Phillips Academy
Which school did Peter Plympton Smith go to from 1963 to 1964?
Peter Plympton Smith Peter Plympton Smith ( born October 31 , 1945 ) is an American politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S . state of Vermont , the 76th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont , and an education administrator . He served as the founding president of the Community College of Vermont , the founding president of California State University , Monterey Bay , and as assistant director general for education of the United Nations Educational , Scientific , and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) . Peter Smith is currently serving as Senior Vice President for Academic Strategies and Development at Kaplan Higher Education Corporation , a global education company owned by the Graham Holding Company . At KHE , he has spearheaded efforts to personalize degree programs and learning support systems , while strengthening their outcomes-based pedagogy at the program and course level . Smith is also developing new market positions and services for the adult postsecondary education market . Early life and education . Smith was born in Boston , Massachusetts , and was raised in Burlington , Vermont . He is the son of Burlington banker and Vermont State Senator Frederick P . Smith . He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1964 and received an A.B . in history from Princeton University in 1968 after completing a senior thesis titled Burlington , Vermont , 1791-1848 : A Study of Economic Development and Social Change in a Community . In 1970 , he received a M.A.T . from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education . He received his Ed.D . from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in administration , planning , and social policy in 1983 . Career in education and politics . Smith served one year as an assistant to the Vermont Commissioner of Education . In 1970 , he became the founding president of the Community College of Vermont , a Vermont State College . He first ran for office in 1978 , defeating incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Vermont T . Garry Buckley in the Republican primary but losing the general election for Lieutenant Governor to Democrat Madeleine M . Kunin . Between 1981 and 1983 , he served as a Vermont State Senator representing the Washington County district . After Kunin chose not to run for re-election in 1982 , Smith was elected to succeed her . He served two , two-year terms . He ran for Governor of Vermont in 1986 but was defeated by Kunin . After two years as Vice President of Development at Norwich University he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1988 for Vermonts at-large congressional district with 41.2% of the vote . In 1990 , he was defeated in his bid for re-election by Independent Bernie Sanders . As of 2020 , he is the last Republican to have represented Vermont in the U.S . House . Funded by a Mina Shaughnessy Fellowship , Smith wrote Your Hidden Credentials : The Value of Personal Learning Outside College , ( Acropolis Books , Ltd , 1986 ) . The book , now out-of-print , promotes college credit for life experience . Smith is also the author of The Quiet Crisis : How Higher Education Is Failing America , ( Anker Publishing Company , Inc.,2004 ) which received juried acclaim from the American Association of Continuing Education . His third book , Harnessing Americas Wasted Talent : New Dimensions for Higher Education ( Jossey-Bass , 2010 ) was published in early 2010 . His fourth book , Free-range Learning in the Digital Age : The Emerging Revolution in College , Career , and Education ( SelectBooks ) was published in 2018 . From 1991 to 1994 , Smith served as dean of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at George Washington University . In 1991 , he also served as executive director of the U.S . Commission on Responsibilities for Financing Postsecondary Education . In 1994 , due in part to his work in assessment at GWU , the California State University recruited Smith as founding president of California State University , Monterey Bay , a post that he vacated in 2005 . Beginning June 20 , 2005 , Smith served as assistant director general for education of the United Nations Educational , Scientific , and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) . Work at UNESCO . At UNESCO , Smiths education experience was expressed by his concern for the wellbeing of learners : Quality is an issue , says Smith . UNESCO has long encouraged the internationalization of education and the involvement of a range of partners , but we must also protect students from inadequate learning resources , low-quality provisions , degree mills and bogus institutions . After assuming the post of Assistant Director General ( ADG ) for Education of UNESCO , Smith made several moves based on his mandate from UNESCOs General Conference and from its Director General in an attempt to reform the Education Sector of the institution . These included developing UNESS , a simplified national education support strategy ; a Global Action Plan ; involvement with the G8 and the World Economic Forum ; restructuring the headquarters governance structure ; and implementing a de-centralization plan for UNESCOs Education Sector . After an intensive one-year study contracted out to Navigant Consulting , all but three of over 50 recommendations were approved for implementation by the Director General in June , 2006 . Political fallout to the approved reforms led to anonymous charges of financial improprieties in the awarding of contracts totaling US$2.2 million to Navigant Consulting without proper UNESCO oversight . Smith was found to have used an established , but alternative bidding procedure in the UNESCO rules . The UNESCO Executive Board ultimately resolved to clarify and strengthen the bid procedures at UNESCO . In March , 2007 , having received a death threat at his home , Smith offered his resignation . University of Maryland University College . In April 2016 , University of Maryland University College announced that Smith had been appointed to a two-year term as the Orkand Endowed Chair and Professor of Innovative Practices in Higher Education . In this position , Smith is responsible for identifying and implementing measures to improve delivery of the schools learning and support services . Later career . Smith was one of thirty former Republican congressmen to sign a letter opposing Donald Trumps candidacy for president . Family . He is the older brother of former state representative Charles Plympton Smith . Bibliography . - Smith , Peter P . ( 1982 ) Your Hidden Credentials : the Value of learning Outside College - Smith , Peter P . ( 2004 ) The Quiet Crisis : How Higher Education is Failing America . Anke