Stanford Dean Claude Steele Selected as UC Berkeley Provost - Higher Education

Stanford Dean Claude Steele Selected as UC Berkeley Provost - Higher Education: Claude Steele, a preeminent scholar of social psychology and dean of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, has been selected to serve as the next executive vice chancellor and provost of the University of California, Berkeley. His appointment is contingent on the approval of the Regents of the University of California, which will vote on the appointment and terms of employment at its next meeting this month.

If approved, Steele is expected to assume the position on March 31. He will succeed retiring Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George W. Breslauer, who has served in that role since 2006.

As executive vice chancellor and provost, Steele will serve as the chief academic officer for UC Berkeley’s 14 schools and colleges. Working closely with the Faculty Senate and student leaders, Steele will have leadership responsibility for all academic programs, faculty recruitment and retention and undergraduate and graduate education.