Elizabeth Hoffman (professor)
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Elizabeth (Betsy) Hoffman is executive vice president and provost at Iowa State University. Hoffman was named to this position in September 2006.[1]
Hoffman is the former president of the University of Colorado System, a position to which she was appointed on September 1, 2000. Hoffman has a doctoral degree in economics from CalTech and another in history from the University of Pennsylvania.[2] She was a professor prior to moving into academic administration. Several months after assuming the CU presidency, Hoffman helped to obtain one of the largest gifts ever to an American public university, a $250 million grant to establish the CU Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities.
In May 2001, Hoffman launched "CU Vision 2010", a strategic road map for the university. She since has become known for her efforts to create a "University Without Walls" at CU and for the rapid growth of the University's medical education and biotech research center in Aurora, Colo.
Hoffman's presidency was marred by controversies.[3] On March 7, 2005, Hoffman, "announced her resignation... amid a football recruiting scandal and an uproar over a professor who compared Sept. 11 victims to a notorious Nazi".[4]
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