National Commission on Excellence in Education
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The National Commission on Excellence in Education produced the 1983 report titled A Nation at Risk
. It was chaired by David P. Gardner
and included prominent members such as Nobel prize-winning chemist Glenn T. Seaborg
.
A Nation at Risk
A Nation at Risk: The Imperative For Educational Reform is the title of the 1983 report of American President Ronald Reagan's National Commission on Excellence in Education. Its publication is considered a landmark event in modern American educational history...
. It was chaired by David P. Gardner
David P. Gardner
David Pierpont Gardner was the 17th president of the University of California and was also the president of the University of Utah.-Biography:...
and included prominent members such as Nobel prize-winning chemist Glenn T. Seaborg
Glenn T. Seaborg
Glenn Theodore Seaborg was an American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements", contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, and developed the actinide concept, which led to the current arrangement of the...
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