Joseph Kauffman

A university professor of educational leadership, Kauffman believed that education is key to making the world a better place. He started his career in government service, as a consultant to the Commission on Academic Affairs for the American Council on Education, and as director of higher education for the American Personnel and Guidance Association. He also was a consultant to the State Department, the federal Office of Economic Opportunity and other agencies. During the 1960s, when John F. Kennedy was running for president, Kauffman advocated for a national youth corps. When JFK won, he appointed R. Sargent Shriver, Jr., to create the Peace Corps. Kauffman served on his staff, where he helped Shriver design the Corps. As the Corps' first Director of Training, he developed training programs at more than 60 colleges and universities, and supervised the training of the first volunteers who went on assignments overseas. After returning to academia, he spent most of his career as a professor in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and retired in 1987. Kauffman died September 29 from cancer. He was 84. From This is True for 1 October 2006 Suggestions for further reading: The Insider's Guide to the Peace Corps: What to Know Before You Go by Dillon Banerjee Amazon Price: $10.17 Customer Review: I have been considering and dreaming about the peace corp since I was about twelve(I'm 21 now) and I'm looking to the future. Within the next five - six years I'm seriously considering joining the peace corp, but finding information about it is prett...   Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle by Moritz Thomsen Amazon Price: $17.79 Customer Review: I just finished this book and couldn't believe I let it sit on my shelf for so long. I have been in the process for the PC for what seems like an eternity. However, reading this book has given me renewed hope to continue on with my journey as a Volu...   Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village by Sarah Erdman Amazon Price: $10.20 Customer Review: Yes, this book was a bit slow-paced, but so is life in Africa, as explained and depicted by the author. African villages are not like western society and the living is slow and earthy. But each page taught me so much and what is better than reading...   Alternatives to the Peace Corps: A Guide to Global Volunteer Opportunities, 1... Amazon Price: $9.56 Customer Review: The book is in great condition. I haven't started reading it yet but I'm excited about it :-) THANK YOU!!!   First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Hea... by Eve Brown-Waite Amazon Price: $11.20 Customer Review: I am not an adventurous person by any stretch of the imagination. Traveling to me means an all-inclusive resort. After reading this book, I actually toyed with the idea of leaving behind all my American comforts and joining some third-world saving o...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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