“Doing a good job for today is not good enough for the future,” said the third of four finalists for dean of the College of Educational and Professional Studies.

Charles Rohn, chair and associate professor for the department of educational administration at Eastern, said of the quality which attracted him to Eastern, “We should celebrate our successes, but we need to understand that’s not good enough.”

Rohn said the college needs to provide extra support for faculty and find ways for them and the college to improve.

The state’s demand to raise the standards and the amount of teacher certification majors graduating from public universities would create a challenge he is ready to meet.

“There are expectations that we continue to raise the standards for people we allow into our program and there are also demands that we put out more people,” he said.

In addition, “there are faculty positions that need to be filled and technology that needs to be upgraded,” Rohn said.

Due to those needs, Rohn said the college would need to be innovative and find creative ways to enhance Eastern’s quality and find funding to support those needs.

“Currently, we are the only college that does not have at least one part-time development officer.”

Although a development officer is a good asset when searching for funding, Rohn said he would look within the college staff and the dean to provide further efforts to raise money.

One more candidate is left to interview for the position, which Elizabeth Hitch is leaving to become vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse on July 1. Jo-Anne Evans Coleman, vice president for academic and student affairs at Northwestern Health Services University in Bloomington, Minn., visits campus on Wednesday and Thursday.

Barbara Livingston Nourie, associate dean for teacher education at Illinois State University, and David England, dean of the College of Education at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, interviewed earlier in April.