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Meg Benke, provost, executive vice president for academic affairs, SUNY Empire State College.
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Meg Benke has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at SUNY Empire State College.
\nBenke, of Saratoga Springs, first joined the college in 1991, and previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs, 2011-12, as a member of the faculty and a department chair with the college\u2019s School for Graduate Studies. Most recently she has been serving as provost on an interim basis.
\nShe is nationally and internationally recognized for her expertise in individualized learning, educating adult students, online learning, and as an award-winning scholar.
\nBenke held several leadership positions with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an accrediting organization that assures academic quality and integrity in higher education.
\nHer state service includes participation with the Board of Regents Advisory Council, the Department of Education, and the SUNY system, in programmatic quality assurance, online learning, and other initiatives.
\n\u201cDr. Meg Benke is a national expert and leader in individualized learning, adult education, prior learning assessment, and online learning,\u201d said SUNY Empire State College President Jim Malatras. \u201cMeg\u2019s continuing leadership on a permanent basis assures the college\u2019s students of the high-quality education \u2013 online, face-to-face at one of our campuses across the state and in seven countries, or a combination of both \u2013 they have come to expect and deserve. At the same time, Meg will support the college\u2019s world-class faculty and staff and the vital academic mission of SUNY Empire.\u201d
\nAnastasia Pratt, chair of the Empire State College Senate, which, together with the College Assembly, engages with the college administration in shared governance, said Benke\u2019s \u201cexperience, history of success, and dedication to our mission, provides us with the leadership we need to continue our forward momentum in improving the excellent education we provide to our students.\u201d
\n\u201cEducating adults, who comprise the majority of students enrolled in higher education nationally, is a passion I can best pursue with my colleagues at SUNY Empire,\u201d said Benke. \u201cI am grateful for the opportunity to be of continuing service to SUNY Empire State College. I look forward to working with Jim Malatras, my colleagues in the Office of Academic Affairs and the faculty and, most importantly, the students as we work to improve the education we provide them each and every day.\u201d
\nAs SUNY Empire\u2019s vice president for academic affairs and provost, Benke oversees all facets of the academic enterprise of SUNY Empire, including more than 500 faculty and an annual budget of $42 million.
\nHer national and international awards and recognition include:
\n\u2022 Recipient of the Noflett Williams Service Award from the National University Technology Network.
\n\u2022 Induction into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame.
\n\u2022 Named to the inaugural class of Sloan-C Fellows, now known as the Online Learning Consortium.
\n\u2022 Most Outstanding Achievement in Online Learning by an Individual, Sloan-C.
\n\u2022 Benke\u2019s leadership roles as a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education include serving as: corporate secretary to the commission; membership on the executive committee; chair of the committee on substantive change and commissioner.
\nA native of Pennsylvania, Benke holds a doctorate in Student Personnel, Higher Education, and a master\u2019s in Student Personnel, both from Ohio University. She completed a bachelor\u2019s in Business Administration from Youngstown State University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meg Benke has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at SUNY Empire State College. 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