[NLA] name of center

[Beth Odom]

Daphne -
ML Carver hits the nail on the head!  Lifelong Literacy means too many other
things.  What does he expect CSAL to do with/for children?
Beth odom

Literacy Action, Inc.
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-818-7336

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[mailto:nla-admin at lists.literacytent.org]On Behalf Of Mary Lynn Carver
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 12:45 PM
To: nla at lists.literacytent.org
Subject: Re: [NLA] name of center

Daphne-
Fight for Adult Literacy in your title.  From my viewpoint (only) lifelong
literacy can be anyone who pursues more information about anything. Adult
literacy is specific to adults struggling to survive because they lack the
ability to interpret print correctly.  Their deficiencies exist at many
levels because of their lack of basic skills in reading, writing, computers,
information processing, etc.  If the function of your center is literacy for
adults, I think you should fight for it.
My question regarding the child literacy issue would be - isn't that what
schools are supposed to do? What would your responsibility be in this area?
Good luck.
Mary Lynn Carver
Assistant Literacy Coordinator/ABE Literacy Instructor
Waukegan Public Library/College of Lake County, IL


Daphne Greenberg wrote:

> 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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