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'''Claude Steele''' was the [[Provost]] of the University and a professor of psychology. He succeeded [[Alan Brinkley]] and came from [[Stanford University]]. After only two years on the job, Steele resigned to return to Stanford in [[2011]]. Subsequent reports suggested that Steele left when it became apparent he would have little say in the university budget, and therefore little power.<ref>http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/02/5204638/distant-president-and-mysterious-mckinsey-report-send-columbias-lib?page=all</reF>

In 2010, Steele's salary was $552,418.

In 2013, Steele was quoted in article about EVPAS [[Nicholas Dirks]] as saying “Columbia is an ambitious university and it tried to expand into a new campus and that strained resources. When you have strained resources, you have tensions. And tensions can be taken out on people.” <ref> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-28/berkeley-sees-dirks-claiming-place-as-ivy-with-public-mandate.html </ref>

==Background==
Born and raised in [[Chicago]], Steele went to Hiram College in Ohio on a swimming scholarship. He went earned his doctorate in psychology from [[The Ohio State University]], and, since then, has taught at many institutions. During his tenure at the University of Michigan, he overlapped briefly with [[Bollinger]]. (Steele recalls first meeting his current boss in the [[UMich]] gym.) His most recent post has been at Stanford University, where he directed the school's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. As a social psychologist, Steele has focused on stereotype threat, a stream of research that elevated his name in the field.

== External links ==
*[http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/1554 Stanford Psychology Professor Claude M. Steele Appointed Columbia University’s Next Provost], Columbia University News, May 13, 2009.
*[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/05/19/incoming-provost-claude-steele-brings-practical-outlook-post Incoming Provost Claude Steele Brings Practical Outlook to Post], Columbia Spectator, May 19, 2009

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