1992

> In response to the recommendations of the Programs, Curricula, and Courses Committee, the College Park Campus Senate votes to eliminate the Department of Industrial and Technological Occupations. Recommendations are made to eventually close the department and its master's and doctoral programs, but allowing existing students to complete their programs. Six undergraduate teacher training degrees would be replaced by a single teacher-preparation degree offered through the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Department faculty are reassigned to other departments within the College.

> The College, in conjunction with the University of Georgia, establishes the National Reading Research Center. The Center receives a $7.7 million grant and conducts 41 research projects in Maryland and throughout the country.

> Academic Affairs establishes the Maryland Resource Center for Assessment and the International Center for the Study of Educational Policy and Human Values (formerly the Center for the Study of Educational Policy and Human Values).

> At the request of the Department of Defense Dependent Schools, the Department of Special Education develops a master's degree program in Special Education in Heidelberg, Germany.

> A final building site for the new Center for Young Children (CYC) is selected near Denton Hall. In September, CYC Director June Wright resigns and Carla Ford is named Acting Director. A November 23 groundbreaking ceremony is held for the new Center.

> The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development invites the Department of Special Education to develop an international symposium on the employment of individuals with disabilities. With grant funds from OECD, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, the Department hosts a symposium with attendees from 27 countries.

> The Department of Special Education receives a $49,000 grant from the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation to develop publications for use by employers and families of people with mental retardation.

> Trudy Hamby, Human Development faculty member, passes away on August 22.