Biography
In his service as dean of the College of Education and Human Development at 51动漫 from 2013 to 2022, Dr. Anderson continued and strengthened the college鈥檚 already strong collaboration with the School District of Philadelphia and surrounding districts. Under his leadership, the college appointed new faculty who have contributed to a substantial increase in externally funded research expenditure, rankings, and the college鈥檚 expanded research profile. Dr. Anderson has advanced the college鈥檚 prominence as a national center of excellence in research and teaching.
Before joining 51动漫, Dr. Anderson served as the dean of Denver鈥檚 Morgridge College of Education between 2009 and 2013. Prior to taking his first of two deanships before the age of 50, Anderson was an associate professor of higher and postsecondary education at Columbia University鈥檚 Teachers College. In 2006, he was granted an extended leave from Teachers College to become the higher education policy officer in educational opportunity and scholarship programs at the Ford Foundation in New York with annual programmatic budget of approximately $20 million.
Dr. Anderson serves on numerous national and regional boards, including the Deans for Impact, A Running Start Philadelphia, and the University of North Carolina (UNC) Educator Quality Dashboard External Advisory Committee (EAC). In 2023, Anderson became of the inaugural board chair Heights, one of the largest non-profit educational organizations in Philadelphia, featuring an endowment of over $30 million and offering both K-12 and college access and workforce development programming in the city with a focus on BIPOC and first-generation students.
Dr. Anderson has a PhD in Sociology.
Research Interests
- Equity
- Race
- Sociology
Courses Taught
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Number |
Name |
Level |
|---|---|---|
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HIED 5102 |
Administration of Higher Education |
Graduate |
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HIED 5202 |
The Costs of College |
Graduate |
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HIED 8101 |
Advanced Seminar on Higher Education Administration |
Graduate |
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HIED 8102 |
Higher Education Economics and Finance |
Graduate |
Selected Publications
Featured
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Anderson, G.M. (2002). Building a People's University in South Africa Race, Compensatory Education, and the Limits of Democratic Reform. New York: Peter Lang Pub Incorporated.