This institute offers teachers and administrators an opportunity to explore with professors from EMU and the University of Amsterdam how school choice and privatization are unfolding in both the U.S. and The Netherlands. Extensive additional cultural activities are built into the program. The institute is open to any graduate student in the College of Education and to other students with permission. The Council for the International Exchange of Scholars has announced opportunities for awards in sub-Saharan Africa. It is expected that the awardee hold the doctorate.
Awards range from five to ten months.
An ad hoc committee of faculty and staff members has been meeting regularly for several months with Michael Bretting, who serves as the building manager for the Porter Building. The committee's charge relates both to the aesthetics and the usability of the building. In the near future, bicycle parking racks near both the south and west entrances are expected. Under consideration and study is an aesthetic piece including water to be placed in the landing of the south stairway. If so, entrances will be so labeled.