{{Infobox officeholder | name = Austin Lane | image = TSUHomecomingParade101219-31 (48950556958) (Austin Lane).jpg | caption = Lane in 2019 | order = 9th | title = Chancellor of Southern Illinois University Carbondale | term_start = July 1, 2020 | term_end = | predecessor = John Dunn (interim) | successor = | order1 = 12th | title1 = President of Texas Southern University | term_start1 = June 6, 2016 | term_end1 = February 4, 2020 | predecessor1 = John M. Rudley | successor1 = Kenneth Huewitt (interim) | order2 = 3rd | title2 = President of Lone Star College-Montgomery | term_start2 = 2009 | term_end2 = 2015 | predecessor2 = Tom Butler | successor2 = Rebecca Riley | birth_name = <!-- if different from "name" --> | birth_date = <!--{{birth date |YYYY|MM|DD}}--> | birth_place = | death_date = <!--{{death date and age |YYYY|MM|DD |YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date)--> | death_place = | resting_place = | other_names = | citizenship = | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = | website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> | footnotes = | module = {{Infobox academic | child = yes | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * Langston University (BA) * University of Oklahoma (MA) * University of Alabama (Ed.D.) }} | thesis_title = Private scholarship aid, access, and success for African American and Hispanic students attending a public, large, rural -serving Associate's College | thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/304841779/ | thesis_year = 2009 | doctoral_advisor = David E. Hardy }} }}
'''Austin A. Lane''' is an American college official and chancellor of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
== Early life and education == Lane was born in New Jersey and graduated from Hackensack High School. He received a BA from Langston University, an MA from the University of Oklahoma, and an Ed. D. from the University of Alabama.
== Career == Lane was executive vice chancellor of Lone Star College in 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-05-26 |title=Meet Texas Southern University New President, Dr. Austin Lane |url=https://hbcubuzz.com/2016/05/dr-austin-lane-texas-southern-universitys-new-president/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=HBCU Buzz |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016054746/https://hbcubuzz.com/2016/05/dr-austin-lane-texas-southern-universitys-new-president/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, Lane became president of Texas Southern University (TSU), succeeding John M. Rudley.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="najmabadi">{{Cite news |last=Najmabadi |first=Shannon |date=2020-02-20 |title=Texas Southern University and ousted president agree to part ways |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2020/02/20/texas-southern-university-reaches-agreement-ousted-president-does-not/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |newspaper=The Texas Tribune |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016053252/https://www.texastribune.org/2020/02/20/texas-southern-university-reaches-agreement-ousted-president-does-not/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He departed in 2020 after controversy over an admissions scandal at its law school and questions over entertainment spending from a foundation connected to the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Texas Southern University finalizes departure of Dr. Austin Lane as president |url=https://abc13.com/tsu-president-on-leave-austin-lane-texas-southern-university/5951959/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |work=KTRK-TV |archive-date=2023-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016053251/https://abc13.com/amp/tsu-president-on-leave-austin-lane-texas-southern-university/5951959/ |url-status=live |first=Nick |last=Natario |date=2020-02-20}}</ref><ref name="najmabadi" /> In 2020 he was appointed chancellor of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Britto |first=Brittany |date=2020-05-29 |title=Former president of TSU named chancellor of Southern Illinois University |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Former-president-of-TSU-named-chancellor-of-15304137.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020141208/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Former-president-of-TSU-named-chancellor-of-15304137.php |archive-date=2023-10-20 |access-date=2023-12-15 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>
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