Career in education and politics
Smith served one year as an assistant to the Vermont Commissioner of Education. In 1970,he became the founding president of the Community College of Vermont,a Vermont State College. He first ran for office in 1978,defeating incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Vermont T. Garry Buckley in the Republican primary [3] but losing the general election for Lieutenant Governor to Democrat Madeleine M. Kunin. Between 1981 and 1983,he served as a Vermont State Senator representing the Washington County district. After Kunin chose not to run for re-election in 1982,Smith was elected to succeed her. He served two two-year terms. He ran for Governor of Vermont in 1986 but was defeated by Kunin. After two years as Vice President of Development at Norwich University he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1988 for Vermont's at-large congressional district. [2] In 1990,he was defeated in his bid for re-election by Independent Bernie Sanders. [4]
Smith wrote Your Hidden Credentials:The Value of Personal Learning Outside College, (Acropolis Books,Ltd,1986). The book promotes college credit for life experience. Smith is also the author of The Quiet Crisis:How Higher Education Is Failing America, (Anker Publishing Company,Inc.,2004) which received juried acclaim from the American Association of Continuing Education. His third book,Harnessing America's Wasted Talent:New Dimensions for Higher Education (Jossey-Bass,2010) was published in early 2010. His fourth book,Free-range Learning in the Digital Age:The Emerging Revolution in College,Career,and Education (SelectBooks) was published in 2018. [5]
From 1991 to 1994,Smith served as dean of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at George Washington University. In 1994 Smith became president of California State University,Monterey Bay,a post that he vacated in 2005. Beginning June 20,2005,Smith served as assistant director general for education of the United Nations Educational,Scientific,and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). [2] He left UNESCO in 2007. [6]
In April 2016,University of Maryland University College announced that Smith had been appointed to a term as the Orkand Endowed Chair and Professor of Innovative Practices in Higher Education. In this position,Smith was responsible for identifying and implementing measures to improve the school's learning and support services delivery. [7] He retired from that position in 2022. [5]
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