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Tamar March Appointed Senior Fellow at the Association of American Colleges and Universities

March to Focus on Building Support for Liberal Education among Business and Civic Leaders

Washington, DC—November 4, 2002—The Association of American Colleges and Universities announces the appointment of Tamar March as a senior fellow. March brings to this position more than 30 years of experience leading educational reform initiatives in a variety of higher education environments. As an AAC&U Senior Fellow, March will work with the Office of the President on AAC&U's recent initiative, the Presidents' Campaign for the Advancement of Liberal Learning. She will make use of her extensive experience and relationships as she helps AAC&U design strategies to build support for liberal learning among business and civic leaders.

With a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Romance Languages from Brooklyn College, Radcliffe College, and Harvard University, March most recently served as Dean of the Radcliffe Center for Educational Programs at Harvard University from Fall, 1996 to Summer, 2002. Prior to this position, she served as vice president for Academic Affairs at New England College, associate provost, provost, and dean of Academic Affairs at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, associate dean at Clark University, chair of Humanities at the New England Conservatory of Music, and chair of Romance Languages at Saint Paul's College in Virginia.

Dr. March's academic expertise is in modern French literature and criticism, and comparative literature. Her administrative experience is in curriculum and faculty development. She has directed several grant-funded faculty and curriculum development initiatives including under the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

"Tamar March brings to AAC&U a wealth of experience and expertise in areas central to our current mission and strategic directions. In addition and just as important is her continuing enthusiasm and commitment to advancing the goals of liberal learning for students in a wide array of educational settings," said AAC&U president Carol Geary Schneider. "AAC&U member campuses are fortunate to have March working on their behalf, helping to advance the national movement to improve undergraduate education and garner support for liberal education across the country."

AAC&U is the leading national association devoted to advancing and strengthening liberal learning for all students, regardless of academic specialization or intended career. Since its founding in 1915, AAC&U's membership has grown to more than 1000 accredited public and private colleges and universities of every type and size. AAC&U functions as a catalyst and facilitator, forging links among presidents, administrators, and faculty members who are engaged in institutional and curricular planning. Its mission is to reinforce the collective commitment to liberal education at both the national and local levels and to help individual institutions keep the quality of student learning at the core of their work as they evolve to meet new economic and social challenges.