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A book by Alfred Tatum, an assistant professor in the NIU College of Education's Department of Literacy Education, has been named a “Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2005.”

Tatum's “Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gap” now is considered among “the best of the best in published scholarship.” Choice's prestigious list reflects the best in scholarly titles reviewed during the previous calendar year, and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of the academic library community.

The list is quite selective, containing about 10 percent of some 6,600 works reviewed in Choice each year. Choice's editors base their selections on the reviewer's evaluation of the work, the editor's knowledge of the field and the reviewer's record.

In awarding Outstanding Academic Titles, the editors apply several criteria to reviewed titles, including overall excellence in presentation and scholarship, importance relative to other literature in the field, distinction as a first treatment of a given subject in book or electronic form, originality or uniqueness of treatment, value to undergraduate students and importance in building undergraduate library collections.

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Doug Boughton, professor of art education in the NIU School of Art, has won a national award from USSEA, the United States Society for Education through Art.

The USSEA presents the Edwin Ziegfeld Awards annually to honor one American and one international art educator who have made an outstanding and internationally recognized contribution to art education through exceptional records of achievement in scholarly writing, research, professional service, or community service.

The award will be presented at the USSEA luncheon during the NAEA (National Art Education Association) national convention in Chicago this March.

2-6-06