Kristine Elaine Dillon is an American academic administrator serving as the president of

Whittier College Whittier College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Whittier, California. It is a Hispanic-serving institution, Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and, as of spring 2024, had 815 ...

since 2023 (interim July 1, 2023 through May 10, 2024). She was president of the

Consortium on Financing Higher Education Formed in the mid-1970s, the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE) is an unincorporated, voluntary, institutionally-supported organization of 32 highly selective, private liberal arts colleges and universities, all of which are committe ...

from 2002 to 2018.

Life

Dillon earned a B.A. in English from

in 1973. She completed a M.Ed. (1977) and Ph.D. (1980) in the economics of higher education from

Claremont Graduate University The Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is a private, all-graduate research university in Claremont, California, United States. Founded in 1925, CGU is a member of the Claremont Colleges consortium which includes five undergraduate and two grad ...

. Her dissertation was titled, ''The Rising Costs of Higher Education, 1946-1977''.

Howard Bowen Howard Rothmann Bowen (October 27, 1908 – December 22, 1989) was an American economist and college president. He served as the 7th president of Grinnell College from 1955 to 1964 and as the fourteenth president of the University of Iowa from 19 ...

was her doctoral advisor. Dillon was a senior leader in student affairs at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...

from 1985 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002, she served as dean of academic services and student affairs at

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, as well as Talloires, France. Tufts also has several Doctor of Physical Therapy p ...

. She was president of the

from 2002 to 2018. In 2019, Dillon became a senior advisor of higher education practice at Huron Consulting Group. On July 1, 2023, she became interim president of Whittier College, succeeding interim president Sal Johnston. She had served on its board from 1994 to 2013 and as chair of its enrollment and student life committee from 2002 to 2012. She rejoined the board in 2023.

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