Janet Eisner

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Janet Eisner

SND
EducationEmmanuel College AB, 1963

Boston College MA

University of Michigan PhD
OccupationCollege President
TitleEmmanuel College President
Term1979-2022
PredecessorSr. Mary Frances McCarthy, SND
SuccessorTBA
Board member ofColleges of the Fenway

The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

St. Sebastian's School, Needham MA

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Sr. Janet Eisner is the President Emerita of Emmanuel College. [1] During her presidency, she was the longest currently serving female president of a college in the United States, as well as the longest-serving president of a Catholic college or university between 1979 and 2022. [2] She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1958. [3] [2]

Biography

Education

Eisner graduated from high school in Lynn, Massachusetts at St. Mary's High School. She then earned her bachelor's degree in English at Emmanuel College, a master's degree from Boston College, and a PhD from University of Michigan. [2]

Role as president

Eisner was Emmanuel College's 12th president. She filled the role in September 1979 after serving as acting president in 1978. [4] Prior to becoming president, Eisner served as a faculty member and a director of admissions at Emmanuel College. [2]

During Eisner's tenure in the late 1980s and 1990s, the college's enrollment reached perilously low levels. In the early 2000s, Eisner oversaw decisions that helped increase the college's enrollment and avoid its closure [5] through what she has called a series of "calculated risks." [2] Specifically, in 2001, Emmanuel College welcomed its first coed class and also leased land to Merck in 2001, which improved and stabilized college finances due to steady income from having a private pharmaceutical research facility on campus. [6] [7] Although ending the college’s status as a women’s college was controversial, that decision, the Merck partnership, and other initiatives in the 2000 decade helped save the once-struggling college, [6] [7] [8] tripling enrollments over 15 years. [9]

Eisner has since been dubbed the "second founder" of Emmanuel College for these accomplishments, which reversed the course of her leadership and assured the college's future. [5] [10] [11] [2]

Service

Eisner has served on the boards or executive committees of the Medical Academic and Scientific Community Organization; the Colleges of the Fenway (Boston); The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC); and Saint John's Seminary (Brighton, MA), among others. [2]  

Honors Received

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