Lynne Cheney to speak Lynne V. Cheney, former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will open the 1998-99 President's Lecture Series Tuesday, September 22. Her talk, "Saving Our Schools," will begin at 8 p.m. in the North Cafeteria of Webb Center.
One of the staunchest advocates for improving education in America, Cheney has championed school choice for parents, alternative certification for teachers and national standards to measure student achievement.
She has focused on the need to emphasize multiculturalism in education and to understand the way in which values are a necessary foundation for learning. Cheney believes in the need to reaffirm that there are values shared by all, regardless of race or gender.
In addition to her focus on secondary education, Cheney also speaks out forcefully against political correctness on America's college campuses, seeing it as threat to free speech and intellectual life. Cheney has appeared on national television programs such as the "Today" show," "Good Morning America," "This Week with David Brinkley," and "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer."
A novelist and widely published author, she holds a doctorate in English and is currently a W. H. Brady Jr. Distinguished Fellow at the America Enterprise Institute. Her opinion pieces have appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.
