College of Education

Eastern Michigan University

Issue No: 98
August 9, 1993

FACULTY NOTES

Larry Geffen's wife Hilma died at St. Joseph's hospital on August 3 after an extended illness.  Services were held on August 5 at Beth Israel Temple.  Our deepest sympathy goes to Dr. Geffen and the other members of the family.

Robbie Johnson was named by the State Board of Education and State Superintendent Robert E. Schiller to a four-year term (July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1997) on the Professional Standards Commission for Teachers.

Martha Tack's book (with Carol Patitu), Faculty Job Satisfaction: Women and Minorities in Peril, was the subject of a feature article in the August 8 issue of the Ann Arbor News.

Marvin Pasch is the author of "Staff Development and Student Achievement: Making Promises You Might Have to Keep" in the Summer 1993 (Vol 14:3) issue of the Journal of Staff Development.

Carole Gorenflo has received an ORD released time award for Fall 1993 for proposal development for a national survey of speech-language pathologists' attitudes towards AIDS and treating patients with AIDS.

William J. Price prepared "The Emerging Role of the Public School Superintendency" as the proceedings from the Michigan Superintendent's Network, 1992-1993.

Patricia Bonner presented at the ICA workshop in Springfield, MO on July 27.

Rosella Bannister presented at the Consumer Approach to Investing workshop for Minnesota teachers at St. Olaf's College in Northfield on August 4.

Robbie Johnson was a discussion leader on "Teacher Education" at the University of Michigan South African Initiative Office's First International Conference on Institutional Transformation on August 2 in Ann Arbor.

Margot Duley (History) was named to a state-wide ad hoc "Social Science Referent Committee" which met in Lansing on August 5.  The committee is making recommendations concerning the content of the social science endorsement area.

Jerry Robbins attended a meeting of the Michigan Deans Council at Michigan Tech on July 23.

Gary Banks attended the third annual Instructors Workshop for certified PACE (Program of Athletic Coaches Education) instructors in Lansing on July 26 which was sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports, MSU, and the MI High School Athletic Association.

SELECTED ENROLLMENT STATISTICS (F92)

According to statistics released by Paul Moniodis, Director of Institutional Analysis and Reporting, of 19,270 undergraduate enrollments in Fall 1992, 4006, or 20.8%, were in teaching curricula.

Jerry Robbins estimated that, by the time the large graduate enrollment in the 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 4006 enrollments, 2764 (69.0%) were in programs housed in the COE (e.g., elementary education, special education, physical education).  Another 1091 (27%) were in secondary or K-12 programs housed in the College of Arts and Sciences.  Secondary programs housed in Technology and Health and Human Services accounted for 3% and 1% of the students, respectively.

Conversely, 11.3% of the COE's undergraduate enrollment was in non-teacher education programs, all in the HPERD department, up from 10.6% in Fall 1991.

Among the prospective teachers, 24% were male, up from 22% in Fall 1991.  Teaching fields in which the number of men exceeded the number of women included computer science, earth science, geography, history, physics, political science, physical education, social science, technology education, and industrial-vocational education.

Prospective elementary teachers constitute 43.3% of the group, with 26.3% secondary, 22.3% special education, and 8.1% K-12.   

RELATIVE SIZE OF PROGRAMS

In the Fall of 1992, 22.6% of the undergraduate professional education students were prospective elementary teachers who had not yet declared a major.  "Elementary-three minors" was the field of study for 9.8% of our students.

English is the largest secondary teaching field, with 6.3% of the enrollment, followed by the largest special education field, emotionally impaired, with 5.4%.  Other fields are:

Mentally impaired, 4.5%; secondary mathematics, 4.0%; special education undeclared, 4.0%; hearing impaired, 3.6%; secondary history, 3.4%; physical education (largest of the K-12 fields), 3.2%; elementary science, 2.8%; speech-language impaired, 2.8%; elementary mathematics, 2.6%; music, 2.6%; art, 2.1%.

Secondary social science, 1.9%; business education, 1.8%; elementary language/literature/etc.,  1.6%; biology, 1.3%; elementary social science group, 1.2%; elementary English, 1.2%; POHI, 1.1%; secondary earth science, 1.0%;

Secondary general science, 0.9%; visually impaired, 0.8%; home economics, 0.8%; technology education, 0.7%; elementary (fields no longer used), 0.7%; communications, 0.7%; Spanish, 0.6%; French, 0.4%; elementary arts group, 0.4%; chemistry, 0.4%; industrial-vocational, 0.4%; physics, 0.3%; political science, 0.3%; German, 0.2%; Japanese, 0.2%; geography, 0.2%; elementary history, 0.2%; computer science, 0.2%; elementary geography 0.2%; psychology, 0.2%; other secondary fields no longer used, 0.1%.

