1. Thomas Bailey is the George and Abby O'Neill Professor of Economics and Education and President of Teachers College, Columbia University. He was the Director of Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teachers College from 1996 until 2018. On July 1, 2018, he became the President of Teachers College, Columbia University. He is the author, with Shanna Smith Jaggars and Davis Jenkins, of Redesigning America's Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success, published by Harvard University Press.