Arthur E. Levine

Arthur Elliot Levine (born 1948) is an American education scholar and academic administrator. He has served as the tenth president of Brandeis University since 2024, initially as interim president beginning November 1, 2024, and formally installed in 2025. He previously served as president of Teachers College, Columbia University, and as president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Career Levine graduate from the Bronx High School of Science and from Brandeis University in 1970. He earned his PhD in sociology from the State University of New York at Buffalo after teaching in the Boston public schools.

In 1989, he became a senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he later chaired the Higher Education Program and the Institute for Educational Management.

President of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation From 2006 to 2019, he served as president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, now the Institute for Citizens and Scholars, where he led initiatives aimed at improving teacher preparation, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, and expanding access to graduate education.

Levine is the author of 13 books and numerous reports on higher education, professional education, and institutional governance, including The Great Upheaval: Higher Education's Past, Present, and Uncertain Future. Levine met his wife while they were undergraduate students at Brandeis University.