Friends,

Some lovely news.  We have just learned that Dr. Lean Heng Chan of Malaysia, one of the best-known champion of women worker's rights  and participatory research throughout Asia and a founding executive member of the Global Alliance for Community Engaged Research has been recognised for membership in the International Adult Education Hall of Fame for 2012.  Hip Hip Hooray.

Budd L Hall and Rajesh TandonCo-Chairs

UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility of Higher Education

Details of a new post within the School of Education at the University of Glasgow, the European base of PASCAL are found here. The person appointed will join an expanding staff grouping in the field of post-compulsory education.

The Main Duties and Responsibilities are as follows:

Northern Illinois University's Civic Leadership Academy (CLA) will be entering its 9th year of offering engaging and timely training programs for elected and appointed leaders and senior managers in government and not-for-profit agencies in the state of Illinois.

The Academy's seminars allow for in-person interactions with fellow participants and instructors using experiential learning. The training program offers a series of workshops on topics central to being an effective governmental leader in the 21st century.

As the United States celebrates the legacy of the Morrill Act and looks forward to the Cooperative Extension System’s centennial in 2014, there is a need to address fundamental questions:

For jobs at every skill level and in many different occupations, the better-educated applicant has the edge, says "The College Advantage," from the Georgetown University Center on Educationa and the Workforce, and this is especially true during the recent recession and into its recovery.  The report calls on policymakers, employers and institutions to do more to produce the skilled talent necessary for the U.S to effectively compete in a global economy.  See more here: http://cew.georgetown.edu/collegeadvantage/.  The full report is attached.