Thursday, May 04, 2000
NKU education college proposed
By Ray Schaefer
Enquirer Contributor
ERLANGER — Ask Dr. Ken Carter the value of a name and his answer is likely to be “money, prestige and political clout.”
Dr. Carter, an education professor at Northern Kentucky University's School of Professional Studies and Education, wants the university to turn the School of Education into a separate College of Education and to hire a dean who would report to University Provost Rogers Redding.
The shift is important, Dr. Carter said, because NKU and Kentucky State University in Frankfort are the only two state schools without a separate education college.
“Our faculty doesn't feel we're doing the (best) job,” Dr. Carter said. “We should be doing a better job.”
Dr. Carter presented a draft version of the school's education enhancement report at Wednesday's Northern Kentucky Association of School Superintendents meeting at the Erlanger-
Elsmere board office.
A 26-member group of NKU faculty and students and various civic leaders spent five months compiling the report.
At least one superintendent, Southgate Independent's Bernie Sandfoss, likes the idea.
“Northern does not have the same kind of status around the state,” Mr. Sandfoss said.
NKU has four colleges: Law, Business, Arts and Sciences, and Professional Studies and Education. The proposal would have the Education Department break out of the latter school.
State Rep. Jon Draud, R-Crestview Hills and a former Ludlow superintendent, said the timing for such a move has never been better, especially since the General Assembly gave NKU $28 million for various programs.
Superintendents plan to talk about the move with NKU President James Votruba at a June 2 meeting at Beechwood Independent Schools in Fort Mitchell.
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