Herman A. Berliner
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Dr. Herman A. Berliner is the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of Hofstra University. He became provost at Hofstra University in 1990 after having served as the acting provost. At Hofstra the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs is second in command to the president of the university. Dr. Berliner has oversight responsibilities for all the Colleges, Schools and academic programs of the University, as well as the Hofstra Libraries, The Hofstra Cultural Center , the Hofstra Museum, and the Saltzman Community Services Center. He also has served as the chair of the Hofstra negotiating team in collective bargaining with faculty.
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[edit] Beginnings
Dr. Berliner joined Hofstra University in 1970 as an assistant professor of economics after having earned a Ph.D. in economics from the City University of New York Graduate School. He was awarded tenure in 1975, promoted to associate professor in 1978 and to professor in 1985. As a faculty member, Dr. Berliner taught economics courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and served on a number of doctoral dissertation committees for the School of Education and Allied Human Services.
[edit] Posts Held
Dr. Berliner has served in a number of administrative positions, including interim dean and dean of the School of Business (1980-1982 and 1983-1989), associate provost and associate dean of faculties (1978-1983), acting dean of the School of Education (1983-1984), associate dean of University Advisement (1975-1976) and assistant provost (1976-1977). As dean of the School of Business, he helped establish the Business Research Institute, the Dean's Advisory Board, the Hofstra Business Review, In Business, and the Study Abroad Program at Erasmus University in Amsterdam (since defunct). While in the provost's office and prior to becoming provost, Dr. Berliner contributed to the establishment of the university's mandatory Course and Teacher Evaluation Program, the Honors Program, the Peer Teaching Program and the University Tutorial Program.
[edit] Establishments
Provost Berliner played a vital role in the establishment of the School of Communication and the School for University Studies, the first new Schools established at the university since 1970.
[edit] Conferences
Dr. Berliner also directed or co-directed four major scholarly conferences at Hofstra, including Hofstra University's 50th Anniversary Celebration, a convocation and conference on "Higher Education Today and Tomorrow", "The Evolution of Education in Collegiate Schools of Business: Past, Present and Future" and conferences on "Chocolate: Food of the Gods," and "Money: Lure, Lore and Liquidity."
[edit] Speciality
Dr. Berliner's areas of specialty as an economist include the economics of higher education, and he is presently a TIAA/CREF Fellow and he has served as an associate editor of The American Economist.
[edit] References
http://www.hofstra.edu/About/Administration/admin_svp.html#berliner
