Karen Schuster Webb is an American academic administrator who served as the sixth and final president of the Union Institute & University from 2018 until its closure in 2024. She was president of Antioch University Midwest from 2014 to 2016.
Karen Schuster Webb | |
|---|---|
| 6th President of Union Institute & University | |
| In office July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karen Schuster |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Indiana University Bloomington |
Life
editWebb was born to Corinne Perryman and Louis H. Schuster, II.[1] She earned a B.A. in Spanish, a M.S. in education, and a Ph.D. in English education and second language studies from the Indiana University Bloomington.[2] Webb's 1980 dissertation at the Indiana University School of Education was titled, A Study of Cognitive Processing Strategies for the Encoding of English Idioms into Long-Term Memory: A Study of Native, Advanced Nonnative, and Low Intermediate Nonnative Speakers of English.[1] Harry L. Gradman was her doctoral advisor.[1]
Webb worked at Howard University, Indiana University Bloomington, and Coppin State University.[3][4] From 1992 to 1998, she was the program director for language education programs at the University of Kentucky.[4] She cofounded and co-directed its center for the study of academy achievement in learning environments from 1994 to 1998.[4] From 1998 to 2000, Webb was dean of the college of education at Southern University.[4] Webb was an associate provost for community engagement and was the founding dean of the Shirley M. Hufstedler School of Education at the Alliant International University.[2] In 2014, Webb became the fourth president of Antioch University Midwest and senior advisor for academic innovation do the chancellor of Antioch University.[5][6] Her position as a campus president was terminated in 2016.[7]
On July 1, 2018, Webb became the sixth president of the Union Institute & University.[5] In October 2023, fifty doctoral students at Union signed a letter saying that she should resign as president “due to her creation of and subsequent failure to address the financial crisis, as well as her lack of transparency and empathy.”[8] Facing serious financial challenges, Union closed permanently on June 30, 2024.
Webb married Wallace H. Webb, II.[1] She has two children.[2] She resided in Milford, Ohio before purchasing a home in Bloomington, Indiana in December 2022.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Webb, Karen Schuster (1980). A Study of Cognitive Processing Strategies for the Encoding of English Idioms into Long-Term Memory: A Study of Native, Advanced Nonnative, and Low Intermediate Nonnative Speakers of English (Ph.D. thesis). Indiana University. OCLC 7025925.
- ^ a b c "Karen Schuster Webb: University Honors and Awards: Indiana University". University Honors & Awards. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "Dr. Karen Schuster Webb". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ a b c d "Leadership & Offices - Union Institute & University". 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ a b Elfman, Lois (2018-02-22). "Veteran Educator Tapped to Lead Adult-Serving University". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ Heaton, Lauren (2014-03-13). "Meet new Antioch Midwest president". The Yellow Springs News. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ Joselow, Maxine (July 4, 2016). "Antioch Eliminates Jobs of 5 Presidents". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "When the going got tough, this president left town: As Union Institute spiraled, its president relocated". WCPO 9 Cincinnati. 2023-10-23. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ Monk, Dan (2023-10-23). "When the going got tough, this president left town: As Union Institute spiraled, its president relocated". WCPO 9 Cincinnati. Retrieved 2024-02-26.