VIRGINIA
Virginia is one of several states working to launch an EPFP site for the 2008-09 program year. The site will be administered by the Center for Educational Empowerment and Diversity Studies housed at the College of Virginia Beach, a component of Hampton University. Virginia EPFP’s first cohort of Fellows will be selected during the summer of 2008, with the program commencing in the fall. The curriculum of the program will center on leadership, public policy, diversity, and educational empowerment. The goal of the program is to develop effective leaders who are equipped to hold key positions in the educational policy community.
Across the ten-month program, from September through June, Fellows will meet once per month for approximately four hours. Fellows will have the opportunity to interact with officials and leaders from a variety of groups and organizations that articulate local, national, and international educational concerns. Workshops, seminars, and programs throughout the year will prepare Fellows for the challenges facing education today, as well as future changes in the education policy landscape.
VIRGINIA COORDINATOR
Maurice R. Berube, Ph.D.
Center for Educational Empowerment & Diversity Studies
College of Virginia Beach
253 Town Center Drive, Suite 1035
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462
(757) 637-2200
FAX (757) 227-5979
mberube@odu.edu
Dr. Maurice Berube is Eminent Scholar Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Counseling for Old Dominion University, where he taught policy analysis and education policy courses in the doctoral program. He is author of twelve scholarly books on educational policy. Dr. Berube has been a teacher in public schools, an editor for a large urban teacher’s union, a policy aide to the Mayor of New York City, and a staff member of an educational policy think tank at Queen’s College, City University of New York. Dr. Berube will serve as the first Site Coordinator for the Virginia Education Policy Fellowship Program.