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About the President
Arthur Levine is the sixth president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (2006-present). Before his appointment at Woodrow Wilson, he was president and professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University (1994-2006). He also previously served as a faculty member and chair of the Institute for Educational Management at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (1989-1994), president of Bradford College (1982-89), and senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education (1975-82).
Dr. Levine is the author of scores of articles and reviews, including a series of reports for the Education Schools Project on the preparation of school leaders, teachers, and education researchers. His articles have appeared in such publications as The New York Times; The Los Angeles Times; The Wall Street Journal; The Washington Post; Christian Science Monitor; Education Week; Inside Higher Education; and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He has also authored, co-authored, or edited 11 books, the most recent of which is Unequal Fortunes: Snapshots from the South Bronx (with Laura Scheiber).
Dr. Levine has received a number of honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Carnegie Fellowship, as well as the American Council on Education’s Book of the Year award , the Educational Press Association’s Annual Award for writing (three times), and 19 honorary degrees. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and currently sits on the boards of DePaul University and Say Yes to Education.
He received his bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University and his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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