NANCY L. ZIMPHER is President of the University of Cincinnati. She also served as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and as Dean of the College of Education and Executive Dean of the Professional Colleges at Ohio State University, Columbus. She served as president of the Holmes Partnership from 1996-2001 and co-coordinator of the U.S. Secretary of Education's National Summit on Teacher Quality in 2000. She is the recipient of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education's Edward C. Pomeroy Award for Ouytstanding Contributions to Teacher Education. She currently