UNC School of Education

Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership and Former Dean

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Frank Brown is the Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Education, dean emeritus of the School of Education and an administrative judge for special education for the State of North Carolina. Brown’s interest in the politics of educational opportunity began while he was earning his doctoral degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Economics professor Charles Benson enlisted Brown to research California education law for Benson’s testimony in the first state lawsuit against a school district or state on inequities in educational funding. His ensuing career includes specializations in school law, policy studies, local school administration and higher education administration.

Senior-level, elected positions in administration have augmented Brown’s academic career. He has served as vice president of Division A ─ Administration, Organization, & Leadership ─ of the American Educational Research Association and as president of the Organization of Institutional Affiliates. In addition, he has served on the boards of directors for many organizations, including the Education Law Association, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, North Carolina Governor’s Commission on Education for Economic Growth and Graduate Record Examination Board Task Force of the Educational Testing Service. The American Educational Research Association, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Educational Law Association have honored his outstanding service and exceptional contributions and he is listed in Who's Who in America, Who’s Who in the World and Who's Who in Black America.

The author or co-author of more than 200 journal articles, book chapters and books, Brown has served on the editorial boards of Emergent Leadership, Educational Administrative Quarterly, Education & Urban Society, Negro Education, NABSE Journal, School Business Affairs, Educational Policy, Black Studies, Educational Law Journal, Harvard Education Review and Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal. Recently, he edited special issues of the Journal of Negro Education and Journal of Education and Urban Society on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.

• Ph.D. 1970 - University of California at Berkeley, Policy, Planning, and Administration
• M.A. 1969 - University of California at Berkeley, Policy, Planning, and Administration
• M.S. 1962 - Oregon State University, Physical Sciences
• B.S. 1957 - Alabama State University, Chemistry

• School Law
• Educational Fiance
• Minority and Urban Education
• Research Overview

• Educational Leadership

• 2000-present, Chair, Advisory Committee, Office of Equal Opportunity, UNC-CH
• 1998-2000, Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs, American Educational Research Association
• 1999-2001, Dissertation Awards, Committee, Education Law Association
• 1998-2001, Planning Committee, Education Law Association
• 1998-2000, Committee on the Role and Status of Minority Scholars and Researchers, American Educational Research Association
• 1999, Chair, University Working on Diversity for University Faculity Council
• 1998-2001, Administrative Board, School of Education, UNC-CH
• 1997-2000, Member, Committee on Minorities and Women, AERA
• 1997-1999, Chair, University of North Carolina Faculty Council, Black Faculty and Students Affairs Committee
  
• 1994-2001, National Research Advisory Board, U.S. Department of Education
  
• 1996-1998, Member, University Parking Committee, UNC at Chapel Hill
  
• 1997, National Review Panel, Center for At-Risk Education, Johns Hopkins University and Howard University

Brown, F. & Rong, X.L. (2007). Educational attainment of immigrant and non-immigrant young Blacks. In S. J. Paik & H. J. Walberg (Eds.), Narrowing the achievement gap: Strategies for educating Latino, Black, and Asian students (pp. 91-106). New London, CT: Springer.

Brown, F. (2006). School choice and educational equity under No Child Left Behind in the post-Brown era. In F. Brown & R. Hunter (Eds.), No Child Left Behind and other federal programs for urban school districts (pp. 37-60). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Brown, F. (2006). Educational equity, globalization and The No Child Left Behind Act. In F. Brown & R. Hunter (Eds.), No Child Left Behind and other federal programs for urban school districts, (pp. 309-320).  Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Brown, F. (2006). No Child Left Behind [Introduction]. In F. Brown & R. Hunter (Eds.), No Child Left Behind and other federal programs for urban school districts, (pp. xi-xv). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Brown, F. & Hunter, R. (Eds.). (2006). No Child Left Behind and other federal programs for urban school districts. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Brown, F. (2006). Privatization of elementary and secondary education. In C. Russo (Ed.), Key legal issues for school business officials (pp. 33-52). Lanham MD:Rowman & Littlefield Education.

Brown, F. (2006). Thurgood Marshall. In F. W. English (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational leadership and administration, Vol. II, (pp. 33-52). Thousand Oaks CA: Sage.

Brown, F. (2006). Martin Luther King, Jr.  In F. W. English (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational leadership and administration, Vol. I, (541-543). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Brown, F. (2005). Privatization of elementary and secondary education in America. In C. Russo, J. Beckmann & J. Jansen (Eds.), Equal educational opportunities: Comparative perspectives in education law (pp. 164-181).  Pretoria, South Africa:Van Schaik Publishers.

Brown, F. (2005). African Americans and school leadership: An introduction. Educational Administration Quarterly, 41(4), 1-6.

Brown, F. (2005). Oakland schools takeover: How did it happen?  School Business Affairs, 71(2), 26-27.