The Field Loses a Great Man - Jack Arthur Culbertson

The Jack A. Culbertson Award was established in 1982 in honor of UCEA's first full-time Executive Director, who retired in 1981 after serving 22 years in the position.  The award is presented annually to an outstanding junior professor of educational administration in recognition of his/her contributions to the field.

Criteria used in selecting the outstanding contribution are:

• innovativeness,
• originality,
• generalizability,
• potential impact,
• relation to UCEA goals,
• significance with respect to the training mission at the individual's institution,
• degree of effort required to produce the contribution, and
• extent of support for the effort provided by the candidate's employing institution.

Nominations for the Culbertson Award should be in writing and include four copies of:    
(a) the work for which the professor is being nominated;
(b) a brief (1-2 page) description of how this work meets the award criteria;
(c) the nominee's vita.

Submissions should total no more than 25 pages, including the nominating letter and vita. The letter of nomination must clearly state the contribution(s) to be evaluated and the support materials sent should pertain specifically to this contribution. Books and other costly materials will be returned on request, after the review committee completes its work. Individuals may be nominated more than once, provided they continue to meet the criteria.
Nominated individuals must have been professors for six or fewer years and currently serve in a UCEA university. Contributions for which an individual may be nominated include, but are not limited to, the following:

• an innovation in training;
• a published book;
• instructional materials produced;
• a new course or program and/or other related project.

Deadline for nominations is May 30 and should be sent to:

UCEA Department of Educational Administration 1 University Station - D5400 Austin, Texas 78712-0374

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