Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) Home Page
Welcome! This website is the official public dissemination channel for
information about the work of the Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC). The BRC
was created by the American Council of Developmental Education
Associations to investigate opportunities for improved service by the
professional associations that serve the field of developmental
education and learning assistance. The website contains reports issued
by the Commission, recommendations for action,
link to a public discussion forum of the BRC reports, and more
information about the BRC and its members.
Quick Links to
Documents or Web Discussion Forum for Your Comments
**
BRC Report, "Creating a New Vision
for the Future" [PDF] [Word] [html]
** BRC Report Press Release (04/24/06) [PDF] [Word]
[html]
**
BRC Web Discussion Board
[http://brcreport.myfastforum.org/]
**
Instructions for Using BRC Web Discussion Board [PDF] [Word] [html]
These documents are provided in the
Acrobat PDF format as well as other formats. In case you do not
have the Acrobat PDF reader software installed on your computer, it can
be downloaded
for free from the following web site: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Major Report of the Commission:
"Creating a New Vision for the Future"
The first major report of the BRC is
completed. It will contain an analysis of the current
environment that confronts the profession and several recommendations
for potential action by the professional associations that represent
the field. The report was formally presented to the ACDEA on February
17, 2006. The American Council of Developmental Education Associations
(ACDEA) created the Blue Ribbon Commission to thoughtfully compose the
following report. The individual member organizations of the ACDEA
voted in the majority to disseminate the report to the larger community
for public comment and discussion, with the National Tutoring
Association casting the single vote against dissemination. The purpose
of the document is not to be the definitive statement, but rather to
begin a wider dialogue that generates new ideas and ways of thinking
about these complex issues.
** BRC Report [PDF] [Word] [html]
** BRC Report Press Release [PDF]
[Word] [html]
Public Discussions of
the BRC Report, "Creating a New Vision for the Future."
During Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 there will be several
opportunities to make public comments about the BRC report. These
listening sessions are scheduled during several of the national
conferences. One was held during the College
Reading and Learning Association national conference in October
2006. Another is scheduled on Thursday, March 22, 2007 during the
national conference for the National
Associaiton for Developmental Education at the Opryland Hotel in
Nashville, TN. Listening sessions may be scheduled at other upcoming
national conferences. Check their conference programs for more details.
See below for another opportunity to share your thoughts about the
report through a public web discussion board.
** Summary of Comments from Fall 2006
CRLA Conference [PDF]
[Word]
** Summary of Comments from Spring
2007 NADE Conference [PDF] [Word] [html] Posted soon
Public Web Discussion
of the BRC Report, "Creating a New Vision for the Future."
A web-based discussion board is
available as a public forum for discussion of the issues and
recommendations contained in the report. You can either read the
comments or other, or even better, post your own comments. You can post
them anonymously if you like. Feel free to go immediately to the
discussion forum: http://brcreport.myfastforum.org/
You may want to download the suggestions for getting the most out of
the discussion board. [PDF] [Word] [html]
Mission of the BRC
This Blue Ribbon Commission will
investigate and evaluate the opportunities and issues for restructuring
the relationship among the three associations. Using as a guide the
quotation from the U.S. architect, Louis Henry Sullivan (1896), “Form
follows function,” the Commission will first assess the associations’
current environments, missions, and needs. It will then expand the
vision for developmental education and learning assistance for the 21st
century, create new language to describe its mission, and develop a
recommendation for what a new relationship would provide and look like
to achieve a wider mission for the future.
Link to original document creating
the BRC by the American Council of Developmental Education Associations
(ACDEA) [PDF] [Word]
BRC Members
The BRC delegates were appointed by
one of the participating developmental education associations or
organizations that are current members of the American
Council of Developmental Education Associations (Association for the Tutoring Profession,
College Reading and Learning
Association, National Association for Developmental Education, National
Center
for Developmental Education, National Tutoring Association, and
National
College Learning Center
Association)
. Each of the groups were permitted to appoint up
to three delegates to the BRC.
**
Link to roster of Commission
delegates [PDF] [Word]
**
Link to operating procedures for the
work of the BRC [PDF] [Word]
BRC Meeting Agenda and Records
**
October 14, 2004 [PDF] [Word]
** February
23, 2005 [PDF] [Word]
**
March 10, 2005 [PDF] [Word]
**
May 20, 2005 [PDF] [Word]
** February 16, 2006 [PDF] [Word]
** February 17, 2006 [PDF] [Word]
Links to professional associations
or organizations that have appointed delegates to the Commission
** American Council of
Developmental Education Associations
** Association for the
Tutoring Profession
** College Reading and Learning Association
** National Association of Developmental
Education
** National Center for
Developmental Education
** National College Learning Center
Association
Page Revised April 4, 2007
Web page editor, David Arendale, david@arendale.org