 The latter part of Gordon’s dreams for Head Start have not come to be, but he still believes the overall program has been a success.From July 2000 until August 2001 he was Vice President of Academic Affairs and Interim Dean at Teachers College, Columbia University.He is the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Yale University, the Richard March Hoe Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, and founding Director of the Institute for Research on African Diaspora in the Americas and Caribbean (IRADAC) at The City College of New York.