It should be noted that all progress is the result of the combined efforts of talented faculty, staff, volunteers, and administrators. The following list is not exhaustive. Rather, only selected highlights are reported. Further enhance the excellence of the college, departments, and units in research and scholarship. We are in the negotiation phase for an outstanding new chair for the Counseling and Personnel Services Department.
Research funding continues to increase due to the great work of our faculty and staff.
The Blue Ribbon Committee, which includes faculty leaders, members of our Board of Visitors, and additional community leaders recommended by the Board, has developed a draft experimental model. This model for Learning Communities of Research and Teaching was developed to promote improvement of achievement for all students, especially minorities, through a sustained relationship among top research faculty, school district administrators, selected teachers and teacher educators, and key community members. I expect that this effort will synergistically increase our research excellence and minority student achievement. We will discuss it further at the February 16 College Assembly. Our efforts to establish an Urban and Minority Education Institute continue on all fronts.