Campus Leader Profiles

These campus leaders have demonstrated leadership in implementing positive change and improving the quality of teacher preparation at their institutions of higher learning.

Dennis McCabe, President, Tarleton State University, Texas A&M University System - When the Texas Board of Regents approved an Initiative for Excellence in Education in 1999, Tarleton State University at Stephenville was selected as one of the four original campuses to implement the first stage of a project connecting the curriculum between high schools and colleges, under the leadership of President Dennis McCabe.

Robert Maxson, President, California State University, Long Beach - As chair of the California State University Presidents Commission on Teacher Education, Maxson has been a vocal proponent of the principle that the education of teachers "is a university-wide responsibility."

Ronald Henry, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Georgia State University - Georgia State University was one of three campuses to pilot the Standards-based Teacher Education Project (STEP). Sponsored by the Council for Basic Education and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, STEP uses new K-12 academic standards to reshape teacher education. Georgia State's involvement fit neatly with the direction wanted by its Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ronald Henry.

Susan A. Cole, President, Montclair State University, New Jersey - Montclair State University was the first campuses in the country to establish a formal process for bringing faculty from arts and sciences, education, and K-12 public schools together to improve teacher education. Universities bear a major responsibility for teacher quality - and subsequently, how well K-12 students learn, according to President Susan A. Cole.