NOMINATION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1970 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE, Washington, D.C. The committee convened at 10:15 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 4232, New Senate Office Building, Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Senators Yarborough, Randolph, Pell, Nelson, Eagleton, Stevenson, Javits, Prouty, Dominick, and Schweiker. Committee staff present: Robert O. Harris, staff director; Gene E. Godley, general counsel; Roy H. Millenson, minority staff director; and Eugene Mittelman, minority counsel. The CHAIRMAN. The committee on Labor and Public Welfare will come to order. We will begin the hearings this morning on the nomination of Dr. Sidney P. Marland, Jr., to become Commissioner of Education for the United States. I think it proper, first, to refer to some of the reports of people, some have crept into the press and I am not complaining to the gentlemen of the press about the people who have made the statement, that the Senate has dragged its feet on this nomination. The facts belie this criticism. Dr. James E. Allen, Jr., former Commissioner of Education, resigned this post on June 10, 1970. It was well over 100 days, over 3 months before the Senate received from the executive department the nomination of Dr. Marland for this post. That was on September 23, 1970. It was not until the day before the October 14 recess of the Congress that this nomination was finally cleared by the interested Members in the Senate, of the President's party. Under the courtesy we have, we had not set the hearing while there was objection. As you know the elections ran into November and the Senators scattered and we could not get the Senators together until this week. Despite the heavy weight of legislation involving particular matters such as the major occupational and safety bill, which just passed from this committee with great contributions made to that bill with the two Senators who are here with me, Senator Javits, the ranking minority member, and Senator Randolph of the ranking majority. That legislation was worthy of a special session even if we did not have the appropriations bills to act on. It has long been delayed. So it is my feeling that I, as chairman, and the committee have moved as expeditiously as possible under the circumstances very ex peditiously concerning the long delay of the administration in sending up the appointment for this very important position. Dr. Marland, I have your biographical sketch here, with your current post and affiliations, your experience is too extensive for me to read it all, but it has been in the field of education. Your current post-we will note those, with some of your educational interests, both your A.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Connecticut, and Ph. D. from New York University and doctor of laws from the University of Pittsburgh. National Educational Corporation, Council on Economic Education, the President's Advisory Council on Education of Disadvantaged Children, the President's Advisory Council for the office of Economic Opportunity, the National Advisory Board of Scholastic Magazine's, Inc., the executive committee of the Washington Internship in Education, the Educational Advisory Board of the International Business Machines Corp., Visiting Committee of the Board of Overseas Harvard College, chairman of the Board of Advisers School of Education, University of Pittsburgh and chairman, Educational Leadership Training Institute U.S. Office of Education. And numerous past posts and co-author with Carleton W. Washburne of the "The History and Significance of an Educational Experiment" and the numerous monographs, chapter contributions and journal articles that have been published under your authorship in most cases run four pages in length beginning with your first publication, mimeographed publication, in 1948. Your master's thesis in 1950, your articles in 1951 in the "School Executive" and in the "Educational Digest" and from there on the publications multiplied in diversity and depth of the title, to go by the titles in the multiplicity of journals in which they were published and also book publications and pamphlet publications and articles of various kinds. I direct that the Reporter print at this point in the record the full biographical sketch by Dr. Marland and the list of publications, I notice you most easily say partial list of publications, will be printed in the record. (The information referred to follow :) SIDNEY P. MARLAND, JR. President, Institute for Educational Development, New York Formerly, Superintendent of Schools, Pittsburgh, Pa., Winnetka, Ill., A.B., M.A. degrees, University of Connecticut Ph.D., New York University LL.D. (honorary), University of Pittsburgh Current Posts and Affiliations Board of Directors, National Educational Television National Merit Scholarship Corporation Joint Council on Economic Education Presidential Advisory Council on Education of Disadvantaged Children Executive Committee, Washington Internship in Education Educational Advisory Board, International Business Machines Corporation Chairman, Board of Visitors, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh Past Posts and