Deborah Bial
Deborah Bial (born 1965) is an education strategist, the founder and president of the Posse Foundation and a trustee of Brandeis University.
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Deborah Bial receiving an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Mount Holyoke College in 2014 | |
| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) New York City, United States |
| Nationality | American |
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| Awards | MacArthur Fellows Program |
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| Fields | Education |
| Thesis | Alternative measures for college admissions : a relational study of a new predictor for success: the promise of the Bial Dale college adaptability index and the success of the Posse program (Harvard) (2004) |
Bial is known for the concept of her foundation, which is to send groups of around ten students to collaborating colleges so that they can support each other and achieve a greater success rate. She is also known for the Bial–Dale College Adaptability Index, an activity-based test of college readiness that incorporates Lego play.
She was one of the 2007 winners of the MacArthur "Genius" awards and is a frequent speaker at college graduations.
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