Higher Education

President-in-Residence

In 2001, the Higher Education Program launched the "president-in-residence" program, bringing a former college or university president to Harvard to attend classes, meet with students over coffee or lunch, and advise on everything from paper topics to career choices.

On behalf of the Higher Education Program at Harvard, we are delighted to announce that Diana Chapman Walsh will be joining us as our president-in-residence for the 2009-2010 academic year. Dr. Walsh is the former president of Wellesley College.

To learn more about Dr. Walsh, please review this article regarding her tenure at Wellesley College.

Past presidents-in-residence include:

• Ellen Chaffee, former president of Valley City State University and Mayville State University
• Tom Tritton, former president of Haverford College
• Norman Fainstein, president emeritus of Connecticut College
• Richard Freeland, former president of Northeastern University
• Tad Foote, former chancellor and president of the University of Miami;
• John DiBiaggio, former president of the University of Connecticut, Michigan State University and Tufts University;
• Adrian Tinsley, president emerita of Bridgewater State College;
• Bernie Harleston, former president of the City College of New York; and
• Marjorie Bakken, president emerita of Wheelock College.

A feature story about Dr. Tinsley's participation at Harvard is available from the BSC News. An interview with John DiBiaggio and HGSE students is available from the HGSE News.

Bernie Harleston (back row, center) and members of the current Higher Ed master's cohort.