Trustees, Officers and Councils
John W. Hyland, Jr., Co-Chair
William D. Rueckert, Co-Chair
James W. B. Benkard
Lee C. Bollinger
Cory A. Booker
Gene R. Carter
Geoffrey Colvin
James P. Comer
Joyce B. Cowin
Nancy Rauch Douzinas
Dawn Duques
Susan H. Fuhrman
Ruth L. Gottesman
Patricia Green
Antonia M. Grumbach
John W. Hyland, Jr.
Elliot S. Jaffe
John Klingenstein
Julie Leff
Eduardo Marti
Claude A. Mayberry, Jr.
John Merrow
Abby M. O’Neill
Dailey Pattee
E. John Rosenwald, Jr.
William Dodge Rueckert
Marla Schaefer
Laurie Tisch
Gillian Neukom Toledo
Jay Urwitz
Steven R. Wechsler
Sue Ann Weinberg
Bruce Wilcox
Christopher J. Williams
HONORARY & EMERITI TRUSTEES
Patricia Cloherty
Thomas W. Evans
A. Clark Johnson, Jr.
Thomas H. Kean
Marjorie L. Hart
Roland M. Machold
Enid W. Morse
J. Richard Munro
Ronald Nicholson
Jeffrey M. Peek
Charles O. Prince
Elihu Rose
Donald Stewart
Douglas Williams
OFFICERS
Susan H. Fuhrman, Ph.D.
President of the College
Thomas James
Provost and Dean of the College
Harvey Spector, M.A., M.C.R.P
Vice President for Finance and Administration
Suzanne M. Murphy, M.A., Ed.M.
Vice President for Development and
Scott Fahey, M.Ed.
Secretary to the College and Assistant to the President
PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL
Alice Elgart
Kristina Gimbel
Jinny Goldstein
Jon Gruenberg
Sasha Heinz
Jill W. Iscol
Gregory Jobin-Leeds
Jonathan Knee
Phyllis L. Kossoff
Douglas Kreeger
Alan P. Levenstein
Harold Levy
James P. Levy
James L. Neff
Ron Saltz
Edith Shih
Janna Spark
Charla J. Tindall
Charo Uceda
Elisa Wilson
Elizabeth H. Witten
Elaine R. Wolfensohn
ALUMNI COUNCIL
Robert Weintraub, President
Joyce Cowin, Trustee Representative to the Alumni Council
Nabel Ahmad
Marion Boultbee
Vicki Cobb
Susan Diamond
Peter Dillon
Mark Graham
Constance B. Green
Elaine Heffner
Martin Keller
Bridget Looney
Maritza MacDonald
Jose Maldonado-Rivera
Maryalice Mazzara
Kim McCrea
Carolyn McNally
Mary Jo Meade-Weinig
Kathleen D. Morin
Diana Newman
Tara N. Niraula
George Papayannis
Neil Robbie
Pola Rosen
James J. Shields
Cynthia Sculco
James J. Shields
Diane Sunshine
Mitchell Thompson
Adam Vane
Nicole Vartanian
Caroline Vaughan
Alice Wilder
Dawn L. Williams
Jason Mellon Student Representative
Provost Thomas James Notes Difficult Job Market for Teachers
In an interview on CNN's American Morning, Provost and Dean Thomas James says the economy is experiencing "the deepest dip" in demand for teachers "since World War II," but some teachers are still in demand. Published: 6/28/2010
Editor of Hechinger Report Weighs in on Race to the Top
In the March 30 edition of U.S. News and World Report, Richard Colvin Assesses the Contest Results. Published: 4/9/2010
Bilingual Speech Pathology Team Appears on WABC's Tiempo
Jessica Salas, a Speech Language Pathology graduate student; Angela Livingston, a Speech Language Pathology graduate; and Catherine Crowley, a lecturer and coordinator of the program, talk to Tiempo's Joe Torres about the critical need for bilingual speech pathologists. Published: 3/30/2010
Educational Budget Cuts: Unconscionable - And Unconstitutional
Writing in The Huffington Post, Michael Rebell, Executive Director of The Campaign for Educational Equity, based at Teachers College, argues that children's right to a quality education, as guaranteed by state constitutions, does not evaporate in times of fiscal crisis. Published: 2/24/2010
In the Classroom: 100 7th Graders Invade Books-A-Million
The Reading and Writing Workshop that was developed by Teachers College, Columbia University aims to use students' interests and creativity as the foundation for teaching curriculum standards. Marianne Schand a 7th grade reading teacher at Hunter Middle School uses the program to "light a fire and passion for reading-'"one of life's greatest joys! And to teach the skills as they read selections of their own choice from the classroom library." Published: 2/17/2010
Dwindling stimulus money might cost schools jobs
Federal stimulus money may have only provided a one-year safety net for some New York school employees. Published: 2/16/2010