Dr. Barbara Brittingham

Dr. Barbara Brittingham is President Emerita of the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), which accredits over 200 colleges and universities in the six New England States and eleven American-style institutions abroad. Previously she served as a member and chair of the Commission. Earlier she served as Dean and Professor at the University of Rhode Island. Her degrees are from Iowa State University. Her publications focus on accreditation, governing boards, and fund-raising. She earned a B.S. degree in English and History, an M.S. in Education, and a Ph.D. in Educational Research and Evaluation, all from Iowa State University.

Currently she serves on the Board of the National Student Clearinghouse, the Board of Trustees of Wheaton College (MA) and of the Urban College of Boston. She is an advisor to the Transformational Partnerships Fund and a Senior Consultant to the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS).

Internationally, she served as a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Vietnam and Morocco. She worked in Turkey on a World Bank project and in the United Arab Emirates as a founding dean at Zayed University. She has served on the board of Quality and Qualifications Ireland and on the Quality Board in Iceland. She is a consultant to Sandooq Al Watan in the UAE. She has worked with ministries and universities in over twenty-five countries, sponsored by the Fulbright Commission, the U.S. State Department, the World Bank, and local governments and universities.