Susan Fuhrman
Encyclopedia
Susan Fuhrman is the tenth president of Teachers College, Columbia University
. Fuhrman earned her doctorate in political economy
from Teachers College. She became very engaged in issues of educational equity, and became an authority on school reform
. Fuhrman served as the Dean of the University of Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Education
for over ten years, where she is widely credited with elevating Penn GSE to enhanced national stature by "focusing on themes of urban and international education
and broadening involvement with schools in underserved communities..." Prior to her service as dean at Pennsylvania, Fuhrman taught at Rutgers University
, where she was the director of the Center for Policy Research in Education.
In 2007 Fuhrman was named one of New York's 100 most influential women by Crain's New York Business. In 2009, she also became president of the National Academy of Education.
Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College, Columbia University is a graduate school of education located in New York City, New York...
. Fuhrman earned her doctorate in political economy
Political economy
Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
from Teachers College. She became very engaged in issues of educational equity, and became an authority on school reform
Education reform
Education reform is the process of improving public education. Small improvements in education theoretically have large social returns, in health, wealth and well-being. Historically, reforms have taken different forms because the motivations of reformers have differed.A continuing motivation has...
. Fuhrman served as the Dean of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, commonly known as Penn GSE, is one of the leading educational research schools in the United States...
for over ten years, where she is widely credited with elevating Penn GSE to enhanced national stature by "focusing on themes of urban and international education
International education
International education can mean many different things and its definition is debated. Some have defined two general meanings according to its involvement of students...
and broadening involvement with schools in underserved communities..." Prior to her service as dean at Pennsylvania, Fuhrman taught at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, where she was the director of the Center for Policy Research in Education.
In 2007 Fuhrman was named one of New York's 100 most influential women by Crain's New York Business. In 2009, she also became president of the National Academy of Education.