Newsletter of the Center for Research on
Developmental Education and Urban Literacy
Spring 2008, Volume 5, Issue 1
CRDEUL in Focus
Bob Copeland
Center Points eNewsletter editor
CRDEUL’s History: A Timeline of Events
I must admit that I can’t list every event of significance to the center over the years, as I’ve been here only four of its nearly twelve years in existence. I have had to rely on what documentation was available in the files for some of this timeline.
The following timeline chronicles significant milestones in the
history of CRDEUL:
1996: CRDEUL is founded by the General College of the University
of Minnesota. Dana Britt Lundell is hired as the first employee of the
center at the time of its founding, and is soon after named CRDEUL’s
permanent Director.
October 1999: CRDEUL organizes a national conference, the “First
Intentional Meeting on Future Directions in Developmental Education,”
and publishes its proceedings.
2000: CRDEUL publishes the research report, African American
Men From Hennepin County at the University of Minnesota, 1994-98: Who
Applies, Who is Accepted, Who Attends?
2001: Theoretical Perspectives for Developmental Education is
published as the first issue in CRDEUL’s monograph series.
April 2001: CRDEUL organizes its next national conference, the
“Second Meeting on Future Directions in Developmental Education,” and
publishes its proceedings.
2002: Histories of Developmental Education is published as
the second issue in CRDEUL’s monograph series.
September 2002: CRDEUL hosts the forum “Uncertain Welcome:
Student Perspectives on Disability and Postsecondary Education,”
presented by Judy Fox and Bobbi Cordano.
2002: CRDEUL partners in the production of two training videos as
part of the Curriculum Transformation and Disability (CTAD) grant:
Assistive Technology: Applications in Postsecondary Education, and
Uncertain Welcome: Student Perspectives on Disability and
Postsecondary Education.
October 2002: CRDEUL hosts the forum “The New Certificate Program
in Postsecondary Education,” featuring presenters Thomas Brothen, Terry
Collins, Jeanne Higbee, Laura Coffin Koch, Thomas Reynolds, and
Catherine Wambach.
2002: Exploring Urban Literacy & Developmental Education is
published as the third issue in CRDEUL’s monograph series.
November 2002: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Multicultural Awareness
Project for Institutional Transformation (MAP-IT)” with Karen Miksch,
Jeanne Higbee, Patrick Bruch, Dana Lundell, and Rashné Jehangir.
February 2003: CRDEUL hosts the forum “The Politics and Future of
Developmental Education,” with panelists David Arendale, Jeanne Higbee,
and members of the CRDEUL Advisory Board.
2003: CRDUEL publishes the educational assessment tool,
Multicultural Awareness Project for Institutional Transformation (MAP
IT).
March 2003: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Academic Support Programs
for Native Americans in Selected Institutions in New Mexico,” presented
by Gretchen Starks-Martin of St. Cloud State University.
April 2003: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Reading Between the Lines:
The Politics of Reading in College and the Community,” featuring Brock
Dubbels, Ezra Hyland, Susan Nemitz, and Rosemarie Park.
2003: Multiculturalism in Developmental Education is
published as the fourth issue in CRDEUL’s monograph series.
September 2003: CRDEUL hosts the forum “Are U In or Are U Out?
Implications of Affirmative Action for Higher Education,” presented by
Karen Miksch, Carol Chomsky, and Mark Rotenberg.
October 2003: CRDEUL hosts the forum “Strengthening the Bridge to
College: Commanding English Outreach to High School Students,” featuring
Faiza Aziz, Margaret Delehanty-Kelly, Barbara Hodne, Robin Murie, and a
student panel.
2003: CRDEUL publishes the book, Curriculum Transformation and
Disability: Implementing Universal Design in Higher Education.
December 2003: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Developing Community:
Teaching and Advising in General College Learning Communities,” with
panelists Patrick Bruch, Pat James, Rashné Jehangir, Amy Lee, Dana
Lundell, and Bruce Schelske.
February 2004: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “The Minnesota Point of
View in Counseling Psychology and the Founding of General College,”
presented by Thomas Brothen and Cathrine Wambach.
2004: CRDEUL publishes the resource guide, Bibliography of
Resources for Multicultural Higher Education.
Spring 2004: CRDEUL publishes the first issue of its biennial
electronic newsletter, later titled CenterPoints.
April 2004: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “College Readiness and the
Assessment Conundrum,” presented by Susan Hipp of Century College.
2004: Best Practices for Access and Retention in Higher
Education is published as the fifth issue in CRDEUL’s monograph
series.
September 2004: CRDEUL hosts the forum “The Grand Re-Opening of
The Center For Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy,”
with Dana Lundell, Jeanne Higbee, David Arendale, Kwabena Siaka, and
Robert Copeland.
November 2004: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Four Perspectives on
Improving Access and Retention in Higher Education: A Celebration of the
New CRDEUL Monograph,” featuring chapter authors Christine Swanson, Leon
Hsu, Carl Chung, Cathrine Wambach, Irene Duranczyk, Jeanne Higbee, and
Susan Staats.
