Leo M. Lambert, president of Elon College, has been appointed by the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) to serve as its representative on the board of directors of the American Council on Education (ACE). Lambert will serve through February 2002.
ACE is a comprehensive association of the nation’s colleges and universities dedicated to analysis of higher education issues and advocacy on behalf of quality higher education and adult education programs. Its membership includes about 1,600 accredited, degree-granting institutions from all sectors of higher education and nearly 200 national and regional higher education associations and organizations. ACE works to coordinate the interests of all sectors of higher education into a single voice on issues of national policy. It operates a number of programs designed to increase access to postsecondary education, promote equity, ensure quality education on the nation’s campuses, and train new generations of higher education leaders.
The board of directors is the governing body of ACE, responsible for overseeing the management of ACE and setting the general policy direction for the organization, which represents higher education before Congress, federal agencies, the Supreme Court, and the federal courts.
Janet L. Holmgren, president of Mills College (Calif.), was named chair of the board after serving as vice chair. She succeeded Michael Adams, president of the University of Georgia. Named as board officers were Augustine P. Gallego, chancellor of the San Diego Community College District (Calif.), who will serve as vice chair/chair-elect, and William E. Troutt, president of Rhodes College (Tenn.), who will serve as secretary.
Leo M. Lambert became the eighth president of Elon College on Jan. 1, 1999. His tenure at Elon has been marked by the successful completion of a $40 million capital campaign, the opening of a new library, construction of Rhodes Stadium, and preparation for the transition to university status in June. He has also provided leadership for the conception of the NewCentury@Elon strategic plan, which will guide Elon’s effort to become one of the nation’s premiere small, undergraduate universities. He has written extensively about post-secondary education and has spearheaded several national projects aimed at improving college/university teaching. These include the Future Professoriate Project, which he founded
at Syracuse University. In 1998 he was named by Change magazine as one of the nation’s outstanding young leaders in higher education.
Elected as institutional representatives to the 37-member ACE board were: Molly C. Broad, president of University of North Carolina System; Wayne E. Giles, chancellor of the Metropolitan Community College District (Mo.); Scott S. Cowen, president-elect of Tulane University (La.); Norman C. Francis, president of Xavier University (La.); Zelema M. Harris, president of Parkland College (Ill.); Robert E. Hemenway, chancellor of the University of Kansas; M. Lee Pelton, president of Willamette University (Ore.); Steven B. Sample, president of the University of Southern California; and Marlene Springer, president, College of Staten Island (N.Y.).
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