Tillery Summer Institute

Debuts This August

The late Dale Tillery, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, 1970-80

 

The GSE will launch the Dale Tillery Summer Institute for Community College Leadership and Innovation this August 1-4 at the Clark Kerr Campus at UC Berkeley. Endowed by gifts from generous friends and students in memory of the late GSE Dean and co-author of the California Master Plan for Higher Education, this annual program aims to promote long-term institutional and field development in the California Community Colleges and to help faculty and management provide a high-quality education to all students over the next decade and beyond.

The inaugural Tillery Institute will address the enrollment increases, tight budgets, and wide range of student preparation levels that California schools currently face. The Institute will increase knowledge of institutional and pedagogical challenges. It will also provide opportunities for instructors and executives to learn about unique conditions in California, hear of successful reforms in other states, plan innovations to be implemented in the upcoming academic year at individual sites, and receive feedback and support between summers. In turn, the GSE will learn from the community colleges what additional UC-Berkeley sponsored activities would be most helpful going forward.

GSE Professor Norton Grubb, former California Community Colleges Chancellor Jerry Hayward, Syracuse University Professor Vincent Tinto, and other nationally recognized experts will lead the Institute.

For more information, or to register a team from your college, please contact Holly Cordova, Institute Coordinator, at 831 459 3460 or at hcordova@ucsc.edu. You can also register on-line at the First Annual Dale Tillery Summer Institute.

 

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