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| Issue 3: September 2002 |
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Consortium to tackle education issues
USI
has joined Indiana's four-year public universities in an agreement to
respond to the needs of Hoosier students, educators, and schools.
A
resolution signed July 25 at the Indiana Statehouse by the Indiana
Consortium of Education Deans brings together the resources of USI, Ball
State University, Indiana State University, Indiana University, and Purdue
University. The presidents of the universities previously endorsed the
resolution.
"As a group, consortium universities are the largest provider of teachers and school-related human service professionals in Indiana. Speaking on behalf of hundreds of teacher educators and thousands of teachers and prospective teachers, the consortium can speak from a perspective that many will recognize as valuable for policy and resource allocation questions," said Dr. Tom Pickering, dean of USI's Bower-Suhrheinrich School of Education and Human Services.
The
resolution states the consortium has been formed to: advance, stimulate,
improve, and coordinate programs at both the undergraduate and graduate
levels; collaborate in assisting preschool-12 schools address critical
issues; and work in partnership with state policy-makers and others to
ensure a preschool-university educational system that is responsive to the
needs of the state of Indiana.
"This is not a reaction to any one thing; rather it's the result of a commitment of the deans to work together to improve the quality of education in the state," said Dr. Jack Maynard, dean of Indiana State's School of Education.
The deans say the resolution formalizes a working relationship they have been building over the past year, and they say ideas they already have shared on transition-to-teaching programs give them hope for future success.
Transition-to-teaching programs try to address teacher shortages by allowing non-teachers with math or science degrees to take a specific number of courses and gain a teaching certificate. Teachers without special education certification also can gain it through the program.
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