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Bank Street College Names New Head

By Ann Bradley — March 25, 2008 1 min read
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Elizabeth Dunbar Dickey has been named the next president of the Bank Street College of Education, in New York City. She is now a university professor at The New School and will begin her new job in August, replacing Augusta Souza Kappner.

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A version of this article appeared in the March 26, 2008 edition of Education Week

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