College of Education
JAPANESE LAWYERS VISIT NICE
Fifteen lawyers from Japan are scheduled to visit the National Institute on Consumer Education (NICE) on June 1.
The attorneys are members of the Consumer Problems Committee of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations. The visit to EMU is the first and primary stop in the group's visit to the United States.
The lawyers believe that a way to address consumer problems is through consumer education. However, in Japan, consumer education is limited and often sponsored by business enterprises.
There is concern that the business sponsorship may have elements of self-interest. Therefore, there is interest in having more consumer education taught in the schools of Japan. A particular problem at this time in Japan is the rapid increase in the number of persons declaring bankruptcy because of the misuse of credit cards and personal loans.
The visit is an outgrowth of the recent international conference sponsored by NICE in Japan. One of the members of the delegation attended the conference and requested permission to visit NICE headquarters at EMU. NICE Director Rosella Bannister and her staff will be serving as hosts.
TACK RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE
Martha Tack received the honorary Doctor of Education degree from the University of Findlay (Ohio) at the institution's 104th annual commencement on May 17, 1992.
HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATIVE CASES SOUGHT
AACTE is inviting submission of higher education administrative cases (personnel administration, strategic planning, budgeting, managing diversity, public relations, etc.) for possible presentation at the 1993 convention in San Diego. Deadline for submission is July 15, 1992.
AERA OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS RELATING RESEARCH TO PRACTICE AWARD
AERA has established an award, which includes an honorarium, to stimulate and recognize outstanding contributions by individuals to increasing practitioner and lay group understanding of the contributions of educational research to the improvement of educational practice.
Nominations and self-nominations are due by November 6, 1992 to the AERA Awards Committee, 1230 17th Stree, NW, Washington, DC 20036.
There are two award categories. One is "Interpretive Scholarship," which is for an individual who has published in a nonresearch publication that related research to practice. The publication must have been in 1991 or 1992.
The other is "Professional Service," which is for an individual who has related research findings to practice through direct involvement with the educational community, e.g., work with a school district or state department of education that provides reliable information based on research studies that address promising solutions (or alternatives) to locally identified problems. The work must have been completed in 1991 or 1992.
CATTELL EARLY CAREER AWARD
The Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award for Programmatic Research is open to scholars in any field of educational inquiry within the first decade following receipt of the doctoral degree. Nomination should be for a distinguished program of cumulative educational research. Nominations and self-nominations may be made to the AERA Awards Committee by November 6.
AERA OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD
AERA welcomes nominations for the Outstanding Book Award: a book concerned with the improvement of the educational process through research or scholarly inquiry, with a research base, and with a 1991 or 1992 copyright date. The deadline for submission of nominations to the AERA Awards Committee is November 6, 1992.
PLANNING AHEAD
June 29--Registration for 1st term ICPSR summer program in quantitative methods (UM, free to EMU faculty); 2nd term registration is July 27.
June 30--Coffee with the Associate Deans.
July 31--Deadline for nominations for AACTE Annual Award ($500) for Excellence in Professional Writing.
August 1--Deadline for submission of applications for ATE Distinguished Research in Teacher Education Award. Deadline for manuscripts to JTE on "Teacher Assessment."
August 12--Phillip Schlechty meets with EMU professional preparation faculty on reforming preparation programs, 2:00-3:30, WISD.
August 31--(tentative) COE Fall Faculty Conference (all day).
October 1--Deadline for manuscripts to JTE on "The Impact of Accreditation and State Program Approval on Teacher Education Programs."
October 31--deadline for submission for AACTE's Outstanding Dissertation Research Award.
November 6--deadline for submissions to AERA for Outstanding Book Award, Outstanding Contributions Relating Research to Practice, and the Cattell Early Career Award for Programmatic Research.
November 8-11--NCATE Board of Examiners visit.
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KNOWLEDGEABLE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE CARING, REFLECTIVE DECISION-MAKERS IN A CULTURALLY DIVERSE SOCIETY.
July 15--Deadline for higher education administrative case studies for 1993 AACTE program.