[NLA] name OR MISSION of center?

[sissy kegley]

I may be confused, but I'd first be more concerned about the SCOPE of
changes facing the Center. 
Is it a foregone conclusion that the entire focus of the Center will
shift from exclusively "adult" to the broader and diluted "adult and
child"?   Can you fight that one? 

If not, certainly the "Center for Adult and Child Literacy" name is
preferable to "Center for Lifelong Learning", in my opinion.

Sissy Kegley
skegley at us.net
301-588-4333


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[mailto:nla-admin at lists.literacytent.org] On Behalf Of Daphne Greenberg
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:24 AM
To: nla at lists.literacytent.org
Subject: Re: [NLA] name of center

The points that you raise are exactly why I am scared. I do not want my
center to be part of the general trend of what is happening to adult
literacy. However, the Dean is insistent that the name will have to
change. He wants the Center to expand to include children's issues. I am
fighting as hard as I can and as a result of my struggles, he has
proposed to change the name of the center to the Center for the Study of
Lifelong Literacy. I have suggested that if we have to change the name,
we need to keep the word Adult in the name, and therefore have suggested
the name Center for the Study for Adult and Child Literacy. He is not
thrilled with that name, but I think that if I fight hard enough for it,
I may get it. So, to clarify my question:
The current name is Center for the Study of ADULT Litercy.
The Dean is proposing: Center for the Study of Lifelong Literacy.
I am suggesting that the name needs to include Adult in it, and am
therefore suggesting the name, Center for the Study of Adult AND CHILD
literacy.
I am wondering whether people see a need for me to fight this fight-or
should I just settle for the name he is proposing (Center for the Study
of Lifelong Literacy). In other words, what are the implications of one
name over the other (lifelong vs. adult and child)?
Daphne

>>> hbeder at rci.rutgers.edu 03/03/03 09:59 AM >>>
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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