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Department of Special Education
Project LASER
Mission
Statement
- Enhance capacity of faculty and graduate students in minority
institutions to engage in urban special education research
- Develop and document a strengths-based model for supporting
minority faculty and graduate students
- Coordinate a national urban special education research agenda
Values Statement
LASER will provide professional
development that capitalizes on participants' strengths and
involves them in all project phases. Services will be rendered
in a manner that honors and affirms individual and institutional
differences.
The LASER project
will serve:
- Faculty and graduate students in minority institutions (in
special education and related services departments)
- Minority students wanting to pursue doctorates in urban
special education
- Urban school personnel
- Urban children and youth
LASER Collaborative
Research Communitities are comprised of faculty and graduate
students in:
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs)
- Native American Serving Institutions (NASIs)
- Other Minority Institutions (OMIs)
For more
information please contact:
Dr. Brenda
L. Townsend
Director, Project LASER
Department of Special Education
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, EDU 162
Tampa, FL 33620
Voice: (813)974-1385
Fax: (813)974-5542
Email: btownsen@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
The
project is funded by a grant from the U.S Department of Education,
Office of Special Education Programs.
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