One of Humankind's Great Inventions, the Research University (September 2012)

Jacob Adams

Professor of Education

Ph.D., Education, Administration and Policy Analysis, Stanford University
M.A., Public Policy Studies, Claremont Graduate School
B.A., Political Studies, Pitzer College

Biography

Jacob Adams joined the School of Educational Studies as professor in 2006 and was appointed Executive Vice President and Provost of Claremont Graduate University in July 2011. His research and teaching focuses on the policy context of K-12 education, with particular attention to ways in which governance and finance policies and implementation practices influence school capacity. He served as principal investigator of the School Finance Redesign Project, which explored ways in which K-12 education finance can be redesigned to better support student performance, and as chair of the National Working Group on Funding Student Learning. Professor Adams is the editor of Smart Money: Using Educational Resources to Accomplish Ambitious Learning Goals (Harvard Education Press, 2010) and the author of Taking Charge of Curriculum: Teacher Networks and Policy Implementation (Teachers College Press, 2000). He serves currently on the editorial board of Educational Researcher. Before joining the CGU faculty, Adams was a research associate professor in the University of Washington’s Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs and an associate professor of education and public policy at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, where he also served as director of the graduate program in educational policy and chair of the Peabody College Faculty Council.

Professor Adams has served in numerous policy and advising roles. From early involvement as staff to the Committee on Ways & Means in the U.S. House of Representatives, field organizer for Common Cause, and campaign and administrative staff to California’s former state superintendent, Bill Honig, Adams became the first associate director of Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), a research center at the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University. He chaired the boards of directors of the Kentucky Institute for Education Research and Abintra Montessori School (Nashville), and he served on the national advisory boards for Standard & Poor’s School Evaluation Services and the National Governors Association’s Redesigning the American High School Initiative. Professor Adams has been a consultant to the National Commission on Governing America’s Schools, the National Forum on Accountability, National Research Council, and National Education Association.

Email:  jacob.adams@cgu.edu

Curriculum Vitae