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Hello, Everyone! In April I was asked not to post any "political" messages about the General College (GC) to this listserv. In compliance with that request, I am providing only the basic information pertinent to the fate of GC below, and I will then again be unsubscribing from this listserv. On Friday, June 10th, the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota voted 11 to 1 to accept President Bruininks' strategic planning recommendations in order to make the University of Minnesota "one of the top three public research universities in the world." Among those recommendations was the closing of GC. GC's last freshman class has already been admitted for fall 2005. Over the coming 2 or 3 years, portions of GC will be retained as a department in the University of Minnesota's College of Education and Human Development. The fate of programs like the Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy (CRDEUL) is currently unknown. Within the next several weeks, task forces will be established to engage in further planning. The task forces' reports and recommendations will be due December 10, 2005. Dean David Taylor has accepted the position of Vice President for Academic Affairs at Morehouse in Atlanta beginning August 1, 2005. The first faculty member to submit a resignation was Carl Chung, whose work on theoretical perspectives for developmental education, including his recent article in the Journal of Developmental Education, was the topic of discussion on this list in spring 2005. The article that Carl and I co-authored on the theory crisis has been accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of Research and Teaching in Developmental Education. Carl, who was due to come up for tenure at the University of Minnesota next year, has accepted a teaching position in philosophy at Century College. I am sure that the profession of developmental education will miss Carl's many contributions. Thank you to those of you who wrote letters and sent e-mails in support of GC. Jeanne Higbee To unsubscribe,send a message to [log in to unmask] In body type: SIGNOFF LRNASST-L To access LRNASST-L archives,point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To subscribe, send email to [log in to unmask] Leave subject blank.In body type: subscribe LRNASST-L To contact list owner,email [log in to unmask]