Opening Address: Dr. George A. Jackson
- George Jackson (Iowa State University)
Abstract
Dr. George A. Jackson is dean for recruitment of the Graduate College and adjunct professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Iowa State University. Dr. Jackson is a skilled grant writer whose efforts have helped to finance the education of numerous young people who are disadvantaged by educational preparation, environmental circumstances and/or socioeconomic status. He worked with the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, to establish the "891 Plan" to increase the enrollment of minority students in the three Iowa Regent universities. He established the George Washington Carver Scholarship Program and the Graduate Minority Assistantship Program, and he obtained the grant to support Iowa State's Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program.