America's Best Leaders: Freeman Hrabowski, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Freeman is one of the rare figures who has single-handedly turned around a major institution," says Anthony Marx, president of Amherst College. "Along the way, he has taught all of higher education that minority and low-income students can and should be held to the highest standards, and can meet those standards and excel.

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[sueinphilly]

<p>great story, thanks for sharing</p>

[misralz]

<p>I’ve met him a few times and he is an impressive guy.</p>

[jmmom]

<p>Thank you from me as well. As a native Washingtonian who grew up in the Maryland suburbs, I have watched UMd-CP change over the years from a perceived “warm body = admittance” institution to a highly respected top tier University.</p>

<p>Even more exciting is watching how the perception and reality of UMBC has changed.</p>

[jincheker]

<p>hope he can lead umbc to top tier school</p>

[tom1944]

<p>He was one reason I wanted my D to apply to UMBC last year. I thought he was doing very good things at the school.</p>