Elinor "Ellie" Miller Greenberg was an American author educationalist and speech pathologist, an expert in the field of adult education and experiential learning, as well as a former civil rights activist.
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Elinor Greenberg saw access to education as a social justice issue, and spent over thirty years creating higher education programs for non-traditional students.
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Elinor Greenberg headed the University Without Walls program in the 1970s; created a weekend BSN program for nurses in rural Colorado; established a degree program for Colorado prison inmates and ex-offenders; and established online master's degree programs for nurses in the 1990s.
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Elinor Greenberg was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Elinor Greenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1932, and grew up in New Jersey.
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Elinor Greenberg's ancestors were Ukrainian Jewish refugees who emigrated to the United States in the early 20th century.
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Elinor Greenberg graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Psychology, and earned a Master of Arts degree in Speech Pathology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1954.
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In 1971, Elinor Greenberg founded the University Without Walls program at Loretto Heights College.
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Elinor Greenberg served as National Coordinator for the consortium of 33 undergraduate UWW institutions from 1977 to 1979.
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Elinor Greenberg established a prepaid tuition program for 39,000 US West employees in 14 states.
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Elinor Greenberg was regional coordinator for the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, and the founding director of Project Leadership, which provided leadership research and training for the boards of nonprofit organizations.
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Elinor Greenberg served on numerous boards and commissions, including the Colorado Women's Economic Development Council, the Colorado Women's Leadership Coalition, Women's Forum, State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education, the Anti-Defamation League, the Colorado Board of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education, the Colorado Judicial Institute, and MESA.
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Elinor Greenberg authored, co-authored, or edited nine books and over 200 papers.
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