BILL COPLIN has been a professor and the director of the undergraduate public affairsprogram at Syracuse University since 1976. Since 2000, Coplin has focused his efforts on improving the highschool and college education systems, designing and implementingcurriculum that develops students' career and citizenship skills.He serves as the curriculum consultant to the High School for Leadershipand Public Service in New York City. Visit www.billcoplin.org.