UCSD-TV Launches New Series
with Look at University's 'Impact' on Charter Schools
Host James Langley Leads Discussion about Gompers, Preuss School

UCSD-TV is launching a news series beginning today featuring host James Langley, Vice Chancellor for External Relations. Called UCSD Impact, the program will feature Langley discussing timely issues affecting the region, state and nation with leading experts. The premiere edition will look at the university's role in developing charter schools.

In this premiere edition, UCSD Impact will focus on the San Diego Board of Education's recent vote allowing Gompers Middle School in Southeast San Diego to convert to a charter school by the fall of 2005. UCSD will help Gompers apply principles the university has learned since founding the charter Preuss School on the UCSD campus in 1999. Joining Langley will be San Diego School Board President Luis Acle and Hugh (Bud) Mehan, the director of UCSD's CREATE program, which is charged with forging partnerships to improve K-12 education in the region.

In addition to the March 14 premiere, UCSD Impact will air several more times throughout the month, including at 10 p.m., March 15, and 7 p.m., March 18. Visit UCSD-TV's Web site for a complete broadcast schedule and more information.