Richard A. Detweiler

Richard A. Detweiler is a social psychologist and higher-education leader specializing in intercultural relations, liberal arts education, and institutional planning. He earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from Princeton University and served as a professor of psychology before becoming president of Hartwick College and president emeritus of the Great Lakes Colleges Association. He also founded the Global Liberal Arts Alliance and is founder and managing director of Higher Ed Impact.

Detweiler is the author of The Evidence Liberal Arts Needs: Lives of Consequence, Inquiry, and Accomplishment, published by MIT Press in 2021. Drawing on interviews with more than 1,000 college graduates, the book examines the long-term effects of liberal arts education on leadership, learning, civic engagement, success, and fulfillment.