Section Links

• Research Biography
• Degrees
• Key Professional Appointments
• Activities & Honors
• Selected Publications

Research Biography

Degrees

• Diploma, Educational Studies (with distinction) Two dissertations, Oxford University, Pembroke College, 1977
• Ed.D., Educational Administration, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1965
• B.A., English and History, Centre College of Kentucky, 1961

Key Professional Appointments

• Professor, Department of Educational and Organizational Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001--
• President, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, 1994-2001
• University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1988-1994
• President, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1985-1988
• Education Policy and Budget Coordinator, State of Florida, Office of the Governor, Governor D. Robert Graham, 1982-1985
• Professor, Department of Educational Administration, College of Education, University of Florida, 1968-1985
• Director, Institute for Educational Finance, University of Florida, 1972-1982
• Associate Director, then Director, National Educational Finance Project, 1968-1974
• Chief, Financial Practices Section, Washington D.C., Office of Construction, US Office of Education, 1967-1968

Activities & Honors

• Hicks Executive-In-Residence, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools Honoree, Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools, 2007-2008
• Chair, Human Subjects Review Committee, 2007-2008
• Board of Advisors, Teachers College, Columbia University, National Access Network, 2006- present
• Expert Testimony, Education Finance Litigation, State of Missouri, 2006-2007
• Distinguished Service Award, Kentucky School Superintendents' Association, 2006
• Committee Member, Faculty Senate Committee, 2004- present
• Consultant, Husch & Eppenberger Law Firm, State of Missouri, 2004-2007
• Consultant, Council for Better Education, Inc., Kentucky, 2004-2006
• Consultant, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs Law Firm, Kentucky Court Case, Young v. Williams, 2004-2006
• Consultant, Miami-Dade Public School System, 2004
• Co-ordinator, The Edwin J. O’Leary Endowment in Financial Management, O'Leary Endowment, 2002- present
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, School of Education, Indiana University, 1999
• Editor, University of Illinois Press, Journal of Education Finance, 1995- present
• Standing advisor and consultant, Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of school funding, 1991- present
• Member, Board of Directors, American Education Finance Association, 1974- present

Selected Publications

• Alexander, Kern (with D. Alexander.) (2008). American Public School Law, Seventh Edition, 21 Chapters. Wadsworth/West, Cengage, 1100 pages
• Alexander, K., & Salmon, R. (2007). Warranting failure: The 'System' that breeds poverty and starves public schools. Journal of Education Finance, 33(2), 203-220.
• Alexander, K. (2006). Public funding of religious schools; Justice Clarence Thomas' 'Bigotry Thesis' and James G. Blaine. Forum on Public Policy, 2(4), 1-21.
• Alexander, K., & Wall, A. (2006). Adequate funding of education programs for at-risk children: An econometric application of research-based cost differentials, Journal of Education Finance, 31(3), 297-319.
• Alexander, K., & Alexander, M. D. (2005). American public school law (6th ed.). St. Paul, MN: West/Wadsworth.