Affiliations President, Research Council of the Great Cities Program for School Improvement Vice-chairman, White House Conference on Education, 1965 Trustee, University of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Community College Allegheny Conference on Community Development Visiting Professor or Lecturer at Harvard, Northwestern, New York University, National College of Education Vestryman and Warden, Episcopal Church, Winnetka, Darien President, Darien Free Library Association President, Winnetka Izaak Walton League Chairman, AASA Task Force on Religion in the Public Schools Board of Directors, Urban League of Pittsburgh Co-author with Carleton W. Washburne, Winnetka: The History and Significance of an Educational Experiment (1963) Numerous monographs, chapter contributions, journal articles Military Service, 1941-47 U.S. Army, infantry colonel; awarded Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Director of Research, Pacific Military Intelligence, War Department, Marland is President of the Institute for Educational Development, a nonprofit organization headquartered in New York City and devoted to educational consulting and research. He has over 20 years experience as a school administrator in several regions of the United States. Dr. Marland was superintendent of schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1963 to 1968. In Pittsburgh he was responsible for the development of numerous education innovations including team-teaching, pre-primary programs, programs for the academically talented, compensatory programs, the Great High Schools concept, and many new developments in vocational-technical education and the development of the community college system in Pennsylvania. Before accepting his Pittsburgh post, Dr. Marland was superintendent of schools in Winnetka, Illinois and Darien, Connecticut. Dr. Marland serves on the board of directors of National Educational Television, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, and the Joint Council on Economic Education, and on the Presidential Advisory Councils on Education of Disadvantaged Children and the Office of Economic Opportunity. He is on the National Advisory Board of Scholastic Magazines, Inc., and is chairman of the U.S. Office of Education's EPDA Training Institute for Education Administration Leadership. He is chairman of the board of visitors, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, and serves on the visiting committee of the Board of Overseers, Harvard College. He is a member of the educational advisory committee of the International Business Machines Corporation. He is a director of the Washington Internship in Education. Among his past posts, Dr. Marland has served as president of the Research Council of the Great Cities Program for School Improvement; vice-chairman of the White House Conference on Education, 1965; trustee of the University of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Community College; chairman of the AASA Task Force on Religion in the Public Schools, board of directors, Urban League of Pittsburgh, president of the Darien Free Library Association, and has been visiting professor or lecturer at Harvard, Northwestern, New York University and the National College of Education. As an infantry-colonel, U.S. Army, he served in five campaigns in the Pacific theatre, and was subsequently director of research, Pacific Military Intelligence, on the General Staff of the War Department in Washington, D. C. The History Dr. Marland is co-author with Carleton W. Washburne of "Winnetka: and Significance of an Educational Experiment." His work has been published in monographs, anthologies and education journals. He holds degrees from New York University (Ph.D., 1955) and the University of Connecticut (A.B., M.A. in 1936 and 1950.) His undergraduate work was in English, and his graduate work in school administration. His interests focus on the problems of big city schools. He has taken an active part in IED programs relating to evaluations of inner-city teaching and learning, in the changing role of school leadership nationally, and in relationships between the business community and public schools. Partial List of Publications S. P. Marland, Jr. (The list includes some works in which Dr. Marland was a 1950 "School Building Needs of Darien." Darien, (mimeographed) Marland, S. P., Jr. Words and Action Toward Democratic School 1952 1953 Education Digest, "Stowage, Mr. Superintendent." The School "Local Citizens Solve School Shortage Problem." November 1951, p. 22. Marland, S. P., Jr. "The Administrator as an Educator." Paper delivered at The Administrative Institute, Harvard University, May 29, 1952. 14 PP. Marland et al. "The Darien School." The School Executive, Marland et al. "The Internship in Education Administration." 16 PP. 1955 Marland, S. P., Jr. "The Superintendent Takes a Self-Look." 1956 Marland et al. "Invite Laymen's Help." The School Executive, 1958 Marland, S. P., Jr. "More Light and Less Heat on Education." Nations' Schools, Editor's interview. "Winnetka Report on Teachers' Salaries." 1959 Marland, S. P., Jr. "The School Librarian as a Resource for Gifted Students." The Bulletin, National Association of Secondary School Principals, 1959. |