C.W. Post Participates in Clinton's America
Reads Program
Close to 25 students from Long Island University's C.W. Post Campus are
dedicating their time in a Westbury elementary school this fall to help
children and adults improve their reading skills as part of the federally-funded
"America Reads" program.
The C.W. Post Campus initiative is a collaborative effort among the campus'
Reading and Learning Development Center, a partnership with the Institute
for Community Development, and the campus' Financial Aid offices.
The America Reads Program utilizes specially earmarked College Work-Study
funds. Across the country, 774 colleges and universities from all 50 states
are participating. C.W. Post students work about 12 hours a week tutoring
reading, language arts and writing to first and second graders at Park Avenue
School in Westbury. They are given workshops, training, and a training
manual designed by Karen Lind, director of the Reading and Learning Development
Center at Post.
The America Reads Challenge was implemented early this year when President
Bill Clinton challenged the academic community to help build a national
corp of literacy tutors to stem the growing problems of children who go
through school without mastering reading. Long Island University's C.W.
Post (Brookville), Southampton and Brooklyn campuses are among the first
of American colleges and universities to meet the challenge.
By using new federal College Work-Study funds to underwrite the training
and placement of the tutors, the University quickly found it could provide
an important community service while helping its own students acquire experience
and income. For more information on the America Reads program contact Karen
Lind at (516) 299-2207.
For more information call the C.W. Post Public
Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail cwpostpr@aurora.liunet.edu | 
