The Daily OrangeCantor's annual address calls for education reform
By Bethany Bump
Posted: 3/20/09, 1:19 AM EST Section: News
Nearly one month after President Obama delivered his State of the Union address, Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor delivered her annual address to the university community, intentionally striking many of the same tones as the president.
Cantor gave her annual speech, titled "Remaking America: Universities as Anchor Institutions - the Syracuse Example," at 4 p.m. Thursday in Hendricks Chapel to a crowd of approximately 150 people.
Cantor echoed President Obama's call to action in education. Citing student and university initiatives, Cantor said it is this intellectual capital that the university should and has expanded upon.
"We will transform our schools and colleges and university to meet the demands of a new age," she said, reciting part of President Obama's Inaugural address. "All of this we can do, and all of this we will do … that's what remaking America, or remaking Syracuse is."
Cantor made mention of many university initiatives as examples of how SU serves as an example to other institutions. She discussed the Connective Corridor and the Warehouse. The College of Visual and Performing Arts' Collaboration Laboratory, the South Side Innovation Center, Electronic Village and the Say Yes to Education initiative were all programs Cantor said represent SU's call to action.
Before Cantor delivered her yearly address, Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina, announced a nearly $2 million combination of grants and awards.
These included a $500,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a $1 million grant from the John and Maureen Hendricks Foundation and an anonymous donation, that Cantor combined to award to "faculty-led projects that exemplify Scholarship in Action," or the Chancellor's Leadership Projects.
The 19 Chancellor's Leadership Projects - new and existing faculty-led initiatives involving students and several colleges within the university, focus anywhere from entrepreneurship to local education initiatives to the creative arts within the SU community and abroad.
Cantor gave her annual speech, titled "Remaking America: Universities as Anchor Institutions - the Syracuse Example," at 4 p.m. Thursday in Hendricks Chapel to a crowd of approximately 150 people.
Cantor echoed President Obama's call to action in education. Citing student and university initiatives, Cantor said it is this intellectual capital that the university should and has expanded upon.
"We will transform our schools and colleges and university to meet the demands of a new age," she said, reciting part of President Obama's Inaugural address. "All of this we can do, and all of this we will do … that's what remaking America, or remaking Syracuse is."
Cantor made mention of many university initiatives as examples of how SU serves as an example to other institutions. She discussed the Connective Corridor and the Warehouse. The College of Visual and Performing Arts' Collaboration Laboratory, the South Side Innovation Center, Electronic Village and the Say Yes to Education initiative were all programs Cantor said represent SU's call to action.
Before Cantor delivered her yearly address, Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina, announced a nearly $2 million combination of grants and awards.
These included a $500,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a $1 million grant from the John and Maureen Hendricks Foundation and an anonymous donation, that Cantor combined to award to "faculty-led projects that exemplify Scholarship in Action," or the Chancellor's Leadership Projects.
The 19 Chancellor's Leadership Projects - new and existing faculty-led initiatives involving students and several colleges within the university, focus anywhere from entrepreneurship to local education initiatives to the creative arts within the SU community and abroad.
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Chip
posted 3/21/09 @ 9:39 AM EST
Cantor and Obama focus on "let's lift the poor and minorities up" in their educational focus (vs focusing on the brigher more movtivated students). They do this by watering-down standards, affirmative action, being concerned with closing grade and test score gaps, and believing more money is the solution. (Continued…)
Lenny
posted 3/24/09 @ 9:10 AM EST
I agree with Chip. Merit based incentives are virtually non-existent. Let me provide an example. When I'm looking for scholarship I'm ineligible for 90% of those that people with my GPA would get simply on account of my race, religion (or lack thereof) and sexual orientation. (Continued…)
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