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                                        Date:     10-Jun-1992 08:24am EDT
                                        From:     Angie Beaudette @MRO
                                                  BEAUDETTE.ANGIE
                                        Dept:     Education Marketing
                                        Tel No:   297-7001

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Subject: Press Release - "Teach America"




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    Press release issued by:
    American Association of State Colleges and Universities
    One Dupont Circle, Suite 700
    Washington, D.C. 20036



    For Immediate Release			 May 13, 1992

    Contact:  Gay Clyburn or Sam Snead
    	      AASCU Office of Public Affairs
    	      202-293-7070

            Educators Gather to Define Needs for America's Schools

    	 Thirty-five teams led by public college and university presidents
    will participate in a national conference in June that could define
    America's public schools and redefine teacher education programs.
    	 Teams participating in the "Conference on Teach America: Teacher
    Preparation for the New American School" include the university
    president, the chief academic officer, the deans of the schools of
    education and arts and sciences, a K-12 public school representative
    and a corporate or business representative.  Key education officials in
    each state will also be invited to this three-day Washington meeting,
    June 14-16, sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and
    Universities (AASCU) with Digital Equipment Corporation as the
    corporate sponsor.
    	 Participants will define the schools of the future, specify the
    role of the teacher and develop strategies for teacher preparation and
    retraining programs.
    	 Information from this conference will be used by AASCU's
    Presidents' Commission on Teacher Education to propose a national
    policy on teacher preparation and retraining.  The 16-member commission
    developed the Teach America agenda for presidents to improve the
    teacher education programs on their campuses.  These programs prepare
    teachers to teach in the public schools of the future and to meet the
    six National Education Goals recommended by the National Governors
    Association.
    	 The "Teach America" agenda, presented at AASCU's Annual Meeting in
    November 1991, called for presidents to take the lead in ensuring that
    teacher preparation programs define and educate the kind of teacher
    needed for the 21st century.  Presidents participating in the June
    conference have agreed to implement the strategies developed at the
    conference.
    	 "The new American schools likely to emerge will require changes,
    calling for teaching styles not generally practiced and learning styles
    not yet recognized in either the K-12 schools or some schools of
    education," AASCU President James B. Appleberry said. "Those of us in
    teacher education must ensure that our graduates will return to the
    schools -- whether as teachers or administrators -- able and willing to
    build an educational environment in which learning flourishes."
    	 Jack McCredie, Manager of Digital's Education and Science Business
    Unit, said "Corporations must work collaboratively with education to
    meet the demand for a more highly educated work force in the next
    century.  By supporting AASCU's teacher education efforts, Digital
    believes it is making an investment in the future of our country."
         Another conference in June 1993 will develop implementation
    strategies and public policy prerequisites.
    	 AASCU is a Washington-based higher education association
    representing 375 public colleges and universities and 30 state systems
    nationwide.
    	 Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard, Mass., is
    the leading worldwide supplier of networked computer systems and
    services. AASCU's members use a Digital-based electronic network for
    communication, developed with grant support from Digital.
    	 Invited speakers for this year's conference include President
    George Bush; Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander, "I Have A Dream
    Foundation" founder Eugene Lang; Colorado Gov. Roy Romer, first chair
    of the National Education Goals Panel; Barbara Sizemore, a professor of
    black community development at the University of Pittsburgh; Leo
    Klagholz, director of teacher preparation and certification at the New
    Jersey State Department of Education; Charles Karelis, director of the
    Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education with the U.S.
    Department of Education; University of Nebraska at Kearney Dean Betty
    Becker-Theye; Detroit Public School Superintendent Deborah McGriff;
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Education Dean U. Mae Reck; Victor
    Rocha, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at California State
    University at San Marcos; Assistant Secretary of Education Diane
    Ravitch; and William Raspberry, columnist for The Washington Post.
    College presidents speaking include Northern Arizona University
    President Eugene Hughes; East Stroudsburg University President James
    Gilbert; and Harris-Stowe State College President Henry Givens.
    	 AASCU institutions participating in the invitational conference
    include: Morgan State University (Md.); Kutztown University of
    Pennsylvania; East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania; Central
    Missouri State University; Northern Arizona University; Kennesaw State
    College (Ga.); Glassboro State College (N.J.); Harris-Stowe State
    College (Mo.); University of South Carolina at Spartanburg; University
    of Houston-Clear Lake; Emporia State University (Kan.); Austin Peay
    State University (Tenn.); Lincoln University (Mo.); Western Kentucky
    University; East Texas State University; Lock Haven University of
    Pennsylvania; California State University, Fresno; James Madison
    University (Va.); State university of New York, College at Fredonia;
    University of Wisconsin-au Claire; Shepherd College (W.Va.); Weber
    State University (Utah); State University of New York, College at
    Oswego; University of North Alabama; Bridgewater State College (Mass.);
    Southwestern Oklahoma State University; Ball State University (Ind.);
    Salem State College (Mass.); University of Northern Iowa; Southwest
    Texas State University; University of Arkansas at Little Rock;
    University of Texas at San Antonio; California State University, Los
    Angeles; Southeast Missouri State University; and City University of
    New York, Lehman College.


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