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Dr. F. King Alexander appointed MSU's new president


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Dr. F. King Alexander appointed MSU's new president

Murray State University introduced its new president, Dr. F. King Alexander, to campus and community members at an 11 a.m. news conference on Saturday, Sept. 8. Alexander was greeted by an overflow crowd in the Barkley Room of the Curris Center. The MSU board of regents announced the selection of Alexander as the university's 10th president at its quarterly meeting Sept. 7.

A native Kentuckian, Alexander received a Ph.D. in higher education administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a master of science in comparative education policy from the University of Oxford, England, and a B.A. in political science from St. Lawrence University in New York. Accepting the presidency at Murray State, Alexander leaves the post of administrator and faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Since 1997, Alexander has been responsible for managing the graduate education program in the study of higher education governance, leadership and policy development in the department of educational organization and leadership at UI. Ranked in the nation's top 20 in 2000-01 by "U.S. News and World Report," this program has experienced a 200 percent growth in student enrollment while under his leadership and currently consists of approximately 100 doctoral and master's degree-seeking students from the U.S. and abroad. He is also a faculty member of UI's Institute of Government and Public Affairs, which is an interdisciplinary public policy "think-tank" consisting of faculty from three University of Illinois campuses.

Alexander's career has encompassed positions at two research and one doctoral university, faculty membership in a governmental institute, a fundraising directorship, and management in a 28-branch commercial banking operation. His research in domestic and international higher education policy and practice has appeared in leading professional journals and has been featured within the last 18 months in "The Chronicle of Higher Education," "The Economist" and "The Christian Science Monitor."

Prior to coming to Urbana-Champaign, Alexander served as postdoctoral researcher in the office of the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs and taught in the department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Earlier, he was director of annual programs at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he
coordinated the institution's fund raising activities. He has also been a manager at Liberty National Bank in Louisville, Ky.

Alexander's academic publications include edited books, book chapters, refereed articles, applied research studies, monographs, book reviews and reports. He has secured a number of research grants and currently serves on the editorial boards of "The Journal of Education Finance" and "The Journal of College Student Retention."

Last updated Sept. 10, 2001. * Murray State University, 2000.

 

 

 

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