Document Type
Focus Area One
Abstract
This paper has three purposes: (a) to learn more about the development of teachers, (b) to share insights of how some colleges and universities have viewed their institutional missions, and (c) to suggest some changes for universities and schools of education to consider if they are to successfully achieve their institutional mission.
The importance of education is widely discussed in many circles. Politicians know support for education pleases voters, and federal dollars ensure continued support for political machines. Businesses extol the importance of well-educated workers but then often locate new businesses in states which consistently score low on measures of educational quality. We open our borders to products from countries with cheap labor, but close them to Asian immigrants who have a strong work ethic and traditions of supporting education. Parents speak of the importance of education but do little to model it, abdicating their responsibilities as first teachers to the schools.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
27
Last Page
21
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1992 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Finnessy, John
(1992)
"Institutional Mission: Have We Lost Our Way?,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 3:
No.
1, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol3/iss1/9
