1991

> In May, Dean Dale Scannell steps down after six years as Dean of the College. Special Education faculty member Jean Hebeler becomes Acting Dean.

> The Center for Urban Special Education is established within the Department of Special Education.

> Funded by a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Programs, the Institute for Study of Exceptional Children and the WESTAT Corporation of Silver Spring, Maryland collaborate to establish the Center for Study of Policy Options in Special Education (now known as the Center for Public Policy in Special Education).

> The College receives a four-year grant from AT&T to develop learning skills, particularly in the area of computer literacy, of low-income 7th grade students in Prince George's County.

> This is the inaugural year of the College's Honors Program. Students in the program represent various areas in elementary, secondary, and special education.

> The Educational Technology Center and the Curriculum Laboratory merge.

> The Center for Young Children is transferred from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction to the Department of Human Development. June Wright is appointed director in August, and a site for a new building is identified near Caroline Hall.

> The Counseling and Personnel Services department offers a new non-thesis master's program in Community Rehabilitation Counseling.

> The Department of Education Policy, Planning, and Administration revises its master's degree program in state certification of school principals and supervisors.

> David Lockard, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and Pennie Koines, Department of Botany, receive a $152,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for instrumentation in new course, BOTN 105.

> Photo: Students in Hallway of the Benjamin Building.