A hearing was held over 2 days on amendments to Title V of the Higher Education Act, which addresses college educator recruitment, retention, and development and with authorization of programs designed to enhance the skills of current teachers and administrators and to encourage students entering college to become teachers. Among the witnesses testifying were the following: C. Leonard Anderson, National Education Association; Gary Fenstermacher, Dean, College of Education, University of Arizona and President, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; Gary Hawks for the Michigan Department of Education; Cecil Miskel for the University of Michigan; Senator John D. Perry, New York State Senate; Antoine Garibaldi, Xavier University, New Orleans; Jack R. Anderson, Superintendent of Schools, Spring Valley, New York; Raphael Nystrand, University of Louisville, Kentucky; and James Garbarino, President, Erikson Institute for Early Childhood Education, Chicago; and Ted Sanders, Under Secretary, United States Department of Education. Also included are the prepared statements of the Association of Teacher Educators, the Council of Chief State School Officers, the Council of the Great City Schools, Representative William F. Goodling from the U.S. Congress, Jack Hidary of Columbia University, the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, Representative Donald M. Payne from the U.S. Congress, and Albert Shanker of the American Federation of Teachers. (JB)

As part of the process of developing the reauthorization legislation for the Higher Education Act of 1965 and its descendants, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education heard testimony on questions pertaining to the postsecondary education pipeline and the requirements of the future work force. In particular the testimony addressed the questions of who is in the educational pipeline toward postsecondary education; what are the requirements of the future work force, particularly for persons with postsecondary education; and what are the challenges facing postsecondary institutions in their efforts to educate those in the education pipeline. On these questions, the following witnesses spoke: Arnold Packer, co-author, Workforce 2000; Anthony Carnevale, American Society for Training and Development; Carol Frances, Carol Frances Plus Associates; K. Scott Hughes of K. Scott Hughes Associates; Stephen Trachtenberg, President of George Washington University; Eugene Deloatch, Dean of Engineering, Morgan State University; and Ken Lay, International Business Machines, Director of International Education. The document also includes prepared statements, letters and supplemental materials from the witnesses as well as Stephen J. Blair of the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools, and E. Thomas Coleman, Representative to Congress from Missouri. (JB)

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