Davila: Wash Post Interview 1 PM
Thursday, Dec. 14, at 1 p.m. ET
Gallaudet Chooses Interim President
Robert DavilaInterim President, Gallaudet
Thursday, December 14, 2006; 1:00 PM
Robert Davila, the interim president of Gallaudet University, will be online Thursday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. to discuss his plans for the nation’s leading university for the deaf. Submit your questions and comments any time before or during the discussion.
Davila takes over after the last presidential appointment, Jane K. Fernandes, was forced out by student protests in October. Davila inherits student and alumni pressures common at most schools, as well as issues such as the importance of American Sign Language, as well as challenges to its academic accreditation.
Davila, 74, graduated from Gallaudet in 1953, and went on to be a professor and vice president at the school. He also served as director of the New York School for the Deaf, head of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and an assistant secretary at the Department of Education.
Hat tip to Brian Riley
email contact: mishkazena@aol.com
Thursday, Dec. 14, at 1 p.m. ET
Gallaudet Chooses Interim President
Robert DavilaInterim President, Gallaudet
Thursday, December 14, 2006; 1:00 PM
Robert Davila, the interim president of Gallaudet University, will be online Thursday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. to discuss his plans for the nation’s leading university for the deaf. Submit your questions and comments any time before or during the discussion.
Davila takes over after the last presidential appointment, Jane K. Fernandes, was forced out by student protests in October. Davila inherits student and alumni pressures common at most schools, as well as issues such as the importance of American Sign Language, as well as challenges to its academic accreditation.
Davila, 74, graduated from Gallaudet in 1953, and went on to be a professor and vice president at the school. He also served as director of the New York School for the Deaf, head of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and an assistant secretary at the Department of Education.
Hat tip to Brian Riley
email contact: mishkazena@aol.com
