F. King Alexander
President, California State Universiy, Long Beach
Academic Experience
California State University, Long Beach: President (2006- )
Murray State University, Kentucky: President (2001-2006)
Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford: Foundation Fellow (2005- )
Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, Cornell University: Faculty Affiliate (2003- )
Institute of Government and Public Affairs: Faculty Affiliate (1997- )
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana: Coordinator of the Higher Education Program and Assistant Professor (1997-2001)
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Postdoctoral Research Assistant and Lecturer, Office of Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, School of Education (1995-97)
University of North Carolina, Greensboro: Director of Annual Programs (1991-92), Coordinator of External Program (1990-91), Office of University Advancement and External Relations
Published Writings
Co-editor
Maximizing Revenue in Higher Education (with R. G. Ehrenberg), New Directions for Institutional Research, Jossey-Bass, fall 2002
The University: International Expectations (with Alexander), McGill/Queen’s University Press, Montreal, Canada, 2002
Residential Colleges: Reforming American Higher Education (with Robertson), The Oxford International Round Table, Oxford, England, 1998
Book Chapters
“Changing Priorities and the Evolution of Public Higher Education in Illinois,” with Layzell, Daniel in Ehrenberg, Ronald G., What’s Happening to Public Higher Education?, Onyx Press, Madison, Wisconsin, 2006
“Future Policy Challenges and Concluding Remarks,” in Ehrenberg, Ronald G., What’s Happening to Public Higher Education?, Onyx Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin, 2006
“State Tax Effort and Federal Financing of Higher Education: Uncommon Agendas and Fiscal Practices,” in Brown, M. Christopher Equity and Access in Higher Education: Changing the Definition of Educational Opportunity, Vol. 18, AMS Press, New York, 2002
“Financing University Performance in Great Britain and the United States,” in Alexander and Alexander (eds.) The University: International Expectations, McGill/Queen’s University Press, Montreal, Canada, 2002
“Vouchers in American Education: Hard Legal Policy Lessons from Higher Education,” in J. Yeager, G. Nelson, E. Potter, J. Weldman (eds) Finance in Higher Education, Association for the Study of Higher Education’s Higher Education Reader Series, Pearson Press, New York, pp. 216-231, 2001. Also appeared in the Journal of Education Finance, 24 (1), pp. 153-178, fall 1998 and as a presentation to the Annual Forum for the Association for the Study of Higher Education,” Miami, Florida, November 1998
“Higher Education,” in Charles Russo (ed.) The Yearbook of Education Law 2000, Education Law Association, Dayton, Ohio, pp. 263-320, 2000
“Higher Education,” in Charles Russo (ed.) The Yearbook of Education Law 1999, Education Law Association, Dayton, Ohio, pp. 241-296, 1999
“From Oxbridge to the Colonies: The Development and Challenges of Residential Colleges in American Public Universities,” in Alexander and Robertson (eds.) Residential Colleges: Reforming American Higher Education, Oxford International Round Table, Oxford, England, 1998
Journal Articles
“The Federal Government, Direct Financial Aid, and Community College Students,” Community College Journal, 26 (7-8), 2002
“Fiscal Inequity and Direct Student Aid Policies: The Impact on Lower-Income Students,” Peabody Journal of Education, 76 (1), 2002
“The Silent Crisis: The Fiscal Capacity of Public Universities to Compete for Faculty,” The Review of Higher Education, 224 (2), 2001
“The Changing Face of Accountability: Monitoring and Assessing Institutional Performance in Higher Education,” The Journal of Higher Education, 71 (4), pp. 411-431, May 2000
“Student Tuition and the Higher Education Marketplace: Policy Implications for Public Universities,” Journal of Staff, Program, and Organizational Development, 17 (2), pp. 78-93, Fall 2000. Originally published by the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance, University of Houston Law Center, 1998
“The Reassertion of Church Doctrine in American Higher Education: The Legal and Fiscal Implications of the Ex Corde Ecclesiae for Catholic Colleges and Universities in the United States,” Journal of Education and Law, 29 (2), pp.149-174, Spring 2000. Originally published by the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance, University of Houston Law Center, 1999
“From the Gridiron to the U.S. Supreme Court: Determining the Boundaries of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause,” Journal of Sport Law and Exercise Science, fall 2000
“The Decline and Fall of the Wall of Separation Between Church and State and Its Consequences for the Funding of Public and Private Institutions of Higher Learning,” Journal of Law and Public Policy, 10 (1), pp. 103-128, fall 1999
“Private Institutions and Public Dollars: An Analysis of the Effects of Direct Student Aid on Public and Private Institutions of Higher Education,” Journal of Education Finance, 23 (3), pp. 390-417, spring 1998
“Direct Student Aid and College Tuition: Assessing the Relationship,” Policy Forum, 12 (2), pp. 1-8, fall 1998
Research Studies, Monographs and Reports
