To: The UMBC Community From: Philip Rous, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Robert Carpenter as Special Assistant to the Provost for Institutional Assessment, effective April 1, 2014. Dr. Carpenter is Professor of Economics and Public Policy and a Faculty Associate at the Maryland Institute of Policy Analysis and Research at UMBC. As Special Assistant to the Provost, Dr. Carpenter will serve as co-chair of the UMBC Middle States Accreditation Steering Committee and will work collaboratively with the Provost and the Strategic Planning Leadership Group liaisons to coordinate accreditation …