Arthur Rothkopf

Department of Education's National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity

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Member of the Department of Education's National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity; former Senior Vice-President responsible for the Education and Workforce program at the US Chamber of Commerce and president emeritus of Lafayette College in Pennsylvania

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