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Participation Is Essential
When CASDA was chartered by the State Education Department in 1971,
the certificate of incorporation spelled out four purposes:
- To serve as a cooperative planning, research and development unit
for member schools;
- To assist member schools to more effectively define their purposes
and functions;
- To more efficiently serve the educational needs of their respective
communities; and
- To more effectively promote a cooperative interaction between the
State University of New York at Albany and the member schools.
CASDA, I believe, has met that challenge during its first 50 years. What
will CASDA be like in the years to come? As we look to the future, it
may be most useful to examine the past for guidance. Twenty-seven years
ago, CASDA appointed a Long-Range Planning Committee, whose members were
instructed to think about the future. Among the committee’s recommendations,
which were all accepted, was this comment about participation:
“We are CASDA . . . Our participation is essential. The small amounts
of money we commit as “fees” will not make a strong CASDA. Only
our constant involvement in planning and executing CASDA programs and
services can make a strong CASDA. We urge each member to make this commitment.”
The committee submitted that recommendation in the spring of 1971, but
it is more relevant now than ever. On behalf of the University, I would
like to thank every CASDA member for past support and, especially, participation.
The future is now up to us!
Editor’s note: Portions were written by Judy Genshaft,
former Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University
at Albany and also served as dean of
the School of Education from 1992 to 1997, and are reprinted from the
June, 1998 edition of the CASDA Newsletter.
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CASDA:
56 Years of Partnership in Education
