James T Harris III

Dr. James T. Harris III is the ninth President of Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania. [cite web
url = http://www3.widener.edu/SiteData/docs/JTH_BIO--02SEPT04/237411f6b1e98efccfde6a1792dd4a04.pdf
title = James Thomas Harris III, D.Ed. President and Professor of Education
accessdate = 2007-12-15 | date = 2004-09-02
format = PDF | publisher = Widener University] Previously, he was President of Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio for eight years where he was named one of the top fifty character-building presidents in the United States by the John Templeton Foundation. [cite web
url = http://www3.widener.edu/Administration/Office_of_the_President/About_the_President_/2186/
title = About the President
accessdate = 2007-12-15 | year = 2007 | month = August
work = Administration web site | publisher = Widener University] Harris was also Vice President at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio. Harris started his career teaching social science at the Toledo Central Catholic High School.

Dr. Harris received his D.Ed. from Pennsylvania State University in 1988 and was recognized in 2003 through receipt of an Alumni Fellow Award. [cite web
url = http://www.ed.psu.edu/news/harris.asp
title = A Life of Service Through Leadership: Alumni Fellow James T. Harris III
accessdate = 2007-12-15 | year = 2003 | month = November
author = Jeff Deitrich | work = Connections (Feature Story) | publisher = Penn State College of Education] [cite web
url = http://www.alumni.psu.edu/awards/individual/fell_rec2001.htm
title = Alumni Fellow Award Recipients: 2001-2010
accessdate = 2007-12-15 | date = 2007-11-13
work = Individual Awards | publisher = Penn State Alumni Association] He has also received recognition from Edinboro University and the University of Toledo College of Education.Fact|date=December 2007

Dr. Harris is nationally recognized for his work in civic engagement. He serves on the board of The National Campus Compact, the NCAA Division III President's Council and the Executive Committee of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. He is married to the former Mary Catherine Kurdila and they have two sons; Zachary and Braden.He also has been listed among the most highly compensated of university administrators in the Philadelphia region, appearing ninth in a 2005–2006 list of private university presidents.2005–2006 compensation listed as $385,958 — cite news
author = Kathy Boccella
title = College presidents work in halls of higher earning | url = http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/11191957.html
work = Local | publisher = The Philadelphia Inquirer (philly.com)
date = 2007-11-12 | accessdate = 2007-12-15]

Bibliography

2005
* cite journal
author = James T. Harris III
date = 2005-01-13 | accessdate = 2007-12-15
title = Higher Education, College Rankings and Access for Lower-Income Students
journal = Black Issues in Higher Education | volume = 21 | issue = 24 | pages = 106
id = EJ709779 (ERIC)
url = http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ709779&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ709779
format = Abstract | laysource = Education Resources Information Center

2003
* cite journal
last = Harris III | first = James T. | coauthors = Ira Harkavy
year = 2003 | month = July—August | accessdate = 2007-12-15
title = Colleges, Universities and Communities Advancing Social and Economic Justice
journal = Journal of Poverty Law and Policy | publisher=Democracy Collaborative (community-wealth.org)
pages = 149–153
url = http://www.community-wealth.org/_pdfs/articles-publications/universities/article-harris.pdf | format = PDF

2002
* cite journal
author = James T. Harris III
date = 2002-11-15 | accessdate = 2007-12-15
title = Putting Up the President
journal = The Chronicle of Higher Education
volume = 49 | issue = 12 | publisher = The Chronicle of Higher Education
url = http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i12/12b01501.htm | format = Abstract "Note: Premium article requiring payment for full-text access"

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