Glickman Returns to UGA as Scholar-in-Residence in Educational Administration and Policy Program

One of the nation's highly regarded experts in school leadership and educational improvement, Carl Glickman, will return to the University of Georgia as Scholar-in-Residence in the educational administration and policy (EDAP) program. The two-year appointment is effective Nov. 1.

EDAP is a highly focused graduate program in the department of lifelong education, administration, and policy, aimed at preparing a new generation of outstanding school leaders, scholars and policy researchers.

Glickman, a professor emeritus of the College of Education, will teach and collaborate with faculty and students on various initiatives related to public education, said Ronald Cervero, professor of adult education and head of the department.

Prior to his return to UGA, Glickman held the first endowed chair in education at Texas State University in San Marcos.

During a career at UGA which spanned more than two decades, Glickman served in numerous leadership roles on university, state and national commissions to improve schools, teacher education and academic programs.

He was founder and chair of the nationally validated League of Professional Schools that has partnered with hundreds of schools and districts throughout Georgia for the past 15 years in providing a democratic education for all future citizens.

Glickman was awarded the title of University Professor in 1997, the highest faculty career award at UGA. Students also honored him as the faculty member who had “contributed most to their lives, inside and outside the classroom.”

He is the author of 13 books on school leadership, educational renewal, and the moral imperative of education.

His edited book, Letters to the Next President; What We Can Do about the Real Crisis in Public Education, was chosen by Foreword Magazine as one of the two most outstanding books in education for the year 2004. Holding Sacred Ground: Essays on Leadership, Courage, and Endurance in our Schools (2003) was acclaimed as one of the most important writings in education today. Leadership for Learning was recognized by the National Association of Education Publishers as one of the four outstanding education books of 2002.  A textbook he co-authored with Steve Gordon and Jovita Ross-Gordon, SuperVision and Instructional Leadership, is in its sixth edition and remains a leading text in the field.

Glickman currently is working on a book for parents on how to choose and improve their child's school and is collaborating with university and public school colleagues at local, state and national levels in how to center educational practices and policies on the public purpose of education. He is a founding member of the national policy center called The Forum for Education and Democracy (www.forumforeducation.org ) and has served on the boards of Kids Voting U.S.A. and the National Commission for Service-Learning.

For more information on EDAP:
www.coe.uga.edu/leap/adminpolicy/about/index.html

For more information on LEAP:
www.coe.uga.edu/leap/

Thursday, October 27, 2005
Writer: Michael Childs, 706.542.5889, mdchilds@uga.edu
Contact: Carl Glickman, Carlglickman@aol.com