Robert Albrecht

Robert Albrecht is a Senior Fellow of ECAR. Albrecht began his academic career on the faculty at the University of Chicago. Moving to the Department of English at the University of Oregon, he taught American literature courses and became dean and ultimately vice provost. In 1982 he was appointed vice president for academic affairs at the University of Northern Colorado. In 1987 he became deputy commissioner for academic affairs in the Montana University System, returning to Colorado in 1989 to become associate vice president at the University of Colorado. In 1996 he assumed the leadership of Western Governors University until his retirement as Chancellor Emeritus in 2000. He has written extensively on distance learning and technology-supported learning.