CEO’s Corner

During the Republican Convention in Houston, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Jack Kemp, told an interviewer that we are suffering from a self-induced paralysis on the subject of welfare reform because as soon as the topic is mentioned, someone cries “racism.” Mr. Kemp conceded some justification for the charge, but he argued that we cannot hope to address the real needs for reform if this kind of knee-jerk reaction continues.

As an example of employee involvement in education, we think that Jostens’ Renaissance Education Foundation offers a very promising model. Established as the Renaissance Education Program by Jostens in April 1988, its goal has been to improve the educational experience for teachers and students alike and to help them achieve their full potential.