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Betty
Ward
Betty
Ward's career in adult and continuing education began as Adjunct Lecturer
in the Adult Education Program at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
From 1956-1986, she served as Adult Education Research Assistant/Manpower
Development Specialist and Deputy Director of the African-American Affairs
Staff at the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare/The U.S.
Office of Education. Since 1986, she has served as International Education
Policy Specialist with the U.S. Department of Education's International
and Territorial Services Staff and has attended the Third World Conference
on Adult Education in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the Consultant Conference
on University Adult Education in Accra, Ghana, the International Federation
of University Women's Conference in Tokyo, Japan and Stirling, Scotland,
and the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.
Her honors include
Beta Gamma Sigma, Commerce Honorary Society, and the 1996 U.S. Department
of Education Award for 49 years of Dedicated Public Service to the people
of the United States. She also is a Past President of the American Association
of University Women's D.C. Branch and was President of the Adult Education
Association of the USA in 1975-1976.
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