Our Stake in Who Is Community College President

All educators as well as the community have a large stake in adult education. So says Ralph B. Spence in an article entitled "Education's Stake in Adult Education" published in this week's edition of Teachers College Record. His argument in support of this his assertion is straightforward: "adult education is at the beginning of what promises to be a tremendous expansion. All educators should understand adult education and promote its development."

The argument has another dimension: the community has a tremendous stake in education because it is the adult community that makes decisions affecting education. Adults need to understand the trends and choices in education in general and adult education in particular. The community's stake in the choices made education is no more obvious than in the search for a new president for the Keys Community College. We need to pay attention to that search, which will affect not only the future of adult education in Key West but, in the long run, the future of Key West.