Edward P. St. John Awarded for Work
In late 2004, the Regents of the University of Michigan named four Collegiate Professorships in Education. A named chair or professorship is a unique way that the University honors both its historical figures and its current distinguished faculty. The regents honored Edward St. John as one of the first holders of these professorships.
Algo D. Henderson Collegiate Professorship in Education (Edward P. St. John)
Dr. Algo D. Henderson was a Professor of Higher Education at the
University of Michigan from 1950
until 1967. During this time, he
created the first doctoral program
in higher education administration
in the United States and was the
founding Director of what is now the
Center for the Study of Higher and
Postsecondary Education. Prior to
his tenure at UM, he served as the
President of Antioch College, and
as associate director of a New York
planning commission that led to the
foundation of New York’s public community colleges and the establishment of the State University of New
York. He also served as a member of
President Truman’s Commission on
Higher Education that resulted in an
expanded role for higher education
in the United States.
Edward P. St. John’s research focuses on the impact of public finance and educational policies on education opportunity in both K-12 and higher education. A recent study by Dr. St. John, “Expanding College Access,” systematically analyzes the association between state finance strategies and college access outcomes.
Dr. St. John’s recent books include Refinancing the College Dream: Access, Equal Opportunity and Justice for Taxpayers (John Hopkins, 2003) and (co-edited with Michael Parsons) Public Funding of Higher Education: Changing Contexts and New Rationales (John Hopkins, 2004). In 2004, Dr. St. John was named series editor for Reading of Equal Education and edited a volume of the annual, Public Policy and College Access: Investigating the Federal and State Roles in Equalizing Postsecondary Opportunity (AMS Press, 2004). He has received Robert P. Huff Golden Quill Award from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and the Leadership Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education. He re-ceived his Ed. D. from Harvard University in 1978.
This profile appeared in the Spring 2005 edition of Innovator
