Phil Schubert is the eleventh and current president of Abilene Christian University

Abilene Christian University

Abilene Christian University is a private university located in Abilene, Texas, affiliated with Churches of Christ. ACU was founded in 1906, as Childers Classical Institute...

, Abilene

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, Texas

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. Schubert's appointment was publicly announced on February 12, 2010, and he formally took office June 1, 2010, succeeding Dr. Royce Money

Royce Money

Royce Lynn Money was president of Abilene Christian University from 1991 to 2010, whereupon he became Chancellor. He was succeeded as president by Phil Schubert.-Academic background:...

. Schubert's inauguration

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 celebration took place in the Fall of 2010.

Early career

Before joining Abilene Christian University in 1993, Schubert worked as an auditor for Arthur Andersen & Co. in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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. His time at ACU began in the Student Financial Services department as a director. On October 19, 1998, Abilene Christian University named him the Chief Financial Officer after five years of employment.

Education

Schubert received his bachelor's degree

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 in accounting from Abilene Christian University

Abilene Christian University

Abilene Christian University is a private university located in Abilene, Texas, affiliated with Churches of Christ. ACU was founded in 1906, as Childers Classical Institute...

 in 1991, master's degree in business administration from Duke University

Duke University

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 in 2006, and Ed.D from the University of Pennsylvania

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in 2009. His doctoral dissertation was on assessing the correlation between longitudinal changes in U.S. News & World Report Collegiate Rankings and the broader institutional experience from 1999 to 2007.

Personal life

Schubert coaches his son's Wylie Little Little League baseball team and attends Southern Hills Church of Christ. Schubert has three children, Sydnie, Mason, and Ella. Schubert had two older brothers who also attended ACU: David and Kelly Schubert. His father, Joe D. Schubert, Ed.D., was a Dean of Students Oklahoma Christian College in the late 1960's and a well known preacher in the Churces of Christ, including Bammel Road Church of Christ in Houston which was the first congregation to collect over $1Million in a single Sunday special contribtution.