June 30, 1998
Contacts: Harold Burbach
	   (804) 924-0737
	   Carol Camp Yeakey
	   (804) 924-3160	

Media Notice: Reporters are invited to lunch on both days of the
institute.  A schedule is on the reverse side.

PUBLIC CAN DISCUSS FUTURE OF VIRGINIA EDUCATION
WITH KEY POLICYMAKERS JULY 7-8 AT U.VA.

	Top decisionmakers, including the new head of the State Council
of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), will address the future of
education in the Commonwealth during a July 7-8 institute at the
University of Virginia.
	Key legislators, state department officials and school
representatives will discuss a broad range of issues during the Second
Annual Policy Institute on the Future of Education in Virginia.
Sponsored by the Department of Leadership, Foundations and Policy in
U.Va.'s Curry School of Education, the two-day program will be held in
Newcomb Hall Ballroom.
	William B. Allen, SCHEV's new executive director, will discuss
"The Future of Education in the Commonwealth" during a 12:30 p.m. lunch
on Tuesday, July 7.  
	"This is the only institute that we know of in the state where
legislators, educators and the public can jointly share views on the
future of education in Virginia," said Harold Burbach, professor and
chair, Department of Leadership, Foundations and Policy.

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