Introducing Teachers College
Trustees, Officers and Councils
TRUSTEES
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
Dawn Duques
Susan H. Fuhrman
Ruth L. Gottesman
Patricia Green
Antonia M. Grumbach
Marjorie L. Hart
John W. Hyland, Jr.
Elliot S. Jaffe
John Klingenstein
Jan Krukowski
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. Willams
HONORARY & EMERITI TRUSTEES
Patricia Cloherty
Thomas W. Evans
A. Clark Johnson, Jr.
Thomas H. Kean
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
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
J. Bruce Llewellyn
Bernard McKenna
James L. Neff
Ron Saltz
Edith Shih
Theodore R. Sizer
Janna Spark
Charla J. Tindall
Charo Uceda
Elisa Wilson
Elizabeth H. Witten
Elaine R. Wolfensohn
Carolyn Jamry, Student Senate Rep
ALUMNI COUNCIL
Robert Weintraub, President
Joyce Cowin, Trustee Representative to the Alumni Council
Marion Boultbee
Jeanne Clark-Rance
Vicki Cobb
George Coleman
Susan Diamond
Peter Dillon
Mark Graham
Constance B. Green
Carole Hankin
Elaine Heffner
Jane Herzog
Martin Keller
Maritza MacDonald
Jose Maldonado-Rivera
Maryalice Mazzara
Kim McCrea
Carolyn McNally
Kathleen D. Morin
Diana Newman
Michael Passow
Jeffrey Putman
Neil Robbie
Christopher Scott
Cynthia Sculco
Joan Shapiro
James J. Shields
Diane Sunshine
Caroline Vaughan
Adam Vane
Nicole Vartanian
Alice Wilder
Dawn L. Williams
In Cougar Territory, Cubs Take the Lead
Barry A. Farber said "dating an older woman may free the man from the pressures of the -'baby hunger' that a relationship with a younger woman might bring." Published: 11/16/2009
Libraries and Community Centers Use Games to Inspire Youth to Take Action
Selen Turka, a doctoral student in the Instructional Technology and Media program at Teachers College, Columbia University, recently prepared an independent evaluation of Global Kids' Playing For Keeps Capacity Building Program, which trains educators to combine games and social issues in their work with youth. Published: 11/16/2009
Maybe Grief Isn't So Bad After All
What do we know, or think we know, about the way we respond when a loved one dies? Published: 11/16/2009
Programs to Certify Teachers May Grow
William J. Baldwin said that in expanding the certification process, the state would be treating teaching as something to be trained for, rather than a sophisticated profession. Published: 11/16/2009
Quitting smoking with help from your cell phone
Switching to light cigarettes isn't going to help kick the habit, says a new study released this week, but playing a game on your cell phone may be an alternative to smoking in the future. Published: 11/9/2009
Racial Achievement Gap Still Plagues Schools
Amy Stuart Wells: "race still matters quite a bit in a society and very much so in education" Published: 11/9/2009