Administrative Leadership

Sam Stern, dean

College of Education

Sam Stern serves as Dean of the College of Education at Oregon State University. Sam's research and writing are concerned with creativity in education and business. In addition to his teaching at secondary schools, community colleges and OSU, Sam has taught in the Department of Systems Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology, the Department of Economics at Harvard University, and in the MBA Program at the Athens Laboratory of Business Administration in Greece. Between 1987 and 1992, he spent three and a half years conducting research in Japan. While in Japan, Stern served as the Japan Management Association Professor of Creativity Development and led a research team in a study of corporate creativity. He is the co-author of Corporate Creativity (Berrett-Koehler, 1998) which has been translated into ten languages and was named "1998 Book of the Year" by the Academy of Human Resource Development. Sam serves as an advisor on creativity to schools and businesses in the U.S., and other countries.

College of Education

The College of Education at Oregon State University offers undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare teachers, counselors, and educational leaders to work in schools, communities, and businesses. Graduates of the College of Education are award-winning teachers, principals, superintendents, college faculty and administrators, and researchers. There are more than 15,000 graduates of the College of Education, representing all 50 states and more than 35 different countries. The College of Education is committed to creativity, connection, culture, and caring, and is the proud pioneer of the Education Double Degree, Community College Leadership Program, and many other innovative programs.