Illinois State University (ISU) is a public research university in Normal,Illinois,United States. It was founded in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University and is the oldest public university in Illinois. The university emphasizes teaching and is recognized as one of the top ten largest producers of teachers in the US according to the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
The University of Iowa is a public research university in Iowa City,Iowa,United States. Founded in 1847,it is the oldest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 colleges offering more than 200 areas of study and 7 professional degrees.
The University of Kentucky is a public land-grant research university in Lexington,Kentucky,United States. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky,the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities. It is the institution with the highest enrollment in the state,with 32,710 students in the fall of 2022.
Murray State University (MSU) is a public university in Murray,Kentucky,in the Southern United States. In addition to the main campus in Calloway County in southwestern Kentucky,Murray State operates extended campuses offering upper-level and graduate courses in Paducah,Hopkinsville,Madisonville,and Henderson.
Mary Sue Wilson Coleman is an American chemist and academic administrator who served as the 13th president of the University of Michigan from 2002 to 2014,interim president of the University of Michigan in 2022,and the 18th president of the University of Iowa from 1995 to 2002.
Illinois College is a private liberal arts college in Jacksonville,Illinois. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (USA). It was the second college founded in Illinois but the first to grant a degree. It was founded in 1829 by the Yale Band,students from Yale College who traveled westward to found new colleges. It briefly served as the state's first medical school,from 1843 to 1848.
John D. Welty,a native of Amboy,Illinois,was the seventh and longest-serving president of Fresno State University before retiring on May 8,2013. He was appointed president on July 29,1991. Before coming to Fresno,he had previously served as president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania for seven years. Welty has a doctorate in administration of higher education from Indiana University.
Benjamin Joseph Allen is an American academic who served as president of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) from 2006 to 2013. It was announced on March 24,2017 that Allen would begin serving as interim president for Iowa State University on May 9 after former president Steven Leath announced he would be leaving for Auburn University.
Charles Boynton Knapp was the president of the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens,Georgia,United States. He served in that capacity from 1987 until his resignation in 1997.
Dr. Betsy Vogel Boze,is an American academic and higher education administrator who is currently serving as the ninth President of The College of The Bahamas. Previously,she worked as a professor of marketing,department chair,dean,and CEO of Kent State University at Stark,before serving as the president of The College of The Bahamas. She is a senior fellow at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU),that researches alternative revenue streams for public colleges and universities.
John T. Wolfe Jr. is an American higher education consultant and retired administrator. He served as president of Kentucky State University from 1990 to 1991;and president of Savannah State College from 1993 until 1997.
Michael Taft Benson is an American academic administrator serving as the president and professor of history at Coastal Carolina University. He previously served as president of Eastern Kentucky University,Southern Utah University,and Snow College,and as special assistant to the president at University of Utah. He was appointed Visiting Professor within the Department of the History of Science and Technology at Johns Hopkins University in January 2020.
Fieldon King Alexander is an American former university administrator and professor of higher education policy and finance. He was the president of Oregon State University,Louisiana State University,California State University,Long Beach,and Murray State University. He resigned from his most recent position as President of Oregon State University in 2021 after a faculty vote of no-confidence. While at LSU,he also oversaw,and helped cover up,a culture of rape and domestic violence,where Title IX complaints were routinely dismissed.
Morton Owen Schapiro is an American economist who served as the 16th president of Northwestern University from 2009 to 2022.
The Connecticut State Colleges &Universities (CSCU) is a system of six public colleges and universities that include four Connecticut State Universities,Connecticut State Community College,and Charter Oak State College,the state's only online college. CSCU enrolls 85,000 students in certificate and degree programs and provides programs in liberal arts,sciences,fine arts,applied fields,and professional disciplines.
DeRionne P. Pollard is the President of Nevada State College. She previously served as the President of Montgomery College from 2012 to 2021.
Randy J. Dunn was most recently the president of Southern Illinois University. He formerly served as president of Youngstown State University and Murray State University. Both of his previous presidential terms ended in controversy. Dunn submitted his resignation as the president of Southern Illinois University on July 13,2018 amidst controversial actions within the university's system.
William Marmaduke Plater is an American higher education consultant and Indiana University Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs,Philanthropy,and English,and Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties Emeritus at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
The history of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign dates back to 1862. U of I is a public research-intensive university in the U.S. state of Illinois. A land-grant university,it is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign opened on March 2,1868,and is the second oldest public university in the state,and is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference.
