Richard M. Freeland

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Richard M. Freeland (2019). Transforming the Urban University: Northeastern, 1996-2006. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN   978-0812251210.

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  2. "High education commissioner Richard Freeland to step down - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe .
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Richard Middleton Freeland
Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
In office
2008–2015
Academic offices
Preceded by 6th President of Northeastern University
1996–2006
Succeeded by