Abstract
Among the sorry ironies of this world is that of the sequestered educator attempting to transmit knowledge through a crack in the ivory tower. Classic and inbred as it is, this paradox may be disappearing. Times and towers are changing. Members of the Department of Edu cation at Eastern Washington Univer sity (EWU) believe this to be the case. Because of necessity and a few twists of fate, they have developed a new model for marketing teacher education, one that emphasizes collaboration over com petition, communication rather than in sularity, a proactive as opposed to a re active stance. Its implementation meets some of the growing call for less isola tion in academe and, despite early criti cism, it has evolved into a successful, comprehensive, and expanding model. In an article commemorating the 350th anniversary of Harvard's founding, Time magazine reported that under graduates across the country, including those at Harvard, are tired of poor undergraduate teaching, lofty and inac cessible scholars, huge impersonal survey courses and cold university bu
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