Educating for the Public Good

Thursday, December 8, 7 p.m.
Alumni Center (corner of Fletcher and Washington)
Register at: alumni.umich.edu/get-informed/lifelong-learning/leaders-and-best-seminars

This event is free and open to all current students, faculty, and staff and members of the UM Alumni Association

Join us for our culminating event on Education for the Public Good!  Building on the ideas discussed in our previous sessions, we will conclude our series on Reinventing Public Education with a dialogue on educating for the public good.  Is education a concern only for educators, administrators, and students, or does the public have a stake in this issue?  We will explore whether a “public” perspective on education still exists, beyond that represented in funding and organizational structures, and how this public perspective may change in the future.  Through this deliberative dialogue we will also discuss how parents, citizens, and businesses can get involved in strengthening and improving education for the future of their families and communities, while it also prepares citizen leaders, future workers and consumers.

Opening Remarks:
Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Dean of the University of Michigan School of Education, where she is also the William H. Payne Collegiate Professor and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor.

Event Moderator:
John C. Burkhardt, Clinical Professor of Higher Education and the Director of the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good at the University of Michigan.

Panelists:
Cynthia H. Wilbanks, Vice President for Government Relations at the University of Michigan.

William (Nick) Collins, Executive Director of the Center for Educational Outreach at the University of Michigan.

Adriana Rasche Phelan, Vice President for Public Policy at the Michigan Community College Association

Janet Lawrence, Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Michigan.

Hubert Rast, foreign language and history teacher at Northville High School and lecturer in the Department of German at the University of Michigan

Joseph Serwach, Managing Director, Communications for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

Charles Wilbur, Senior Policy Consultant with Public Policy Associates in Lansing, Michigan.

Visit alumni.umich.edu/get-informed/lifelong-learning/leaders-and-best-seminars to register for this event, available in person on campus, from your home via live-stream or live stream via mobile device.