Sonoma State University (SSU) Provost Dr. Eduardo M. Ochoa was confirmed by the U.S. Senate this week and will serve in the U.S. Department of Education as Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. Dr. Ochoa has served as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Sonoma State University since 2003, where he was responsible for all of the university’s academic programs, strategic planning, diversity initiative, and its role in the California State University Graduation Initiative which aims to raise system-wide graduation rates.

Before arriving at SSU, Dr. Ochoa served as dean of the College of Business Administration at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona from 1997 to 2003, and as professor of economics at California State University, Los Angeles from 1984 to 1997.

Dr. Ochoa holds a Bachelors degree in  Physics and Philosophy from Reed College, a Masters degree in Nuclear Engineering from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Economcis from the New School for Social Research. He will be sworn in July 1.

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