PETERSON Patti McGill
Senior Associate, Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) (USA)
Session: Pluralism - Every Child Matters
Monday, 16 November 2009
- 14.00-15.30
Dr. Peterson is Senior Associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) whose mission is to increase access and success in postsecondary education around the world through research and special programs that inform key decision makers who shape public policy affecting education.
From 1997 – 2007, Dr. Peterson served as Executive Director of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) and Vice President of the Institute of International Education (IIE) . CIES, a division of IIE, coordinates international educational exchange with approximately 150 nations and has administered the Fulbright Scholar Program since 1947.
During Dr. Peterson’s tenure the Fulbright Scholar Program added notable dimensions. In addition to its core exchange programs that annually involved over 1600 U.S. and Visiting scholars and professionals, new programs were developed to foster greater cross-cultural collaboration on topics of global significance and to encourage higher education development through academic exchange.
Dr. Peterson carries the title President Emerita at Wells College and St. Lawrence University where she held presidencies from 1980 to 1996. Her faculty appointments have included the State University of New York, Syracuse University and Wells College.
She has held prominent international, national and statewide leadership positions. She served as Chair of the U.S.-Canada Commission for Educational Exchange, the National Women's College Coalition, the Public Leadership Education Network and is a past President of the Association of Colleges and Universities of the State of New York. As a member of the American Council on Education’s Commission on National Challenges in Higher Education she helped to identify priorities for government action on higher education issues for the President of the United States. She served on the American Council of Education’s Commission on Governmental Affairs, the Board of Overseers of The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government and the Ford Foundation’s International Fellowship Program. Her current board memberships include the University of Wisconsin Board of Visitors, the Council for International Educational Exchange and the Roth Endowment.
Dr. Peterson holds a B.A. degree from the Pennsylvania State University, an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and did post-graduate study at Harvard University. She has received numerous grants and awards including a Carnegie Fellowship at Harvard University. She speaks and publishes on U.S. and international higher education, pubic policy as it relates to higher education, institutional governance and third sector organizations.
From 1997 – 2007, Dr. Peterson served as Executive Director of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) and Vice President of the Institute of International Education (IIE) . CIES, a division of IIE, coordinates international educational exchange with approximately 150 nations and has administered the Fulbright Scholar Program since 1947.
During Dr. Peterson’s tenure the Fulbright Scholar Program added notable dimensions. In addition to its core exchange programs that annually involved over 1600 U.S. and Visiting scholars and professionals, new programs were developed to foster greater cross-cultural collaboration on topics of global significance and to encourage higher education development through academic exchange.
Dr. Peterson carries the title President Emerita at Wells College and St. Lawrence University where she held presidencies from 1980 to 1996. Her faculty appointments have included the State University of New York, Syracuse University and Wells College.
She has held prominent international, national and statewide leadership positions. She served as Chair of the U.S.-Canada Commission for Educational Exchange, the National Women's College Coalition, the Public Leadership Education Network and is a past President of the Association of Colleges and Universities of the State of New York. As a member of the American Council on Education’s Commission on National Challenges in Higher Education she helped to identify priorities for government action on higher education issues for the President of the United States. She served on the American Council of Education’s Commission on Governmental Affairs, the Board of Overseers of The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government and the Ford Foundation’s International Fellowship Program. Her current board memberships include the University of Wisconsin Board of Visitors, the Council for International Educational Exchange and the Roth Endowment.
Dr. Peterson holds a B.A. degree from the Pennsylvania State University, an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and did post-graduate study at Harvard University. She has received numerous grants and awards including a Carnegie Fellowship at Harvard University. She speaks and publishes on U.S. and international higher education, pubic policy as it relates to higher education, institutional governance and third sector organizations.
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