Daily News | As Penn’s education dean prepares to leave, a record gift and No. 1 ranking are among accomplishments
, president of South Dakota State University, who has worked to give Native American students better access to higher education and improve their experience on campus.A U.S. Supreme Court justice, a couple of rock stars, and a bunch of academic dignitaries will cap Penn president inauguration
Grossman said she’s proud of what the school has accomplished in what will be eight-and-a-half years of her leadership. She has hired roughly 50% of the now 40-member faculty during her tenure. Nearly half of the faculty now are people of color, one-third from underrepresented groups, she said. The school, which has doubled in size over the last two decades and now has more than 1,600 students, also is building a $35.6 million addition that will allow it to offer more classes on site. It’s set to open in August. The school also helped the country of Kazakhstan launch its first graduate school of education, she said.
Many people don’t realize that Penn’s education school does more than educate teachers and principals, she said. It also has programs for mid-career professionals who aspire to top leadership posts — like Logan — and college presidents, including, who recently left St Joseph’s University for Loyola University Chicago. It’s graduated more than 60 current and former college presidents.
The new center, Grossman said, will serve as a hub for students and alumni of all the programs to interact.Grossman, 68, who taught high school English early in her career, and before Penn was an education professor at Stanford, said the time was right to step down. She’s one of two Penn deans who plan to leave next June.
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