Thomas Ehrlich
Staff Information
- Role
- Senior Scholar
- Bio
Thomas Ehrlich is a senior scholar and co-directs the Political Engagement Project, the Project on Foundations and Education, and the Business, Entrepreneurship, and Liberal Learning project. He has previously served as president of Indiana University, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and dean of Stanford Law School. He was also the first president of the Legal Services Corporation in Washington, DC, and the first director of the International Development Cooperation Agency, reporting to President Carter. Before coming to the Carnegie Foundation, he was a Distinguished University Scholar at California State University and taught regularly at San Francisco State University. He is author, co-author, or editor of 12 books, including Higher Education and Civic Responsibility (2000), Educating Citizens: Preparing America’s Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic Responsibility (2003), Reconnecting Education and Foundations: Turning Good Intentions into Educational Capital (2007), and Educating for Democracy: Preparing Undergraduates for Responsible Political Engagement (2007). He is a trustee of Mills College, and has been a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and Bennett College. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School and holds five honorary degrees.
- Address
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 51 Vista Lane Stanford, CA 94305
- Work Phone
- 650.566.5137
- Work Email
- ehrlich@carnegiefoundation.org
Related content
- Publication
- Educating for Democracy: Preparing Undergraduates for Responsible Political Engagement
- Book Highlights from Educating for Democracy: Preparation Undergraduates for Responsible Political Engagement
- Educating Citizens: Preparing America’s Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic Responsibility
- Civic Responsibility and Higher Education
- "Civic Engagement," in Measuring Up 2000: The State-by-State Report Card for Higher Education.
- Document Supplement for Educating for Democracy: Preparation Undergraduates for Responsible Political Engagement
- Reconnecting Education and Foundations: Turning Good Intentions into Educational Capital
- Higher Education: Civic Mission & Civic Effects




