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Adelphi President Elected Chair of New York Higher Education Organization
President Christine M. Riordan has been elected chair of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) in New York. Dr. Riordan joined the organization’s board of trustees in 2018 and became a member of its executive committee in 2019. She was named vice-chair last year and will now fill a two-year term as chair, effective February 25, 2020.
Founded in 1956, CICU represents the chief executives of New York’s 100-plus private, not-for-profit colleges and universities on issues of public policy. Member colleges compose the largest private sector of higher education in the world and confer 50 percent of bachelor’s degrees, 73 percent of master’s degrees and 79 percent of doctoral and first-professional degrees earned in New York state.
President Riordan succeeds past chair Father Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham University.
“It is a privilege to have been selected by my peers to serve as the next chair of CICU’s board of trustees,” President Riordan told the CICU board. “I’m proud to continue the important work of CICU to advance quality higher education and to champion the vital contributions that New York’s independent colleges and universities make to our entire state. I’m looking forward to the inspiring work ahead and want to thank Father McShane for his leadership and years of service to the organization.”
About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university with a personalized approach to higher learning
Adelphi University, New York, is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students’ lives through small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi is one of just four companies and the only university on Long Island to be named among America’s Best Employers by State for 2023 by Forbes.
A surge in 2024 rankings by U.S. News & World Report—up 19 spots as a Best College, up 85 spots for Social Mobility and up 35 spots as a Best Value College—supports Adelphi’s rising reputation. Adelphi serves more than 7,400 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York—just 23 miles from New York City’s cultural and internship opportunities—and at dynamic learning hubs in Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.
More than 119,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities and the world.
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