Kern Alexander
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Samuel Kern Alexander is Professor of Excellence at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where he is coordinator of the Leary Endowment and Editor of the Journal of Education Finance, published by the University of Illinois Press
. Prior to coming to the University of Illinois he served as President of two American state universities (Western Kentucky University
and Murray State University
), was a tenured distinguished professor at the University of Florida
, Gainesville, University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech and held the Robinson Eminent Scholar Chair at the University of North Florida
, Jacksonville. As President of Murray State, Alexander began a well-regarded residential college
system. He is the author or co-author of 25 books on education finance and law and has served as finance expert in state school finance litigation in 22 American states.
Alexander founded the Oxford Round Table
, a series of interdisciplinary conferences held at various colleges in the University of Oxford
, in 1989. He has been closely involved with the Round Table ever since, often serving as its president. In recent years, some critics have criticized the Round Table for employing lax selection procedures or running "vanity conferences."
In his autobiography
, My Life
, President Bill Clinton
quoted Dr. Alexander and described him as a nationally recognized expert on education policy. One of Alexander's books, American Public School Law, published by West/Wadsworth, now in its 7th edition, has been cited as setting the standard for texts in educational law.
Alexander holds a graduate diploma (with distinction) from the University of Oxford
and an Ed.D. from Indiana University
.
University of Illinois Press
The University of Illinois Press , is a major American university press and part of the University of Illinois system. Founded in 1918, the press publishes some 120 new books each year, plus 33 scholarly journals, and several electronic projects...
. Prior to coming to the University of Illinois he served as President of two American state universities (Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....
and Murray State University
Murray State University
Murray State University, located in the city of Murray, Kentucky, is a four-year public university with approximately 10,400 students. The school is Kentucky’s only public university to be listed in the U.S.News & World Report regional university top tier for the past 20 consecutive years...
), was a tenured distinguished professor at the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
, Gainesville, University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech and held the Robinson Eminent Scholar Chair at the University of North Florida
University of North Florida
The University of North Florida is a public university located in Jacksonville, Florida. A member institution of the State University System of Florida, the university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master’s...
, Jacksonville. As President of Murray State, Alexander began a well-regarded residential college
Residential college
A residential college is an organisational pattern for a division of a university that places academic activity in a community setting of students and faculty, usually at a residence and with shared meals, the college having a degree of autonomy and a federated relationship with the overall...
system. He is the author or co-author of 25 books on education finance and law and has served as finance expert in state school finance litigation in 22 American states.
Alexander founded the Oxford Round Table
Oxford Round Table
The Oxford Round Table is a series of interdisciplinary conferences organized and run by a California-based educational organization, incorporated until recently as a for-profit and a not-for-profit corporation in Kentucky, and currently as a not-for-profit in Illinois and England and Wales.The...
, a series of interdisciplinary conferences held at various colleges in the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, in 1989. He has been closely involved with the Round Table ever since, often serving as its president. In recent years, some critics have criticized the Round Table for employing lax selection procedures or running "vanity conferences."
In his autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
, My Life
My Life (Bill Clinton autobiography)
My Life is a 2004 autobiography written by former President of the United States Bill Clinton, who left office on January 20, 2001. It was released on June 22, 2004. The book was published by the Knopf Publishing Group; the book sold in excess of 2,250,000 copies...
, President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
quoted Dr. Alexander and described him as a nationally recognized expert on education policy. One of Alexander's books, American Public School Law, published by West/Wadsworth, now in its 7th edition, has been cited as setting the standard for texts in educational law.
Alexander holds a graduate diploma (with distinction) from the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and an Ed.D. from Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
.