Education Delegation

September 17, 2009

UT Tyler welcomed area educational leaders and elected officials from Kazakhstan during an education delegation Sept. 16 on campus.

The event was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Tyler/Smith County and Open World Leadership Center, which is a program of the U.S. Congress.

The delegation discussed K-12 financial accountability, the Academic Excellence Indicator System and academic remediation guidelines.    

Participants included Dr. Vance Vaughn, UT Tyler assistant professor of educational leadership; Dr. Marcus Stadelmann, UT Tyler Department of Political Science chair; Dr. Robert Sterken, UT Tyler assistant provost for international programs and associate professor of political science; and Dr. James Nelson, UT Tyler College of Engineering and Computer Science dean as well as the superintendents from Lindale and Winona Independent School Districts.