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Edited: May 31, 2006 EARLHAM'S BENNETT NAMED PRESIDENT; CLEVELAND -- Douglas C. Bennett, president of Earlham College, has been elected to a two-year term as president of the North Coast Athletic Conference, effective July 1, 2006. Bennett, who had served as the NCAC's vice president the past two years, was chosen to succeed Dale Knobel, president of Denison University. Nancy S. Dye, president of Oberlin College, was elected vice president. Dennis M. Collins remains Executive Director of the conference for the 23rd consecutive year.
He has a B.A. from Haverford College, and M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University. From 1973 to 1989 he was a member of the Political Science Department at Temple University in Philadelphia. His scholarly publications include many articles on topics in public policy and in higher education. He is a member of the board of the National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities (NAICU), the American Council on Education's Commission on Government and Public Affairs, and the National Advisory Board of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). He has also served on the board of the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago and the editorial board for Liberal Education. From 1988 to 2000 he served on the Board of Managers of Haverford College. He is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Dye was educated at Vassar College, where she earned a baccalaureate degree in 1969, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in history. As a historian of modern United States history, Dye has focused her research on the history of American women and workers. She is the author of two books, As Equals and As Sisters: Feminism, Trade Unionism and the New York Women's Trade Union League, and with Nora Lee Frankel, Gender, Race and Class in the Progressive Era. She has also authored numerous articles, reviews, and essays, and has served on the editorial board of The Journal of American History. Founded in 1983, the North Coast Athletic Conference consists of 10 academically selective colleges and universities - Allegheny College, Denison University, Earlham College, Hiram College, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Wabash College, Wittenberg University and the College of Wooster. The NCAC sponsors 22 championship sports, 11 for men and 11 for women. |
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Bennett has been President and Professor of Politics at Earlham since July, 1997. From 1994 to 1997 he was Vice President and chief operating officer of the American Council of Learned Societies in New York City. ACLS is a confederation of learned societies in the humanities and social sciences which serves purposes of scholarship and teaching in higher education. From 1989 to 1993 he was the Vice President and Provost at Reed College, in Portland, Oregon. Growing out of his work at Reed, he helped create the Portland Area Library System (Portals), a consortium of scholarly libraries collectively making use of digital network technology to extend and enhance their services. During 1993-94 he served as the first Executive Director of Portals. 
Dye became the 13th president of Oberlin College in 1994. She has been a Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, where she served on the faculty and as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Before coming to Oberlin, she was Dean of the Faculty and Professor of History, as well as Acting President, at Vassar College. Currently, she serves on the boards of the Great Lakes Colleges Association, IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board) and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Pomona College. She has also served on the boards of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the American Council of Education, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the KnowledgeWorks Foundation.