William G. Tierney

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William G. Tierney is an American scholar of higher education. He earned a master’s degree from Harvard University and holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University in administration and policy analysis. He has had Fulbright Fellowships Scholarships to Latin America and Australia. He also was Scholar-in-Residence at Universiti Sains Malaysia. Tierney served as president of the (ASHE) from 2001-2002 and as president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) from 2012-2013. He is currently University Professor, Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education and Co-Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California.

Tierney is the author of a self-published academic novel, Academic Affairs: A Love Story.^[1]

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