Guilbert C. Hentschke Richard T. Cooper and Mary Catherine Cooper Chair in Public School Administration Director, Dual Degree MBA/Ed.D Program Rossier School of Education University of Southern California

Guilbert Hentschke is the Richard T. Cooper and Mary Catherine Cooper Chair in Public School Administration at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education, where he served as dean from 1998 to 2000. Currently he directs programs in the business of education, teaches courses in the economics of education and accountability in the University’s Ed.D. program, and serves as senior advisor to the National Resource Center for Charter School Finance and Governance.

An author and co-author of numerous books, chapters, and articles on the finance and governance of public, non-profit, and for-profit education organizations, his most recent publications include: New Players, Different Game: Understanding the Rise of For-Profit Colleges and Universities; Innovation in a Context of Tradition: Dilemmas for American Universities;   The Business of Education: Social Purposes, Market Forces and the Changing Organisation of Schools;   Characteristics of Growth in the Education Industry: Illustrations from U.S. Education Businesses;   Adventures of Charter School Creators: Leading from the Ground Up;   Public/Private Partnerships in Education ~ insights from the field; and   Philanthropic Strategies for School Reform: An Analysis of Foundation Choices in Education Policy

Hentschke currently serves on the boards of directors of several education-oriented organizations, including the Education Industry Foundation, California [teachers] Credit Union, Excellent Education Development, The National Center on Education and the Economy, and WestEd Regional Educational Laboratory, and Giraffe Charter Schools.

Prior to his tenure at USC, Hentschke served in administrative and faculty positions at the University of Rochester, Columbia University, the Chicago Public Schools, and the East Side Union High School District (CA). He earned his bachelor’s degree in history and economics at Princeton University and his masters and doctorate in education and business at Stanford University.

E-mail: ghentsch@usc.edu