Rutgers prof appointed as GSE dean

Fuhrman will begin July 1 Susan Fuhrman, professor of education policy at Rutgers University, has been selected as the new dean of the Graduate School of Education. She will officially take office on July 1. Fuhrman is replacing Interim GSE Dean Nancy Hornberger, who has held the position since Marvin Lazerson left the school to serve as Interim Provost in 1993. "I'm delighted that we have a new dean," Hornberger said. "We are all looking forward to bringing Dr. Fuhrman on board." According to Hornberger, Fuhrman's area of expertise is educational reform and policy. Along with her work as a professor, Fuhrman has also served as the founder and director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at Rutgers. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees in history at Northwestern University, and her doctorate from Columbia University Teacher's College. In addition to having several papers of her own published, Fuhrman has recently finished co-editing a forth-coming book entitled Governing Curriculum. Fuhrman is married with three sons. Her youngest son, Jeff, is a College freshman at the University. A group of ten people, including five GSE faculty members, submitted a list of finalists to Rodin and Provost Stanley Chodorow in July 1994. "All the faculty feel it's been a long time," Hornberger said. "But we're eager to have the new dean on board and to learn what she sees as our strengths and what our future directions will be." "I don't see how they could have done the selection process much faster with all the current changes at the University," she added. GSE faculty members received a letter from Rodin announcing Fuhrman's appointment yesterday afternoon. The letter also thanked Hornberger and the search committee for their continuing work on the search and for the GSE. Although Hornberger will remain acting dean until June 30, Fuhrman will visit campus frequently during the spring semester. Fuhrman declined to comment until she further discussed the appointment with Rodin.

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