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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: In August 1995, Larry E. Decker became the C. S. Mott Professor, an Eminent Scholar Chair in Community Education, at Florida Atlantic University. For over two decades he was director of the Mid-Atlantic Center for Community Education and professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education. Larry is the managing editor for the National Community Education Publication Series. He has been a leading spokesperson for the community education/community school movement. He is author of numerous publications that address educational reform and the relationship of home, school, and community in creating and strengthening learning communities. As the holder of the Eminent Scholar Chair, Larry is responsible for providing visionary and pragmatic leadership for community education development on the local, state, national, and international level. Previous holders of the Eminent Scholar Chair in Community Education at FAU have been: For more information, contact:Back to Community Education at FAU
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