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Bernstine named
new PSU president
■ HIGHER ED: Some faculty
complain, saying Bernstine is
not as prepared for the job as
other candidates
By Julie Finnin Day
The Associated Press
PORTLAND — Portland State
University named Daniel Berns
tine, dean of the University of
Wisconsin Law School, as its new
president Thursday.
Bernstine later said he felt “a
little bit overwhelmed and sur
prised” by the decision, but was
very happy.
The selection immediately trig
gered opposition from about 15
faculty members, who called the
choice a mistake and walked out
of the Oregon State Board of High
er Education meeting where the
announcement was made. Some
said they felt he was not as well
prepared for the job as other can
didates.
Bernstine becomes the first
black president in the Oregon
State System of Higher Education.
“First I look upon myself as the
president of the university,” he
said. “I plan to be out talking to
students, hoping to recruit more
students of color and more faculty
of color.”
He was selected in part because
of his “tremendous” record as a
law school dean, said Herbert As
chkenasy of the state board.
“I think he can help us bring
people to the campus who might
not otherwise have come. I think
he’ll be a powerful bridge to the
community,” he said.
Some faculty members thought
Bemstine was unqualified for the
position.
“I’m sure he’s a great law
school dean, but he doesn’t know
much about running a universi
ty,” said Bill Greenfield, an edu
cation professor. “He simply
doesn’t know the issues. This is a
complex operation.”
Bemstine has been dean and a
law professor at University of
Wisconsin’s law school since
1990. Before that he served as
general counsel for Howard Uni
versity and Howard University
Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Figueroa brings global
perspective to education
■ CLASS: Visiting Professor
Claudio Figueroa will
explore education reform
in Latin America schools
By Laura Baker
Multicultural Issues Reporter
Students taking summer school
at the University usually find the
same basic classes to take — until
this summer.
The education school is bring
ing visiting Professor Claudio
Figueroa to teach a class on educa
tion reform with Associate Profes
sor David Conley.
Figueroa, who received his
Ph.D. in education from the Uni
versity, is a professor at La Univer
sidad de Playa Ancha in Chile,
where he is working on education
reform.
The course, titled “Comparative
Education Reform: A study of is
sues involved in education reform
in North America and Latin Amer
ica,” will explore issues facing
both Latin and North American
schools in reforming education.
Conley said this is a unique op
portunity for students to learn
about education issues in Latin
America from a professor who is
directly involved with reform. He
said the course will also broaden
students’ global perspectives on
education.
“I think Americans, by-and
large, don’t think about many of
their institutions in relation to oth
er countries,” Conley said. “We
tend to be ethnocentric because
we’re a large country, and we
don’t really perceive ourselves as
being inter-related with other
countries.”
Conley said the United States
can learn a lot from reform in
Latin America because the prob
lems in this country are not
unique. He added that Latin
America has put more emphasis
on the correlation between educa
tion and economic prosperity than
the United States.
“We need to understand that
education is an international is
sue, not just a local issue,” Conley
said. “We have to understand edu
cation in an international con
text.”
Conley said this class will be
useful to students regardless of
their major because it is a chance
to learn about education in Latin
America from two professors who
are “on the front edge of their
work in their respective coun
tries.”
“Students don’t often get the
opportunity to have two profes
sors from different countries come
together and share their knowl
edge in their area of expertise,”
Conley said.
The three-credit course begins
July 18. The class is not listed in
the summer schedule of classes,
but students can call 346-5799 for
more information.
University student
indicted for rape
A University undergraduate
charged with the first degree rape
a i cj-ycai -
old University
student was
indicted by a
grand jury
Wednesday.
Matthew
Edward
Dahlstrom.
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guilty, will face a criminal hearing
on July 9 to determine if he is ready
TODAY’S NEWS
for trial, said District Attorney Doug
Harcelrod.
According to police reports, the
woman who reported the rape said
it occurred on Friday, May 23 in a
house on the 1800 block of Monroe
Street at approximately 3 a.m.
First degree rape is a class A
felony and carries a maximum
penalty of 20 years in prison.