William J. Fowler, Jr. is the director of the Education Finance Statistical Center (EFSC) at the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). He specializes in elementary and secondary education finance and education productivity research. His recent work has focused on the application of geographic cost adjustments, and the development of deflators for education expenditures over time. His current work revolves about redesigning the NCES education finance collection to be more policy-relevant, and in designing Internet tools for the NCES education finance web site at URL http://nces.ed.gov/edfin.

Dr. Fowler has worked for NCES since 1987, before which he served as a supervisor of school finance research for the New Jersey Department of Education. He has taught at Bucknell University and the University of Illinois, and served as a senior research associate for the Central Education Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory (CEMREL) in Chicago and for the New York Department of Education.

Dr. Fowler received the Outstanding Service Award of the American Education Finance Association in 1997, and served on its Board of Directors from 1992 to 1995. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Education Finance. He is a senior fellow in the Excellence in Government program.
 
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