Scott D. Miller
Dr. Scott D. Miller is the president and M.M. Cochran Professor of Leadership Studies at Bethany College in West Virginia. Dr. Miller earned his Bachelor of Arts from West Virginia Wesleyan College, Master of Arts from the University of Dayton, Ed.S. from Vanderbilt University and Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from The Union Institute & University.
Now in his 19th year as a college chief executive officer, Dr. Miller served for 10 1/2 years (1997-2007) as president of the College and Du Pont Professor of Leadership Studies at Wesley College in Delaware. He has also served as president of Lincoln Memorial University (1991-97). Before being named president there, he served as executive vice president (1988-91) and vice president for development (1984-88). A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Miller is a former director of university relations and alumni affairs at the University of Rio Grande in Ohio and a former journalist. Well known nationally for his contributions to higher education, he was one of 17 presidents nationwide featured in a Kaufman Foundation-funded book entitled The Entrepreneurial College President (American Council on Education / Praeger Series on Higher Education, 2004). Dr. Miller and the Wesley story were one of four "amazing transformational stories" featured in the book The Small College Guide to Financial Health (National Association of College & University Business Officers, 2002) and one of six featured in The Small College Guide to Financial Health: Weathering Turbulent Times (NACUBO, 2009). He was extensively interviewed in The First 120 Days: What A New President Must Do (Jerold Panas, 2008). He is a regular columnist for College Planning and Management and is the author of a widely distributed e-newsletter The President's Letter, which addresses a wide variety of higher education issues.
Dr. Miller serves as a consultant to college and university presidents and boards and has written widely on higher education and leadership.
