[464] PROFESSOR TALKS ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION FOR ALL RESIDENTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 13, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

PROFESSOR TALKS ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION FOR ALL RESIDENTS
“MTSU on the Record” Explores Criteria for Admissions in Post K-12 Learning

(MURFREESBORO) - A Tennessee General Assembly measure that would have prohibited students from being admitted to public higher education institutions unless they can establish U.S. citizenship or lawful residence has been tabled until 2010. Dr. Laura Blackwell Clark, associate professor of educational leadership, says such proposals are counterproductive for education, the economy and the society as a whole. She’ll discuss her views at 7 a.m. this Sunday, May 17, on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Clark appeared before a House subcommittee last month to testify against the proposal. She said, “My belief is when we block educational access to any of the residents, any citizens, any non-citizens, any people who are part of our American community, we do our community a disservice in the long term.”
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or gklogue@mtsu.edu or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800. To listen to last week’s program on the impact of the Islamic world on Western ideas, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html and click on “May 10, 2009.”