College of
Education
ONE OF FOUR EMU STUDENTS IS IN A PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION PROGRAM
According to statistics recently released by Paul Moniodis, Director of Institutional Analysis and Reporting, "of 19,212 undergraduate enrollments [Fall 1991], 4,087, or 21.3 percent, are in teaching curricula.
Jerry Robbins estimates that, by the time the large graduate enrollment in professional education programs is included, about 25% of the EMU student body is involved in professional education preparation. Robbins added that "there are few data to support this, but it would appear that this figure is unusually high for an institution that is of any appreciable size."
Of the 4,087 enrollments, 2799 (68%) are in programs housed in the College of Education (e.g., elementary education, special education, physical education). Another 1112 (27%) are in secondary or K-12 programs housed in the College of Arts and Sciences. Secondary programs housed in Technology and Health and Human Services account for 3% and 1% of the students, respectively.
Conversely, 10.6% of the College of Education's undergraduate enrollment is in non-teacher education programs, all in the HPERD department.
Among the prospective teachers, 22% are male. Teaching fields in which the number of men exceeds the number of women include biology, computer science, earth science, geography, general science, physics, political science, physical education, marketing education, industrial education, and industrial-vocational education.
Elementary education is by far the largest field. Others with over 100 prospective teachers include English, history, mathematics, physical education, emotionally impaired, hearing impaired, mentally impaired, and speech-language impaired.
There are no prospective teachers in the teaching fields of economics or sociology. Other low enrollment programs are psychology, physics, geography, Japanese, and German, all with no more than 10.
GOLDENBERG CLARIFIES GRADUATE FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
Graduate Dean Ronald Goldenberg has clarified the graduate faculty appointment for the persons named below. All are members of the Provisional Graduate Faculty.
Yvonne Callaway, Alison Harmon, Jaclynn Tracy, Dorothea French, Lawrence Geffen, Nancy Halmhuber, Robert Kreger, Lynne Rocklage, Kenneth Schatz, Marvin Skore, and Lech Wisniewski.
COE STUDENT DEATHS REPORTED
Steven Sanctorum, a student in Guidance and Counseling, died recently, according to reports received. Catherine Vanderkooi, who was scheduled to student teach this fall, was killed in an automobile accident. Deepest sympathy is extended to the families of these students.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kathleen Tinney, Assistant Executive Vice President, has announced that, effective July 1, 1992, all gifts to EMU will be processed through the EMU Foundation. Donors are encouraged to make checks payable to the EMU Foundation.
President Shelton is accepting nominations for honorary degree candidates. Names may be submitted to the President's Office, according to Juanita Reid, Executive Associate.
PLANNING AHEAD
August 31--COE Fall Faculty Conference (all day), Sheraton University Inn, I-94 and State. Lunch included.
September 15--deadline for AASA convention papers on collaborative field-university school-based research.
October 1--Deadline for manuscripts to JTE on "The Impact of Accreditation and State Program Approval on Teacher Education Programs."
October 15--deadline for manuscripts to Proteus on "Multiculturalism."
October 23--deadline for proposals (papers, concurrent sessions, pre-conference workshops) for the 12th annual EMU Conference on Languages and Communication for World Business and the Professions.
October 31--deadline for submission for AACTE's Outstanding Dissertation Research Award.
November 1--deadline for manuscripts to Action in Teacher Education (ATE) on "Gender Equity Issues in Teaching and Teacher Education."
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.
November 13--Deadline for submission for ASCD's Outstanding Dissertation Award (for dissertations completed in curriculum/instruction/supervision between 9/1/91 and 8/31/92)
December 1--Deadline for manuscripts to JTE on "Restructuring Schools, Colleges, Departments of Education (SCDE's) and the Public Schools."
February 1--Deadline for manuscripts to JTE on "Teacher Education in Relation to National Goals"; manuscripts to ATE on "National Forces on Teaching and Teacher Education."
April 1--Deadline for manuscripts to JTE on "Supply and Demand of New Teachers and Proposed National Standards and New Sources for Teachers."
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - EMU teacher educators produce:
KNOWLEDGEABLE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE CARING, REFLECTIVE DECISION-MAKERS IN A CULTURALLY DIVERSE SOCIETY.