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Honors & Awards


Distinguished alumna award, George Washington University School of Public Policy and Public Administration, May 2007.

Member of the New Century Scholars program, an international research collaborative of 30 scholars from 20 countries studying higher education in the 21st century; individual research project examining “World Class Universities: China as a Case Study,” September 2005-October 2006.

Honorary Doctor of Laws, Grinnell College, 2005; Colorado College, 2002.

Fulbright Fellowships to Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002-2003; Japan and South Korea, 1992.

Joseph Katz award for contributions to liberal education, Association for General and Liberal Studies, 1991.

National Endowment for the Humanities research grant, Adult Students and the Humanities: An Analysis of New Data, 1983.

Grinnell College Alumni Association distinguished alumna award, 1977.

Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1967-68.

Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, 1967.