The Status of Illinois Higher Education Finance Study (with Edward Hines), Fall 2001
Constructing Performance Measures and Indices for Colleges and Universities, a report sponsored by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, 1999
Preserving Access with Excellence in American Higher Education: The Essential Role of Rural Community Colleges (with Katsinas, Opp, & Rubin), A White Paper for the Ford Foundation, 1999
Using Assessment for Curricular Enhancement: University of Wisconsin-Madison Assessment Resource Manual, (distributed to all university chairs and departments), Office of the Provost and University Assessment Council, 1997
“What’s Best for the People: Appointment v. Election,” Update: The Association of Wisconsin School Administrators, winter 1997
An Historical Analysis of the Constitutional Development of Public Education in Wisconsin (with Underwood), report commissioned by The Wisconsin Funding Equity Project, 1997
Recent Presentations
“International Trends in Measuring College and University Performance,” International Conference on Institutional Research and Higher Education Finance, Washington, D.C., November 2000
“Constructing and Assessing Performance Measures for Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of Illinois,” Annual Conference of the Association of Institutional Researchers, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2000
“Public Education and Religion: The Constitutional Restrictions,” Annual Conference of Sport Law and Exercise Science,” Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 2000
“The Privatization of Public Universities,” Know Your University Forum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 2000
“Community College Student Financial Aid Issue,” University Interest Group on Leadership Development for Two-Year Institutions of Higher Education, Second National Conclave, Allerton Park, University of Illinois, June 1999
“Higher Education at the End of the Century: the Good, the Bad and the Bewildering,” Keynote Address, University of Illinois Staff Development Conference, May 1999
“The Endless Pursuit of Efficiency: Accountability and Performance in Higher Education,” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Miami, Florida, November 1998
“The Wealth of Universities: How Government Policy Augments Fiscal Disparities Between Public and Private Institutions,” presentation to the Vice President of Academic Affairs Finance and Economics Ad Hoc Committee, October 1998
“State Financing of Student Choice: Hard Policy Lessons from Higher Education,” Higher Education Policy Briefing to the Illinois Community College Trustees Association, Springfield, Illinois, June 1998
“Beyond Speculation: Empirical Support for Four Competing Hypotheses to Explain Students’ Negative Evaluations of Advising in Research Universities,” Association of Institutional Researchers, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1998
“Financing Student Choice in Postsecondary Education: Who Gains? Who Loses?” Higher Education Policy Briefing to the Illinois Council of Community College Presidents, March 1998
“The Oxford/Cambridge Residential College Model,” National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 1998
“Using Residential Colleges to Enhance Student Learning,” American College Personnel Association, St. Louis, Missouri, March 1998
“Realigning Faculty Work with Institutional Missions: Pew Project Team,” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 1997
“An International Movement to Increase Access and Accountability,” American and Chinese Education Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 1997
“CIC and the Future of Postsecondary Education Opportunity in Western Kentucky,” presentation to the Governor’s Regional Advisory Committee, University of Kentucky, September 1997
“Measuring Performance in Higher Education,” Oxford International Round Table on Educational Policy, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, August 1997
“General Education Assessment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,” presentation to the University of Wisconsin System Universities, Madison, Wisconsin, May 1997
Professional Memberships
American Association of State Colleges and Universities (2001- )
Board of Directors, United Way of Kentucky (2005-2006)
American Council on Education (2001- ): Policy Advisory Committee (2001-05)
Association for the Study of Higher Education (1994-2004)
Association for Institutional Researchers (1999-2001)
American Association of University Professors (1997-99)
American Association of Higher Education (1996-99)
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (1997-99)
Recent Honors
2002 National Alumni Achievement Award, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky (2003-05)
Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee, chair and member, State of Illinois (2001-03)
Dr. Alexander has also served as a reviewer, an editorial board member, as a university instructor and faculty member, and as a widely respected scholar in the field of higher education finance and economics.
Education
Ph.D., Higher Education Administration, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996
M.S., Educational Studies/Comparative Education Policy, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, 1991
B.A., Political Science, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1987