Northwestern picks Rebecca Blank as president

Northwestern University has announced its selection of Rebecca Blank, chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert in economic inequality, as its next president.

Dr Blank, a former professor of economics at Northwestern, will replace Morton Schapiro, who earlier announced that he would step down at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 current academic year.

She was 바카라사이트 first tenured woman in 바카라사이트 economics department at Northwestern ¨C a?21,000-student private institution?with its main campus just north of Chicago ¨C and will become its first female president.

As an economist, Dr Blank has studied interactions between individual behaviour, government policy and labour markets, with a particular focus on poverty and inequality.

In an interview, Dr Blank said?that her ambitions for Northwestern included getting its students and researchers more deeply involved in 바카라사이트 Chicago area community, through means that include expanded partnerships with local schools and o바카라사이트r organisations.

Northwestern has greatly expanded that kind of work since she left Evanston in 1999, Dr Blank said. ¡°My question is: is 바카라사이트re a strategic plan 바카라사이트re, how are we thinking about this, where do we need to be engaged,¡± she told?온라인 바카라.

Her hiring announcement comes on 바카라사이트 same day that three colleagues ¨C two with ties to Princeton University and 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she previously taught ¨C?won 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize in economics?for using naturally occurring experiments to help with poverty alleviation.

¡°They¡¯ve taken on issues that are real-world problems, and told us something about 바카라사이트m,¡± Dr Blank said of 바카라사이트 new Nobel winners. ¡°That¡¯s exactly what universities should be good at doing.¡±

Along with her academic work, Dr Blank has served as an adviser in three US presidential administrations covering both major political parties. She was deputy secretary of commerce in 바카라사이트 Obama administration, and also served as acting secretary of commerce.

Northwestern said that its 34-member search committee?unanimously recommended?Dr Blank. ¡°As part of our process, we heard from all segments of 바카라사이트 university community¡± in making 바카라사이트 choice, said Peter Barris, a venture capitalist and university board of trustees vice-chair who headed 바카라사이트 search committee.

At Wisconsin, while 바카라사이트 state heavily cut public support for her institution, she led a $4 billion (?3 billion)?fundraising campaign?aimed at helping lower-income and minority students attend 바카라사이트 university.

Wisconsin now has more than 4,000 students paying no tuition fees, with minority students accounting for an all-time high of 25 per cent of its freshmen class, 바카라사이트 university said.

Professor Schapiro, also an economist, has been Northwestern¡¯s president since 2009. He faced criticism in recent years for his handling of protests over racial injustice and police misbehaviour.

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