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Ellen Chaffee
President
Mayville State University, Valley City State University

Since 1993, Ellen Earle Chaffee has been president of both Mayville State University and Valley City State University, a unique partnership of two North Dakota institutions that won the 1996 Administrative Leadership award from the American Association of University Administrators. The Universities were among the first dozen in the nation to provide notebook computers to all students as a tool for major changes in teaching and learning. The Universities have been featured in three national studies of instructional innovation, won two national awards, and received several highly competitive federal and foundation grants.

Chaffee has written five books and many articles on strategic management, quality, and leadership. She was national president of two major higher education associations (the Association for Institutional Research and the Association for the Study of Higher Education) and served nine years on the national accrediting board for pharmacy education. Her previous positions were in student affairs, equal opportunity, research, and state system academic affairs. She earned a PhD in higher education administration and policy analysis at Stanford University.

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