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College President F. King Alexander ‘87 is a national leader in higher education. He is not only the President –elect of California State University at Long Beach he is also at the forefront of his field, higher educational research. He recently testified to the U.S. Congress on the subject of university affordability, and was invited to participate in the assessment of higher education reforms in Canberra, Australia last fall. Additionally, he sits on the advisory committee of the American Council on Education (ACE) Center for Policy Analysis in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Alexander received his B.A. in government from St. Lawrence, M.S. in Comparative Education Policy from the University of Oxford (England) and his Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He held several teaching, administrative and research positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Alexander has been the president at Murray State University in Kentucky since 2001

He has published numerous articles in journals of higher education. His research has been recognized by the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Christian Science Monitor and the Economist. He was elected to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's "Incomplete Listing of Excellent Teachers" five times.