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From: Jeri Levesque <levesqjr@webster.edu>
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Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2518] RE: name of center
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Daphne,
The name of my university literacy center is still in limbo - for a number of political reasons - including
resistance by members of the reading faculty to have a literacy center that touches the k-12 realm which they
believe is their domain. They see literacy as preK (family literacy/early education) and adult, health,
workplace literacies as something they can co-exist with. If we were to include the k-12 youth/school age
literacy component then all proposals and research would have to be scrutinized by the reading faculty to make
sure we don't compete with their funding ideals.
Bottom line - lifelong literacy is a tad too womb to tomb and trendy - adult literacy needs to keep a distinct
identity.
Jeri Levesque, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, Director, Webster University Literacy Center
St. Louis, MO
PS
In real life I am the only tenured faculty who works off campus at home because when a space crunch hit - the
thought was the literacy center is more of a concept than a place so I could be virtually anywhere!
Daphne Greenberg wrote:
> Yes-that is my fear. If we adopt the name lifelong-adult will eventually be forgotten. What do others think?
> Daphne
>
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