UNM College of Education Hosts Talk Featuring Educational Expert Robert King

The UNM Col­lege of Edu­ca­tion will host a talk Wednes­day, Jan. 30 fea­tur­ing edu­ca­tional expert Robert King. The talk will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. in the George Pearl Hall Audi­to­rium at the UNM School of Archi­tec­ture & Plan­ning. King’s talk is titled, “Higher Education’s Role in Imple­men­ta­tion of Com­mon Core State Stan­dards in Ken­tucky.” The talk is free and open to all.

In 2009, King became the third pres­i­dent of the Ken­tucky Coun­cil on Post­sec­ondary Edu­ca­tion. He is the for­mer chan­cel­lor of the State Uni­ver­sity of New York, one of the largest com­pre­hen­sive sys­tems of uni­ver­si­ties, col­leges and com­mu­nity col­leges in the world. More recently, he served as pres­i­dent and CEO of the Ari­zona Com­mu­nity Foun­da­tion, a statewide char­i­ta­ble foun­da­tion with a strong focus on edu­ca­tion, eco­nomic devel­op­ment, and sci­en­tific research.

King’s very active in com­mu­nity ser­vice and has vol­un­teered and served on numer­ous boards and orga­ni­za­tions. He served nine years on the White House Com­mis­sion on Pres­i­den­tial Schol­ars; the Edu­ca­tion Com­mit­tee of the U.S. National Com­mis­sion for the United Nations Edu­ca­tional, Sci­en­tific, and Cul­tural Orga­ni­za­tion (UNESCO); and as an advi­sor to the Mid­dle State Com­mis­sion on Higher Edu­ca­tion regard­ing reau­tho­riza­tion of the Higher Edu­ca­tion Act in Congress.

King received a Bach­e­lor of Arts from Trin­ity Col­lege in Hart­ford, Conn. in 1968 and a Juris Doc­tor in 1971 from the Van­der­bilt Uni­ver­sity School of Law in 1971.