November 2004: CRDEUL starts its series of Coffeehouse
Discussions, that ran regularly through 2006. Sample topics include;
“Student Engagement: Pathways to Collegiate Success,” the “University’s
Strategic Positioning Report,” “Increased Stratification of Opportunity
in Higher Education,” and “Voluntary Participation and Student
Motivation: Increasing Both for Higher Student Outcomes.”
December 2004: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Multicultural Education:
What General College Students Think—A Report on Student Responses to the
MAP IT Questionnaire,” featuring Jeanne Higbee, Patrick Bruch, and
Kwabena Siaka.
2005: CRDEUL hosts the statewide educators conference, “Building
Bridges for Access and Success from High School to College,” and
publishes its proceedings.
February 2005: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Video Games as Tools for
Educators,” presented by Brock Dubbels.
March 2005: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Student Voices in Curricular
Transformation,” with Irene Duranczyk and Don Opitz.
April 2005: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Future Directions in General
College: Teaching, Research, and Practice” with panelists Jeanne Higbee,
Dana Lundell, David Arendale, Pat James, Thomas Brothen, Dean David
Taylor, and General College Vision book co-authors.
2005: CRDEUL publishes the book, The General College Vision:
Integrating Intellectual Growth, Multicultural Perspectives, and Student
Development.
September 2005: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Celebrating the General
College Vision: A New Book and A New Future,” featuring Jeanne Higbee,
Dana Lundell, David Arendale, Thomas Brothen, Catherine Wambach,
Patricia James, Susan Staats, Mary Ellen Shaw, Irene Duranczyk, Donald
Opitz, and student co-author Leah Woodstrom.
October 2005: CRDEUL hosts the forum, “Student Identity and How
it Affects Motivation and Engagement,” presented by Brock Dubbels.
November 2005: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “A Shift From Culturally
Relevant to Culturally Responsive Teaching,” presented by Gretchen
Starks Martin of St. Cloud State University.
2006: Student Standpoints About Access Programs in Higher
Education is published as the sixth issue in CRDEUL’s monograph
series.
March 2006: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Implementing Universal
Design: Resources for Faculty and Staff,” with panelists Jeanne Higbee,
Heidi Barajas, Emily Goff, Dana Lundell, and Roberta Cordano.
April 2006: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Developing Your Ideas for
Publication in APA Style: Resources for Professionals and Graduate
Students,” with Dana Lundell and Jeanne Higbee.
Summer 2006: General College is closed by the University of
Minnesota. Many GC faculty and programs are merged into the (new)
College of Education and Human Development as the Department of
Postsecondary Teaching and Learning. CRDEUL enters CEHD as a collegewide
center.
October 2006: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Using MAP IT:
Multicultural Awareness Project for Institutional Transformation and Its
Implementation,” with Karen Miksch, Jeanne Higbee, David Ghere, and Dana
Lundell.
November 2006: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Podcasting in Higher
Education: Exploring its Uses in Professional Development and the
Classroom,” presented by David Arendale.
December 2006: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “El Salvador:
Photography’s Power to Heal” presented by Laurie McGinley.
February 2007: CRDUEL director Dana Lundell is informed by CEHD
Dean Darlyne Bailey, that there is “no future” for the Center in CEHD.
February 2007: CRDEUL hosts a forum on PASS IT: Integrating
Universal Instructional Design into the Postsecondary Curriculum,
with Jeanne Higbee and Emily Goff.
March 2007: CRDEUL hosts a forum on “Building Partnerships
Through Urban Literacy Initiatives: What Are We Doing, and Where Are We
Going?” featuring Ezra Hyland, Rosemary Miller, Robin Murie, and Heidi
Barajas.
April 2007: Dana Lundell submits her resignation to CEHD Dean
Darlyne Bailey, along with an operating budget to fulfill CRDEUL’s
obligations through June 2008.
June 2007: Jeanne Higbee assumes the role of Interim Director of
CRDEUL during its “sunset” year.
June 8, 2007: Open House in CRDEUL offices for Dana Lundell’s
last day as director and as a University employee.
2007: Diversity and the Postsecondary Experience is
published as the seventh and final issue in CRDEUL’s monograph series.
November 2007: CRDEUL hosts the forum “Learning by Design: Games,
Play and Structuring Classroom Learning for Reflection and High
Engagement,” presented by Brock Dubbels.
March 2008: Pedagogy and Student Services for Institutional
Transformation: Implementing Universal Design in Higher Education,
CRDEUL’s final book, is published as a collaboration between CRDEUL and
the PASS IT grant.
June 2008:CenterPoints electronic Newsletter, Volume 5,
Issue 1, comes out as the final publication of the center.
June 30, 2008: CRDEUL closes its doors.
The number of conferences to which CRDUEL’s director and advisors have been invited to share their knowledge over the years is impossible to list in its entirety, as are the schools, libraries, research centers and educators with which the center has worked along the way. CRDEUL’s outreach is summed up in its mission statement:
- “The Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy (CRDEUL) at the University of Minnesota promotes and develops multidisciplinary and multicultural theory, research, and practice in postsecondary developmental education and urban literacy.”
Bob Copeland