[NLA] name of center

[Gail Spangenberg]

Daphne, I agree with all of Hal Beder's comments below.  No matter 
what, I'd opt for retaining the Adult in your title.  You may have to 
offer some reasonable alternative to your Dean, however.  Perhaps 
adding the word Child as you suggest will do it.  Use of the term 
Lifelong Learning (for which I'm a strong advocate and which I worked 
hard to advance during many years at the Ford Foundation)) is a good 
way to lose the adult  focus AND the literacy focus.  When it's lost 
sight of, it's usually lost -- I've seen it happen over and over 
again.  Good luck.    Gail Spangenberg


>With huge state cutbacks, no adult educators on the NIFL Board, etc, 
>etc., adult literacy is threatened as it has not been in many years. 
>At the same time, the Bush Administration is focusing all its 
>efforts on No Child Left Behind.  Keep your current title.  IT DOES 
>MATTER!
>
>
>At 08:49 AM 3/3/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>I would like to invite some feedback over an issue that I am 
>>thinking about. Currently, my center is called the Center for the 
>>Study of Adult Literacy. The Dean wants the name to be changed to 
>>the Center for the Study of Lifelong Literacy. I am worried about 
>>losing the word Adult in the title and would like to propose the 
>>name: Center for the Study of Adult and Child Literacy.
>>So, which name do you think is better:
>>Center for the Study of Lifelong Literacy
>>or
>>Center for the Study of Adult and Child Literacy
>>Do you think it matters? Why?
>>Thanks,
>>Daphne
>>
>>
>>Daphne Greenberg
>>Associate Director
>>Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
>>MSC 6A0360
>>Georgia State University
>>33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6
>>Atlanta, GA 30303-3086
>>phone: 404-651-0127
>>fax:404-651-4901
>>dgreenberg at gsu.edu
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Gail Spangenberg
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