Dear colleagues:
It’s my pleasure to announce that Jason E. Lane will join my office as a special advisor, effective today. In an agreement with the National Association of System Heads (NASH), he also will serve as the inaugural president of that organization.
Lane also will have a 0% appointment with the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
A Fulbright New Century Scholar, Lane brings extensive experience collaborating with higher education systems globally. He has worked and consulted in more than 30 countries, advising both the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and UNESCO on higher education’s role in supporting economic development and quality of life. He was a member of the board of SUNY Korea and serves on the International Advisory Board for the Swedish Foundation for International Collaboration in Research and Higher Education.
Lane developed NASH’s System Leadership Academy, directed the Systems Center, and co-led a seven-year project to support a national network of 21 systems to implement evidence-based practices to improve student success. As a senior fellow, he helped guide NASH through the pandemic and launch a yearlong strategic planning process to guide the future of NASH. Recently, he directed a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-supported study on the role of systems in facilitating, accelerating and sustaining transformation efforts.
Most recently the dean of the College of Education, Health, and Society at Miami University, Lane previously served as vice provost and senior associate vice chancellor for the State University of New York (SUNY) system, having led several of the system’s academic, research and economic development initiatives.
While at the University at Albany, SUNY, he served as a professor, department chair and dean. He also directs the AGB Institute for Leadership and Governance, a professional development program for aspiring college presidents, and chairs the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) board of directors.
Lane’s vast experience and insights will prove invaluable as the University of Illinois System continues to innovate and collaborate for the benefit of our students, our faculty and staff, and the state as a whole.
Tim Killeen
President
