Chancellor’s Professor, Emeritus, Public Affairs, Philanthropic Studies, English
IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties, 1988 – 2006
During his time at IUPUI (now IU Indianapolis), William M. Plater led campus efforts to improve undergraduate retention, enhance the effective use of technology, develop IUPUI as a model for civic engagement, and increase research productivity as a part of the campus vision to become a leading urban research university. Administrators and faculty from across the country come regularly to IU Indianapolis (formerly IUPUI) to learn about its innovative programs in undergraduate education which Dr. Plater was instrumental in designing and developing.
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