 11:21 AM PDT | CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (ADULT) University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
The Department of Clinical Health Psychology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, in collaboration with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) invites applications for a Contingent Geographical Full-Time Clinical Psychologist at the Assistant Professor level (position #11534), commencing October 1, 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful applicant will provide a range of psychological assessment and treatment services to adults and consultation to adult inpatient mental health and other adult medical programmes at Grace General Hospital in Winnipeg, and will contribute to the research and educational activities of the Department of Clinical Health Psychology.
Position Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
chronic illness self-management, or other areas of clinical health psychology.
Salary and Benefits:
Clinical Health Psychology is unique in Canada, being both an academic department in the Faculty of Medicine and a clinical programme of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. For more information, visit our website:
www.umanitoba.ca/medicine/clinical_health_psych
The University encourages applications from qualified women and men, including members of visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Interested persons should apply in writing referring to position #11534, including curriculum vitae, and provide the names and contact information of three references to:
Dr. Bob McIlwraith Department of Clinical Health Psychology, Faculty of Medicine University of Manitoba PZ 350 - 771 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N4
Tel: (204) 787-7972 Fax: (204) 787-3755 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Application materials, including letters of reference, will be handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Manitoba).
DEADLINE FOR INITIAL REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS IS AUGUST 15, 2010 and applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2010 11:20 AM PDT | CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST OPERATIONAL STRESS INJURY CLINIC
University of Manitoba & Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
The Department of Clinical Health Psychology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, in collaboration with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) invites applications for a Contingent Geographical Full-Time Clinical Psychologist at the Assistant Professor level (position # 08052), commencing September 1, 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful applicant will join an established multi-disciplinary team providing treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and other operational stress injuries to Veterans, Members of the Canadian Forces, RCMP and their families. The position will be based in the Operational Stress Injury (OSI) Clinic at Deer Lodge Centre, in Winnipeg.
Position Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
accredited Internship / Residency.
Salary and Benefits:
For more information on the OSI Clinic, visit: http://www.deerlodge.mb.ca/osi/index.asp
For more information about the Department of Clinical Health Psychology, visit our website: www.umanitoba.ca/medicine/clinical_health_psych
The University encourages applications from qualified women and men, including members of visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Interested persons should apply in writing referring to position # 08052, including curriculum vitae, and provide the names and contact information of three references to:
Dr. Bob McIlwraith Department of Clinical Health Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba PZ 350 - 771 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N4
Tel: (204) 787-7972 Fax: (204) 787-3755 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Application materials, including letters of reference, will be handled in accordance with the protection of privacy provisions of "The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (Manitoba). Please note that curriculum vitaes may be provided to participating members of the search process.
DEADLINE FOR INITIAL REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS IS August 15, 2010 and applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.
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