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American Psychological Association
Division of Educational Psychology
Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting,
Boston, MA, August 20, 1999
Present: Winne, Corno,
Schutz, Schunk, Everson, Meyer, Meece, McCombs, Zimmerman, Phye, Torney-Purta, Husman
The meeting was convened by President Dale Schunk at 6:15pm. A motion by
Winne/Schutz to approve minutes for the April Executive Committee meeting was carried.
Karen Anderson, Director of the Center for Psychology and Schools in Education
and Leon Vandecreek, BEA chair, both gave updates on APA activities. Both stressed
that changes in the structure of BEA (as noted in the last newsletter) presented
opportunities for Division 15 members to get involved and provide input.
Schunk delivered the President's report. His theme for this year has been
"Reaching out" and has included three initiatives: 1) increasing membership; 2)
graduate student activity; 3) increasing public awareness of Div 15 expertise. He will
continue with these efforts in the next year.
The past-president's report was delivered in absentia for Weinstein. Weinstein
had agreed to chair a committee examining possible future services/products which
Division 15 could supply with their budget surplus. Ideas included continuing the graduate
student seminar, creating scholarships or fellowship programs, travel awards, or other
mentor programs for graduate students including minority support. Professional development
workshops and seed money for research or grant preparation for new and junior faculty.
Ideas that would benefit all members included sponsoring a journal which could help keep
educational psychologists abreast of the latest and greatest thinking in an area, and
invited meeting leading to a book, specialized conferences, grants or travel funds. The
current President will e-mail executive committee members prior to our next meeting at
AERA for recommendations of which ideas to pursue.
Howard Everson delivered the president-elect's report. He noted that the
membership database was now up and running and he was planning on using it to facilitate
communication with division members. We currently have 2165 members. In addition, he
is planning on doing a membership drive with Division C of AERA.
The Treasurer's report was delivered by Bonnie Meyer. Overall the Division is
sound fiscally. 66% of our income in 1998 came from royalties and we earned over $6,000 in
interest. If additional investments are made, Meyer recommends continuing to work through
APA as our Executive Committee is continually changing leadership.
The Program Committee's report was delivered by Judith Meece. Division 15
was allocated 24 program hours for the 1999 APA meeting including: 2 invited addresses
(Spencer & Okagaki), 4 Divisional Addresses (Thorndike, President, Early career,
Dissertation award), 1 invited discussion panel (Schooling of Ethnic Minority Children), 1
conversation hour, 6 symposia, 1 paper session, and 3 poster sessions. We co-sponsored 1
hour with Division 7, gave 1 hour to the Bureau of Educational Affairs and the Educational
Directorate. Submission rates were consistent with the last two years, although the number
of paper submissions was lower (with corresponding increases in poster formats). Reviewers
were thoughtful and timely with their comments. Erlbaum was graciously thanked for
their support of the social hour.
Barbara McCombs delivered the Council Representative's report. In February, it
was announced that there would be no dues increase because the income from the new APA
building had exceeded expectations. In addition, publications are up with more than one
book per week being published (versus one per month of just a few years ago). APA has
created a new partnership with Oxford University to publish an encyclopedia of major
topics in psychology. In addition, Boards and Committees are reducing expenses by engaging
in less travel and incurring fewer meeting expenses. The APA monitor will have a new
format soon, information should be easily accessible with no increase in costs from the
current newsprint version. APA's Public Education campaign has now extended to MTV with a
piece on teen violence and
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