There were 13 teaching fields with no more than two students enrolled.

MENTORS ANNOUNCED

Many of the mentors for new faculty have been announced.  To date, these include Kathleen Quinn as the mentor for Michael Bretting, Sarah Hayvaert as the mentor for Bruce Crawford, Dorothea French as the mentor for Mimi Salamat, Helen Ditzhazy as the mentor for Beverley Geltner, Alison Harmon as the mentor for John Gooden, and Jackie Tracy as the mentor for Donald Hackmann.

NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION

Orientation activities for all EMU new faculty members have been announced for August 31 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Guild Hall of McKenny Union) and September 2 (3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Tower Room of McKenny Union).

FTIAC'S LITTLE INTERESTED IN TEACHING

EMU's large undergraduate corps of prospective teachers apparently draws heavily on transfer students and students who become interested in teaching after enrolling at EMU.  According to data recently released, only 8% of enrolled FTIAC's at EMU have expressed an interest in teaching (compared with 20.5% across all other institutions).

KAPPA DELTA PI CALLS FOR "BOOK-OF-THE-YEAR" NOMINATIONS

Nominations for the "most distinguished contribution to education literature" published between June 1, 1992 and May 31, 1994 may be made to Michael P. Wolfe, KDP, P.O. Box A, West Lafayette, IN 47906.  Nominations should be significant, scholarly, relevant, and timeless.  Nominations are due by September 1, 1993.

ERIC CALLS FOR URBAN DIVERSITY PAPERS

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education has called for monographs for the Urban Diversity Report series.  These should focus on a literature review of the state of knowledge about an issue.  A $1000 fee is paid for manuscripts accepted.  For information, contact Erwin Flaxman, ERIC/CUD, Box 40, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York NY 10027.

GRAWEMEYER AWARD NOMINATIONS SOUGHT

The University of Louisville is seeking nominations for the Grawemeyer Award, which carries a prize of $150,000 for a work of outstanding educational achievement presented in the recent past with potential for world wide impact.  Additional information is available at (502) 588-6411 or via fax (502) 588-0726.

WMU UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Western Michigan University is seeking undergraduates to present exhibits, papers, performances, or posters during its 8th National Conference on Undergraduate Research.  Additional information is available at (616) 387-4174 or via fax at (616) 387-4222.

MACTE MEETINGS SET

The Michigan Association of Colleges for Teacher Education has set meetings of October 29, January 14, and March 23, all in East Lansing.  EMU holds an institutional membership; thus all EMU faculty are eligible and encouraged to attend these state-wide conferences on topics important to teacher educators.

PLANNING AHEAD

August 12--proposals due for projects to promote self-sufficiency and protect the rights of people with developmental disabilities; proposals due for grants on urban community services.

August 15--Proposals due to FHP foundation on health care, including studies of national health issues.

August 16--Deadline for proposals for papers for Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration; proposals due for cooperative education projects; proposals due for National Center for Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities.

August 19--proposals due on issues of family homelessness.

August 26--COE Fall Faculty Conference, all day.  Radisson Hotel.

August 26--Proposals due for Evaluation of Youth Violence Interventions.

August 27--COE Lecturer Recognition Banquet, 5-8, CEC, by invitation.  Proposals due for international education and cultural exchange of education leaders.

August 31--papers due to Texas Researcher.

September 1--deadline for submissions to Innovating Worthy Projects Foundation for mental health and disabilities.

September 7--Comments due on guidelines for education of individuals with disabilities.

September 8--Proposals due to AASA for professor-practitioner school-based research.

September 15--applications due for "college student exchange."

September 17--first applications due for "personnel training for children with disabilities."  Applications due for development or expansion of community service programs.

September 20--letters of intent due to develop education materials relating environmental factors and human health.

September 30--deadline for Canadian Studies Institutional Research Program; Canadian Studies Sabbatical Fellowship Program; Canadian Studies Faculty Research Program.

October 1--SRATE Journal manuscript deadline; deadline for manuscripts to Kappa Delta Pi Educational Forum on "Alternative Schooling"; applications due for Woodrow Wilson Fellowships;  applications due to Hatachi Foundation for support of community improvement projects, including the needs of youths and families.  NASSP Distinguished Middle Level Dissertation nominations due.  Papers due for National Educational Computing Conference.  Proposals on mental health and AIDS due to Ittleson Foundation.  Proposals due to NIMH on exploratory/developmental grants for psychosocial treatment research and for child and adolescent development and psychopathology research centers.

October 7-9--TECSCU, Las Vegas.

October 15--applications due for Fulbright Teacher Exchange program.

October 22--Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad application deadline.

October 23--EMU Family Weekend.