The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago,Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866,which grew into the museum and school,SAIC has been accredited since 1936 by the Higher Learning Commission,by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design since 1944,and by the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) since the association's founding in 1991. Additionally it is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. In a 2002 survey conducted by Columbia University's National Arts Journalism Program,SAIC was named the "most influential art school" in the United States.
The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art university in Santa Clarita,California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of both the visual and performing arts. It offers Bachelor of Fine Arts,Master of Fine Arts,Master of Arts,and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees through its six schools:Art,Critical Studies,Dance,Film/Video,Music,and Theater.
Ruth Simmons is an American professor and academic administrator. Simmons served as the eighth president of Prairie View A&M University,a HBCU,from 2017 until 2023. From 2001 to 2012,she served as the 18th president of Brown University,where she was the first African American president of an Ivy League institution. While there,Simmons was named,best college president by Time magazine. Before Brown University,she headed Smith College,one of the Seven Sisters and the largest women's college in the United States,beginning in 1995. There,during her presidency,the first accredited program in engineering was started at an all-women's college.
Judith Rodin is a philanthropist with a long history in U.S. higher education. She was the president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 2005 until 2017. From 1994 to 2004,Rodin served as the 7th president of the University of Pennsylvania,and the first permanent female president of an Ivy League university.
Jamshed Bharucha is an Indian-American cognitive neuroscientist who has served in leadership roles in higher education. He is the founding vice chancellor of Sai University,Chennai,and is a member of the board of advisors of India's International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.).
Jennifer J. Raab was the 13th president of Hunter College of the City University of New York holding this position between June 2001 and June 2023. She was responsible for overseeing the functions of CUNY's college and its affiliates such as the Hunter College High School.
Francis M. "Frank" Lazarus is an American retired educator and higher education administrator. He served as the president of the University of Dallas in Irving,Texas,from 2004 until 2009,when he was honored by the board of trustees with the title president emeritus.
The West Virginia University M.B.A. controversy concerns the granting of an Executive Master of Business Administration degree (EMBA) by West Virginia University to Mylan pharmaceutical company executive Heather Bresch in 2007. An independent panel later concluded that the university changed its records,and granted the degree despite incomplete graduation requirements. West Virginia University's president Michael Garrison,its provost Gerald Lang,and its business school dean R. Stephen Sears,resigned as a result of the investigation,and the university's general counsel and the president's communications officer relinquished those roles.
Desirée Glapion Rogers is an American corporate executive,former White House Social Secretary for President Barack Obama's office and former chief executive officer of Johnson Publishing Company (JPC). As of 2019,Rogers is the CEO of Black Opal,a cosmetics company.
Molly Easo Smith is an Indian-American professor and scholar of Shakespeare and Renaissance drama,and academic administrator.
Sally Blount is the Michael L. Nemmers Professor of Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University,where she is the former dean and alumna. She serves on the boards of directors for Abbott Laboratories,Ulta Beauty,and the Joyce Foundation and on advisory boards for the Aspen Institute,the Chicago Innovation Awards,the Indian School of Business,the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,and the Fundação Dom Cabral. In 2012,she co-chaired the World Economic Forum’s conference on Latin America.
Helen Kim Bottomly is an immunologist and the former president of Wellesley College,serving from August 2007 to July 2016. Bottomly was the first scientist to become a president at Wellesley College. She has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2009. She chaired the board of directors of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education and was a member of the advisory council of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. In May 2018,she was appointed as the chair of the board of the trustees for the Fulbright University Vietnam,which she stepped down from in 2019.
Michael Robert Lane is an American education administrator,currently serving as the dean of Missouri Western State University's Steven L. Craig School of Business in Saint Joseph,Missouri. Before becoming the dean at Missouri Western,Lane was Emporia State University's fifteenth president and an accounting professor from 2006 to 2011,and provost/vice president at several institutions.
Kim E. Schatzel is an American academic administrator who is the 19th president of the University of Louisville. She joined Eastern Michigan University in January 2012 as provost and executive vice president of academic and student affairs,and became interim president on July 8,2015,following the resignation of Susan Martin. Schatzel was previously dean of the college of business at University of Michigan–Dearborn. On November 30,2022,she was announced as the next president of University of Louisville and began her tenure on February 1,2023.
Daniel Diermeier is a German-American political scientist and university administrator. He is serving as the ninth Chancellor of Vanderbilt University. Previously,Diermeier was the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago,where he also served as Provost. He succeeded Eric Isaacs on July 1,2016,and was succeeded by Ka Yee Christina Lee on February 1,2020.
Laurie Zoloth is an American ethicist,currently Margaret E. Burton Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She was the first Jewish dean of the Divinity School,and also the School's shortest-serving dean,having been in the position from 2017 to 2018,whereupon she was replaced by an interim dean and stepped into an advisory administrative position.
James M. Glaser is an American political scientist specializing in electoral politics and political behavior. He is currently the Dean of School of Arts and Sciences and a Professor of Political Science at Tufts University.
Carrie Rebora Barratt is an American art historian specializing in museum administration and collaborative nonprofit leadership. She has worked in this domain in New York City since the 1980s. Barratt was Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture (1989–2009),and Manager of the Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art (1989–2009) and Deputy Director for Collections (2009-2018) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She served as the Chief Executive Officer and William C. Steere Sr. President of The New York Botanical Garden 2018-2020 during a transitional period. Prior to that,she spent over thirty years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a curator and administrator.
Kymberly N. Pinder is an American art historian,curator,and university administrator. She is the current dean of Yale School of Art,and is the first woman of color to hold this position.
Sally Elaine McRorie is an American psychologist and painter. She is the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Florida State University and president of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
