{{Short description|American political scientist and president of Franklin & Marshall College}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Andrew-Owen-Rich.png | title = President of Franklin & Marshall College | order = 17th | term_start = July 12, 2025 | predecessor = Barbara K. Altmann | occupation = Political scientist, college administrator, academic | children = | birth_place = | birth_date = | awards = Truman Scholar | spouse = Joel Allen | office1 = CEO of the Truman Foundation | term1 = 2011-2019 | title2 = President and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute | term2 = 2009-2011 | caption = City College of New York official portrait | alma_mater = University of Richmond (BA)<br>Yale University (PhD) | title3 = Dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York | term3 = Jan 2019 - June 2025 }}
'''Andrew Owen Rich''' is an American political scientist, academic, and college administrator. Rich served as Dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership from February 2019<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2019-01-31 |title=Andrew Rich named Dean of CCNY's Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership |url=https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/andrew-rich-named-dean-ccnys-colin-powell-school-civic-and-global-leadership |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=The City College of New York |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Andrew Rich at Friends of the Truman Foundation |url=https://www.friendsoftruman.org/andrew_rich |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Friends of the Truman Foundation |language=en}}</ref> until becoming the 17th President of Franklin & Marshall College in July 2025.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Andrew Rich, Dean of CCNY's Colin Powell School, Appointed President of Franklin & Marshall College |url=https://www.fandm.edu/stories/andrew-rich-appointed-president-of-franklin-and-marshall-college.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Franklin and Marshall College |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Andrew Rich is a native of Delaware.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Presidential Search |url=https://www.fandm.edu/college-leadership/presidential-search/#rich-biography |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Franklin and Marshall College |language=en |archive-date=2025-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124093452/https://www.fandm.edu/college-leadership/presidential-search/#rich-biography |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== Education === Rich graduated from the University of Richmond in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. In 1991, Rich received a Harry S. Truman Scholarship.<ref name=":0" />
After graduating from Richmond, Rich received his doctorate in political science from Yale University in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-08-02 |title=Andrew Rich |url=https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/profiles/andrew-rich |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=The City College of New York |language=en-us}}</ref> His dissertation was entitled ''Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise.''
Rich later published ''Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise'' through Cambridge University Press in 2004.{{efn|{{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Andrew |url=https://assets.cambridge.org/isbn13/97805218/30294/sample/9780521830294ws.pdf |title=Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2004}}}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McGann |first1=James G. |title=Review of Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise |journal=Perspectives on Politics |date=2005 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=385–386 |doi=10.1017/S1537592705530159 |jstor=3688067 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3688067 |access-date=20 March 2025 |issn=1537-5927}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Medvetz |first1=Thomas |title=Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise |journal=The Journal of Politics |date=2007 |volume=69 |issue=1 |pages=271–273 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00524.x |jstor=10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00524.x |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00524.x |access-date=20 March 2025 |issn=0022-3816|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Career ==
After graduating from Yale, Rich was a professor at Wake Forest University from 1999 to 2003.<ref name=":0" /> He served as Dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at the City College of New York (CCNY) from February 2019 to July 2025,<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0" /> until becoming the 17th President of Franklin & Marshall College in July 2025.
=== Roosvelt Institute === Rich was President and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute (2009–2011), where he launched the Four Freedoms Center and expanded the Institute Campus Network to over 125 colleges, engaging thousands of students in public policy and leadership programs.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Andrew Rich |url=https://www.friendsoftruman.org/andrew_rich_old |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Friends of the Truman Foundation |language=en}}</ref>
=== Truman Foundation === Andrew Rich served as Executive Secretary of the Truman Scholarship Foundation from 2011 to 2019. In this role, he oversaw the federal agency that awards merit-based Truman Scholarships to college students pursuing graduate study for public service careers, managing a nationwide selection process and providing leadership training, career counseling, and community-building programs for Truman Scholars.<ref name=":5" />
=== Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The city College of New York === Dean Rich began his academic career as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wake Forest University in 1999 before joining the Political Science Department at City College in 2003. After holding several leadership roles within the Colin Powell School, he left City College in 2009 to serve as President and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, and in 2011 became CEO and Executive Secretary of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, where he continues to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Friends of the Truman Foundation. In early 2019, Rich returned to City College as Dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0" />
During his six-year tenure, the School experienced significant growth, becoming the largest undergraduate division at the College by number of majors. He led a fundraising campaign that secured over $85 million in pledges and gifts since 2020, supporting new faculty hires and programs such as [https://colinpowellschool.ccny.cuny.edu/leadership-for-democracy-and-social-justice/ Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice] and the [https://moynihancenter.ccny.cuny.edu/ Moynihan Center]. Most recently, he oversaw the creation of the [https://colinpowellschool.ccny.cuny.edu/social-mobility-lab/ Social Mobility Lab at CCNY], dedicated to understanding pathways to social mobility.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=York |first=The City College of New |date=2025-02-06 |title=Colin Powell School Dean Andy Rich |url=https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/presidentsoffice/blog/colin-powell-school-dean-andy-rich |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=The City College of New York |language=en-us}}</ref>
Under Dean Rich's leadership, the Colin Powell School strengthened as a resilient and dynamic division, advancing City College's mission while supporting students, faculty, and the broader community.<ref name=":6" />
=== Franklin & Marshall College === In February 2025, the Franklin & Marshall College Board of Trustees announced Rich would succeed retiring president Barbara K. Altmann, who served in the role since 2018.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-06 |title=Franklin & Marshall College names City College of New York dean as 17th president |url=https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/franklin-marshall-college-names-city-college-of-new-york-dean-as-17th-president/article_f6ebb5c6-e4a7-11ef-8db2-37a10c75683c.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=LancasterOnline |language=en}}</ref> Rich took office as the 17th president of Franklin & Marshall on July 12, 2025.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=F&M's New President on Getting to Know the College: 'The First Priority is to Listen' |url=https://www.fandm.edu/stories/president-andy-rich-meets-diplomats-connects-community.html |access-date=2025-07-30 |website=Franklin and Marshall College |language=en}}</ref>
After taking offiice, Rich met with students, highlighting the "quality of education" as a priority for his administration.<ref name=":3" />
== Personal life == Rich has been married to his husband, Joel, for 30 years. Joel Allen is a professor of history and classics at the City University of New York.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Allen, Joel |url=https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/joel-allen |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.gc.cuny.edu |language=en}}</ref>
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