President Morton Schapiro
10
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
MORTON SCHAPIRO
Morton Schapiro was
named the 16th president
of Northwestern University
on December 16, 2008,
and he began his term on
September 1, 2009. He is a
Professor of Economics in
Northwestern's Judd A. and
Marjorie Weinberg College
of Arts and Sciences and
also holds appointments
in Northwestern's Kellogg
School of Management
and School of Education
and Social Policy.
President Schapiro is among the nation's leading authorities
on the economics of higher education, with particular
expertise in the area of college financing and affordability
and on trends in educational costs and student aid. He
has testified before U.S. Senate and House committees
on economic and educational issues and is widely quoted
in the national media on those issues. In 2010, President
Schapiro was elected as a fellow of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most
prestigious honorary societies.
President Schapiro previously was president of Williams
College from 2000 to 2009. Earlier he had served as a
member of the Williams College faculty from 1980 to 1991,
as Professor of Economics and as Assistant Provost. In 1991
he went to the University of Southern California where
he served as Chair of the Department of Economics until
1994 and then as Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences until 2000. During his last two years as Dean, he
also served as the University's Vice President for Planning.
President Schapiro has written more than 100 articles and
written or edited nine books, most with his longtime co-
author Michael McPherson. These include: The Student Aid
Game: Meeting Need and Rewarding Talent in American
Higher Education (Princeton University Press 1998); Paying
the Piper: Productivity, Incentives and Financing in Higher
