Biography

Roger Benjamin is President of the New York based CAE, home of the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA). He was a senior research scientist at RAND from 1990 to 2005 (director of RAND Education from 1994-1999). Previous to his appointment to RAND, he was a member of the political science department of the University of Minnesota from 1966 to 1983 and associate dean and executive officer, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota from 1980 to 1983, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost at the University of Pittsburgh from 1983 to 1986, and vice president for academic affairs and provost, University of Minnesota from 1986 to 1988 and professor of political science from 1988 to 1990. Dr. Benjamin is the author or co-author of numerous monographs and articles on institutional design related questions in public policy. In education policy his work includes a number of articles and monographs on governance, assessment, and strategic planning. He directs a program designed to introduce performance assessment into education throughout the K-16 system in America and now the 31 member countries of the OECD (Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development) and beyond.