University of Michigan. Project on Asian Studies in Education.

The Project on Asian Studies in Education (PASE) was established at the University of Michigan in 1971 as an outreach resource center to assist secondary and college-level instructors of Asian studies in developing curricula. By April 1972, the Center for Chinese Studies, the Center for Japanese Studies, and the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies were part of the project. PASE performed several activities. Besides developing and facilitating outreach programs on Asia for elementary and.

Secondary school teachers and community groups, it collected, evaluated, and produced materials pertaining to Asian cultures. PASE also provided in-service training to teachers. Conferences, workshops, and extension-service courses were among the activities that the office developed to achieve this goal. Additionally, PASE fulfilled community requests to design programs on specific countries or regions of Asia and consulted with school and community organizations on the local and national level to.

Develop outreach programs. PASE was dissolved in 1981.

The Project on Asian Studies in Education (PASE) was established at the University of Michigan in August 1971. Earlier that year, a task force consisting of graduate students and faculty was formed to discuss ways in which the university's Center for Chinese Studies could extend its services to groups beyond its core scholarly users. The task force, headed by Ernest P. Young and Donald J. Munro, recommended that a Resource Center be established to assist secondary- and college-level teachers of Asian Studies in developing curricula. By April 1972, the Center for Japanese Studies and the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies had joined the project.

Michael Fonte was appointed PASE's first coordinator. In 1976, Jo Ann (Jody) Hymes assumed the role of PASE coordinator/director. Hymes, the former outreach coordinator for the Center for Japanese Studies, ran the program with the director of each center and the executive committee. Susan Pratt Walton succeeded Hymes in 1978. That same year, the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies (CSSEAS) assumed responsibility for PASE's funding. PASE was dissolved in 1981.

Housed in Lane Hall, PASE performed several activities. It developed and facilitated outreach programs on Asia for elementary- and secondary-school teachers and community groups. Through the Resource Center, it collected, evaluated, and produced materials pertaining to Asian cultures. Staff members created bibliographies and resource lists on these topics, as well as evaluated and published reviews of relevant audiovisual materials. It also operated a lending library through which it disseminated its audiovisual collection.

PASE provided in-service training opportunities to assist teachers at the elementary- and secondary-school level. Conferences, workshops, and extension-service courses were among the activities that the office developed to achieve this goal. Besides fulfilling community requests to design programs on specific countries or regions of Asia, PASE also consulted with school and community organizations on the local and national level to develop outreach programs. Members of the staff frequently gave presentations and held workshops at conferences on topics pertaining to Asia.