Thomas Ehrlich
Lecturer
Graduate School of Education
Web page: http://web.stanford.edu/people/tehrlich
Bio
Thomas Ehrlich is a Adjunct Professor at the Stanford University School of Education. He has served in the federal government during the administrations of six presidents. He has previously served as president of Indiana University, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and dean of Stanford Law School. He was also the first president of the Legal Services Corporation in Washington, DC, and the first director of the International Development Cooperation Agency, reporting to President Carter. After his tenure at Indiana University, he was a Distinguished University Scholar at California State University and taught regularly at San Francisco State University. From 2000 to 2010 he was a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is author, co-author, or editor of 14 books including Preparing Undergraduates for Business: Liberal Learning for Professional Education (2011), which won the Ness Prize for the best book of the year on liberal education; Reconnecting Education and Foundations: Turning Good Intentions into Educational Capital (2007); Educating for Democracy: Preparing Undergraduates for Lives of Responsible Political Engagement (2007); and Civic Work, Civic Lessons: Two Generations Reflect on Public Service, with Ernestine Fu (2013). He has been a trustee of Bennett College, of Mills College, and of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School and holds five honorary degrees. He is also member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Graduate School of Education
Administrative Appointments
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Law professor and dean, Stanford Law School (2019 - Present)
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Visiting Professor of Education, Stanford University (2009 - Present)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Board chair, Commission on National and Community Service (1990 - 1994)
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Board member, Corporation for National and Community Service (1994 - 2004)
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Board chair, American Association on Higher Education (1990 - 1994)
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co-founder, American Democracy Project (2003 - Present)
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Board Chair, Campus Compact (1989 - 1995)
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Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994 - Present)
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Board member, National Youth Law Center (2014 - Present)
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Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2019 - Present)
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Trustee, Bennett College (2019 - Present)
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Trustee, University of Pennsylvania (2019 - Present)
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Trustee, Mills College (2019 - Present)
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Senior Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (2000 - 2010)
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Educator, San Francisco State University (2019 - Present)
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Distinguished University Scholar, California State University (2019 - Present)
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Director, International Development Cooperation Agency (2019 - Present)
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President, Legal Services Corporation, Washington, DC (2019 - Present)
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Provost, University of Pennsylvania (2019 - Present)
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President, Indiana University (1987 - 1994)
Professional Education
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Five honorary degrees, .
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law clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, law clerk to Judge Learned Hand
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Latin honors, Harvard Law School, magna cum laude (1959)
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Latin honors, Harvard College, magna cum laude (1956)
Research Interests
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Civic Education
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Higher Education
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Legal Issues
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Lifelong Learning
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
He has just finished a book, written with a Stanford undergraduate as his co-author, about how and why young people should be involved in public service.
2023-24 Courses
- Leadership and Administration in Higher Education
EDUC 386 (Spr) -
Independent Studies (6)
- Directed Reading
EDUC 480 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading in Education
EDUC 180 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Research
EDUC 490 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Research in Education
EDUC 190 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Honors Research
EDUC 140 (Win, Spr) - Supervised Internship
EDUC 380 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Directed Reading
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Prior Year Courses
2022-23 Courses
- Leadership and Administration in Higher Education
EDUC 386 (Spr)
2021-22 Courses
- Leadership and Administration in Higher Education
EDUC 386 (Spr)
2020-21 Courses
- Democracy in Crisis: Learning from the Past
EDUC 122Q, HISTORY 52Q, POLISCI 20Q (Spr) - Leadership and Administration in Higher Education
EDUC 386 (Win)
- Leadership and Administration in Higher Education
All Publications
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The Carnegie Report Looking back and thinking forward
ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO REINVENTING MANAGEMENT EDUCATION
2016: 23-35
View details for Web of Science ID 000444737800002
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No Citizen Left Behind (Book Review)
PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICS
2013; 11 (1): 323-325
View details for DOI 10.1017/S1537592712003805
View details for Web of Science ID 000316277800102
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ORGANIZING GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT FOREIGN-POLICY - CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS - COMMENT
VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW
1975; 61 (4): 785-789
View details for Web of Science ID A1975AL98200004
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MANNERS, MORALS AND LEGAL EDUCATION
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL
1972; 58 (NOV): 1175-1177
View details for Web of Science ID A1972N924600015
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PROGRAMS IN LAW AT UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION
1971; 24 (1): 3-41
View details for Web of Science ID A1971K887600001
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CHANGING STRUCTURE OF EDUCATION AT STANFORD-LAW-SCHOOL
JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION
1970; 22 (3): 452-468
View details for Web of Science ID A1970G577100008
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CYPRUS, WARLIKE ISLE - ORIGINS AND ELEMENTS OF CURRENT CRISIS
STANFORD LAW REVIEW
1966; 18 (5): 1021-1098
View details for Web of Science ID A1966ZD54000002
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PASSPORTS
STANFORD LAW REVIEW
1966; 19 (1): 129-149
View details for Web of Science ID A1966ZD54200003