My research interests focus on the following areas:
- Economics and Finance of Education
- Education Law
- Higher Education Administration
- International and Comparative Education Policy
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College of Education
Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
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Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
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Research Biography
Degrees
- Diploma, Educational Studies (with distinction) Two dissertations, Oxford University, Pembroke College, 1977
- Ed.D., Educational Administration, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1965
- B.A., English and History, Centre College of Kentucky, 1961
Key Professional Appointments
- Excellence Professor, Department of Educational and Organizational Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002--
- Interim President, Murray State University, Murray, KY, 2006-2006
- President, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, 1994-2001
- University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1988-1994
- President, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1985-1988
- Education Policy and Budget Coordinator, State of Florida, Office of the Governor, Governor D. Robert Graham, 1982-1985
- Professor, Department of Educational Administration, College of Education, University of Florida, 1968-1985
- Director, Institute for Educational Finance, University of Florida, 1972-1982
- Associate Director, then Director, National Educational Finance Project, 1968-1974
- Chief, Financial Practices Section, Washington D.C., Office of Construction, US Office of Education, 1966-1968
Activities & Honors
- Samuel I. Hicks Executive-in-Residence, Athens, Ohio University, 2008-2009
- Consultant, Missouri School Finance Litigation, Education Finance Litigation, State of Missouri, 2006-2008
- Distinguished Service Award, Kentucky School Superintendents' Association, 2006
- Consultant, Council for Better Education, Inc., Kentucky, 2004-2006
- Consultant, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs Law Firm, Kentucky Court Case, Young v. Williams, 2004-2006
- Consultant, Miami-Dade Public School System, 2004
- Editor, University of Illinois Press, Journal of Education Finance, 2002- present
- Co-Coordinator by contract, The Edwin J. O’Leary Endowment in Financial Management, O'Leary Endowment, 2002- present
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, School of Education, Indiana University, 1999
Selected Publications
- Alexander, K., & Alexander, K. (2011). Higher education law: Policy and perspectives. Routledge: Taylor-Francis Group. More about this publication...
- Alexander, Kern, with Alexander, M. David, American Public School Law, 8th ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2011) 1135 pages More about this publication...
- Alexander, Kern, with Alexander, M. David, The Law of Schools, Students and Teachers in a Nutshell, 4th edition, (St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Company, 2009) 589 pages More about this publication...
- Alexander, Kern (ed.), Education and Economic Growth: Investment and Distribution of Financial Resources. (Yarnton Oxon., United Kingdom: Linton Atlantic Books, Ltd., 2008) 307 pages More about this publication...
- Alexander, Kern with Richard G. Salmon. Public School Finance. (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1995) 383 pages More about this publication...