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Dr. A. Lee Fritschler is a Professor in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia and Program Director for Executive Education. He was appointed to that position in the fall of 2003. Prior to that appointment, he was Vice President and Director of the Center for Public Policy Education at the Brookings Institution. The Center runs education programs in the US and around the world for government and corporate executives and others. Dr. Fritschler was sworn in as the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education on November 17, 1999. He was nominated by President Clinton on June 18, 1999, and confirmed by the U. S. Senate on November 10, 1999. He left the position on January 20, 2001. As Assistant Secretary, Fritschler was charged with setting the direction for higher education policy and administering the department's higher education programs, which include student, financial aid, FIPSE, GEAR UP, TRIO, international education, the Fulbright program, graduate programs, Developing Institutions, and the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities among others. Prior to joining the Department, Dr. Fritschler was President of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, from 1987 until his retirement in June 1999. As President of Dickinson, he emphasized international education, undergraduate science, and foreign languages. In 1991, Fritschler co-founded the Annapolis Group, a contingent of 110 presidents of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges created to build support for liberal arts programs in colleges. He was Director of the Center for Public Policy Education at The Brookings Institution from 1981-1987, and served as the Chairman of the U.S. Postal Rate Commission, after having been nominated by President Carter, from 1979-1981. From 1977 to 1979, Fritschler was dean of the college of public and international affairs at the American University (AU), Washington, D.C., and in charge of managing two schools, three centers, 3,500 students and some 100 full and part-time faculty. He held a number of other academic and administrative positions at AU between 1964 and 1979. Fritschler is the author of several books and numerous articles and a member of many boards and professional societies. His books include SMOKING AND POLITICS: POLICY MAKING AND THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY, now in its fifth edition. He has been a guest lecturer at numerous schools and executive programs. Fritschler earned a master's degree in public
administration from Syracuse University (1960),
and a doctorate in political science from
the University's Maxwell School of Citizenship
and Public Affairs (1965). He earned a Bachelor
of Arts degree from Union College (1959),
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