Colorado State Names Four Finalists In Search For New Provost
Tuesday, April 21, 1998
FORT COLLINS--Four finalists for the position of provost and
academic vice president at Colorado State University will visit
campus for final interviews and public meetings in late April and
early May.
The finalists are Loren W. Crabtree, interim provost and
academic vice president at Colorado State; James W. England,
former provost of Temple University in Philadelphia; Kay F.
Schaffer, dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State
University in Corvallis; and Marlene I. Strathe, provost and
vice president for academic affairs at the University of North
Dakota in Grand Forks.
"Given the intellect, quality, scholarly range and expertise
and administrative experience of these four candidates, choosing
the new provost will be a difficult task," said Keith M. Miser,
vice president for student affairs and chairman of the search
committee. "We are lucky to have four accomplished scholars who
want to lead Colorado State's academic endeavors into the next
century."
The campus visits are, for Crabtree, April 27-28; for
England, April 30-May 1; for Strathe,
May 4-5; and for Schaffer, May 6-7. Details about public forums
with each of the candidates will be announced later.
*Crabtree, interim provost since 1997, became dean of
Colorado State's College of Liberal Arts in 1991. He joined the
faculty in 1967 and has taught more than 20 different courses in
history, honors and international education, most on contemporary
China and on United States-East Asian relations.
Co-author of two books, Crabtree is currently writing two
more books and has published many papers, articles and book
chapters. He has received two Colorado State awards for his
teaching, is listed in the 1997 "Who's Who in the West," served
on more than 40 faculty committees and as assistant and associate
liberal arts dean and is past president of the Western conference
of the Association of Asian Studies. He holds a doctorate in
history and Asian studies from the University of Minnesota.
*England is now a consultant with the Pew Charitable Trusts.
He was Temple University's provost from 1992 until early this
year. He was provost and acting president of Swarthmore College
and dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs
at Occidental College. He taught at the University of Virginia
and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced
Studies in Princeton, N.J.
A member of the American Mathematical Society and the
Mathematical Association of America, England has published on
topology and other fields. He is a consultant to IBM, a referee
or reviewer for several mathematical journals and is active in
community service. He earned his doctorate from the University of
Missouri at Columbia.
*Schaffer, dean of liberal arts at Oregon State since 1994,
is a professor of psychology who joined Oregon State in 1990 as
associate dean. At the University of Toledo she taught and
directed the Clinic and Training Center and graduate program in
clinical psychology and served on the clinical faculty of the
Medical College of Ohio. She has worked as a clinical
psychologist.
Schaffer has written two books, an instructor's manual and
articles and reviews and has served as reviewer for several
journals and publishers. A member of several professional
organizations, including the National Association of State
Universities and Land Grant Colleges and the American
Psychological Association, she earned her doctorate from Ohio
State University.
*Strathe, a professor of educational research and
evaluation, has served as provost and vice president for academic
affairs at the University of North Dakota since 1993. Before
that, she taught at the University of Northern Iowa and served as
director of the Educational Research and Development Center,
associate dean of the College of Education and, from 1988 to
1993, assistant vice president of academic affairs there.
She has written several articles and book chapters on
teaching, classroom issues and other topics. Strathe, who earned
her doctorate from Iowa State University, is a member of numerous
professional organizations and sits on the Academic Affairs
council executive committee of the National Association of State
Universities and Land Grant Colleges.
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