October 27, 2016

Video available of Coleman Report panel discussions

Video is now available online of the panel discussions held at Purdue to mark the 50th anniversary of the Coleman Report and its contributions to access to equal educational opportunity and academic achievement.

As part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Purdue alumnus James S. Coleman studied variables in academic achievement by looking at more than 600,000 students and teachers from 3,000 schools. Coleman graduated from Purdue in 1949 with a degree in chemical engineering, his study was published in 1966, and he died in 1995.

The College of Liberal Arts organized the Oct. 19 panels to highlight the effects from the Coleman Report and challenges in education today. The panel topics and speakers:

* The keynote panel for "Toward Equality of Educational Opportunity: Lessons of the Coleman Report at 50" featured Rod Paige, former U.S. secretary of education (2001-05); David Steiner, director of Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and former New York state chief school officer; and John C. White, superintendent of education from Louisiana.  President Mitch Daniels moderated the panel.

* The panel on "Significance of the Coleman Report Today" featured Chester E. Finn Jr., distinguished senior fellow and president emeritus of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation; Wade Horn, managing director of Deloitte Consulting LLP; and Mary Cathryn Ricker, executive vice president of the American Federation of Teachers. The moderator was Leslie Lenkowsky, professor emeritus in public affairs and philanthropy from Indiana University.

* The "Equalizing Educational Opportunity: What Should Be Done?" panel featured Adam Gamoran, president of William T. Grant Foundation; David Harris, founder and CEO of The Mind Trust; and Anna J. Egalite, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development at North Carolina State University. The moderator was Linda Renzulli, professor and head of Purdue’s Department of Sociology. 


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