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Welcome...... You have joined Florida Atlantic University's Community Education Home Page.
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Eminent Scholar Chair in Community Education, C. S. Mott ProfessorThe Eminent Scholar Chair in Community Education was established in 1981 as Florida Atlantic University's first chair under the state of Florida program that now matches $600,000 in private donations with $420,000 in state funds to set up a $1.02 million endowment. It was named in honor of Charles Stewart Mott, of Flint, Michigan, who is credited with founding the community education movement that has seen public educational facilities used as year-around community lifelong learning centers. FAU's Eminent Scholar Chair is the nation's first endowed chair in Community Education. The private donations to establish the chair were provided by three of Florida Atlantic University's long-time community education supporters: Holders of the Eminent Scholar Chair are responsible for providing visionary and pragmatic leadership for community education development on the local, state, national, and international level. Holders of the Eminent Scholar Chair in Community Education at FAU have been:
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