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Welcome to the Candace de Russy website.
Dr. de Russy is a nationally recognized public
official, writer and speaker on education and cultural issues.
Throughout a career dedicated primarily to education reform, she has led
efforts to raise academic standards, strengthen core knowledge, and
bring accountability to campuses and schools.
Specifically, she has advocated:
- more responsible higher education governance
- the restoration of undergraduate general education
- intellectual diversity in colleges and universities
- an end to ideological multiculturalism and political correctness
on campuses and other American institutions
- heightened awareness of the influence of the academy on national
security in the post-September 11 era, and
- a halt to discrimination against traditional religious believers
on campuses.
Dr. de Russy has also publicly supported:
- curricular and pedagogical reform in elementary and secondary
schools
- school choice in the form of charter schools, education tax
credits, and vouchers
- improved teacher education, and
- the need to enhance accountability at all levels of education by
assessing student learning and through public reporting of the
results of assessment.
A former college professor, she was appointed to the Board of Visitors of the
U.S. Air Force Academy by President Geore W. Bush and served on that Board from
2002 until her term expired in 2005. Dr. de Russy was a member of the Board of
Trustees of the State University of New York from 1995 to 2007. She also serves
on the boards of several distinguished organizations dedicated to igher
education and other institutional reform.
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This website features
samples of Dr. de Russy’s published works, speeches, radio and
television commentaries, and a selection of related public
commentary.
The website will be periodically updated. |
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Dr. de Russy is available for speeches or consultation
regarding these areas of expertise and she welcomes inquiries and
comments.
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