A. Lee Fritschler
Professor of Public Policy
afritsch@gmu.edu
703.993.4909
703.993.8215 fax
George Mason School of Public Policy
3401 Fairfax Drive MS 3B1
Arlington, VA 22201
Education
Ph.D., Syracuse University
M.P.A., Syracuse University
B.A. Union College
Biography
Dr. A. Lee Fritschler is a Professor
in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University, Fairfax,
Virginia. Prior to that appointment he was Vice President and Director
of the Center for Public Policy Education at the Brookings Institution.
The Center runs education programs in the U.S. and around the world
for government and corporate executives and others.
Dr. Fritschler served as Assistant
Secretary of Education from 1999-2001,
where he was responsible for setting higher
education policy and administering the department's
higher education programs, which include student,
financial aid, FIPSE, GEAR UP, TRIO, international
education, the Fulbright program, graduate
programs, Developing Institutions, and the
White House Initiative on Historically Black
Colleges and Universities, among others.
Prior to joining the Department,
Dr. Fritschler was President of Dickinson
College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
from 1987 until his retirement in June
1999. As President of Dickinson, he
emphasized international education,
undergraduate science, and foreign
languages. In 1991, Fritschler co-founded
the Annapolis Group, a contingent of
110 presidents of the nation's leading
liberal arts colleges created to build support
for liberal arts programs in colleges. He was
Vice President for the Center for Public
Policy Education at The Brookings Institution
from 1981-1987, and served as the Chairman
of the U.S. Postal Rate Commission, after having been
nominated by President Carter, from 1979-1981.
From 1977 to 1979, Fritschler was
dean of the college of public and international affairs at the
American University (AU), Washington,
D.C., and in charge of managing two schools,
three centers, 3,500 students and some 100 full and part-time
faculty. He held a number
of other academic and administrative positions
at AU between 1964 and 1979.
Fritschler is the author of several
books and numerous articles and a
member of many boards and professional
societies. His books include Smoking
and Politics: Bureaucracy Centered Policy Making, Sixth Edition
(2007: Prentice-Hall), which was
co-authored by his Mason colleague,
Catherine E. Rudder. He has been a
guest lecturer at numerous schools
and executive programs.
Areas
of Expertise
• Education
• Higher education
• Federal bureaucracy