1998 – L. Scott Miller
L. Scott Miller lays out a plan to bridge the chasm in his 1995 book “An American Imperative: Accelerating Minority Educational Advancement.” The ideas presented in the book have earned for Miller the 1998 Award.
In “An American Imperative,” Miller examines the differences between majority and minority achievement and shows they are due to environmental factors — including national policies.
Miller then calls for a long-term, national effort to improve the conditions that affect minority learning. He also offers specific suggestions to improve the economic, health and educational factors in and out of the classroom that could boost minority achievement.
Published in 1995 by Yale University Press, “An American Imperative” earned the American Educational Research Association’s Outstanding Book Award for 1997.
Miller wrote “An American Imperative” while serving as senior vice president of the Council for Aid to Education. In 1997, he became director of the National Task Force on Minority High Achievement, a three-year initiative of the College Board designed to respond to the continuing under-representation of African Americans, Latino Americans and Native Americans among top students at all levels of the educational system.
Prior to his work for the Council for Aid to Education, Miller was responsible for new program development as senior program officer at the Exxon Education Foundation, where he created and managed several higher education and pre-collegiate education grant-making programs.
In 1996-97, he served as a visiting scholar at the New Jersey Institute for Teaching and Learning at Seton Hall University.
About L. Scott Miller
L. Scott Miller has devoted much of his career to improving educational achievement of minority students.
Miller is director of the National Task Force on Minority High Achievement, a three-year initiative of the College Board designed to respond to the continuing under-representation of African Americans, Latino Americans and Native Americans among top students throughout the educational system.
Before joining the College Board, Miller was a consultant in education and philanthropy. From 1990 to 1994 he was a senior vice president of the Council for Aid to Education, an organization that provides information to corporations and educational institutions on educational issues and private giving to education.
Prior to his work for the Council for Aid to Education, Miller was responsible for new program development as senior program officer at the Exxon Education Foundation, where he created and managed several higher education and pre-collegiate education grant-making programs. In 1996-97, he served as a visiting scholar at the New Jersey Institute for Teaching and Learning at Seton Hall University.
While working for the Council for Aid to Education, Miller wrote “An American Imperative: Accelerating Minority Educational Advancement,” which was published by Yale University Press in 1995. The book is designed to help educators, policymakers and the business and foundation committees respond more effectively to educational challenges posed by the rapidly changing racial and ethnic composition of the United States. He received the American Educational Research Association’s Outstanding Book Award for 1997 for “An American Imperative.”
Born in Indianapolis, Ind., Miller grew up in nearby Bloomington. He received his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University in 1968. He earned a master’s in business administration degree from Columbia University in 1972.
