Bob Albrecht

In 1996, Bob Albrecht assumed the leadership of Western Governors University until his retirement as chancellor emeritus in 2000. He has written extensively on distance learning and technology-supported learning. Albrecht became a Senior Fellow of the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research in 2002.

He began his academic career on the faculty at the University of Chicago. Moving to the Department of English at the University of Oregon, he taught American literature courses and became dean and ultimately vice provost. In 1982, he was appointed vice president for academic affairs at the University of Northern Colorado. In 1987, he became deputy commissioner for academic affairs in the Montana University System, returning to Colorado in 1989 to become associate vice president at the University of Colorado.