Robert M. Hendrickson, Ed.D.

Robert M. Hendrickson, Ed.D.

Director and Senior Scientist, CSHE
Professor of Higher Education, EPS

Dr. Robert Hendrickson has served as a faculty member at The Pennsylvania State University since 1984. During the 2011-12 fiscal year, he served as the Interim Director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE). He holds the rank of professor of education in Higher Education and Senior Scientist in CSHE. In 2010 he founded the Academic Leadership Academy for academic leaders in colleges and universities and the Academy has become an annual outreach program for academic leaders in higher education. His research and teaching interests include legal issues, organizational theory administration and governance, and faculty employment issues. He has published numerous articles, monographs and books. Dr. Hendrickson, along with Rick Dorman, Jason Lane and James Harris have written a book with Stylus Publication released in November 2012 titled Academic Leadership and Governance in Higher Education. From 2001 to 2008 he served as Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Research and Faculty Development within the College of Education. During his tenure as Associate Dean, six graduate programs were ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. News rankings and research awards grew from $4 million in 2001 to $18 million in 2007. Prior positions include head of the Department of Education Policy Studies for eight years and Professor-in-Charge of the Higher Education Program for nine years. Dr. Hendrickson has directed a number of doctoral dissertations, several of which have won outstanding dissertation awards. His former students serve in faculty or administrative positions in the United States and foreign countries and several are presidents of colleges and universities.

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