Invitation to Test New Instrument

Larry A. Braskamp, David C. Braskamp, and Kelly Carter-Merrill have developed a new instrument to measure global perspectives, with an emphasis on the importance of cultural influences on holistic development.

Called the Global Perspectives Inventory (GPI), it is a survey of 46 items, plus a few biographical items, and has been specifically designed to provide self-reports of students' perspectives in the three domains of holistic student development - cognitive, intrapersonal, and interpersonal. Each domain contains two scales - one reflecting the theory of cultural development and one reflecting intercultural communication theory.

The authors are inviting institutions to participate in a national project. After your students take an online survey, the authors will provide you with a summary report of your institution's participants.

More information is available at: http://www.gpinv.org/. You can take the GPI by typing 9997 when asked your institutional affiliation. Direct questions or comments to Larry Braskamp.