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CONFERENCE WILL PROBE ROLE OF ETHICS IN SOCIETY

           CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 27 -- Approximately 125 people are 
expected to examine the role of ethics in society during the Charlottesville 
Conference on Values and Leadership Oct. 2-4 at the Omni Hotel. 
             Keynote addresses will be delivered by leading authorities in 
the field of ethics at the conference, sponsored by the UCEA Center for the 
Study of Leadership and Ethics.  Among those expected to speak are: Thomas 
Sergiovanni, professor of education and administration at Trinity University; 
Kenneth Leithwood, head of the Center for Leadership Development at the 
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; Nel Noddings, the Lee L. Jacks 
Professor of Child Education at Stanford University; and Charol Shakeshaft, 
chair, department of administration and policy studies at Hofstra 
University.                       
            UCEA is a joint collaboration between the University of 
Virginia's Curry School of Education and the Ontario Institute for Studies 
in Education at the University of Toronto.   
              Center organizers view the Charlottesville conference as a 
means of establishing a research agenda that explores the role of ethics in 
modern society.  "The conference will explore a broad range of issues and 
concerns related to values, ethics, and leadership,"  said Margaret Grogan, 
center co-director.
              Conference participants will consider a broad spectrum of 
ethical questions in small sessions led by U.Va. faculty and local educators.  For example, Curry School Dean David W. Breneman and law professor Robert O'Neil will lead a panel addressing ethical issues involving tenure.
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                                                   September 26, 1997
             For more information, contact the UCEA Center at (804) 924-0857 
or e-mail mgrogan@virginia.edu.