Victor Berlin is an American educator specializing in

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who has founded and led several accredited

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institutions, including the University of the Potomac and the

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. He was president of the

until 2010.

Education

Berlin earned his bachelor's degree from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

, serving on the business board of Cornell's

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in 1966 and 1967. In 1975, he was awarded a PhD by

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Established in 1909, the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science is one of twelve constituent schools at Northwestern University. Most engineering classes are held in the Technological Institute (1942), which students commo ...

. An article based upon Berlin's 1974 dissertation, "Organizational Structure and Effectiveness: An Administrative Experiment in an Urban Health Department," was published in the

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Transactions on Engineering Management

Career

Early career

From 1973 to 1975, Berlin was an Assistant Professor of Management (Administrative Sciences) at

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's Carroll School of Management. He then served as Chief of Experimental Methods for the

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's (then known as the

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) Experimental Technologies Incentives Program. In 1979, he became a vice president of General Communications, Inc. (GCI,) a

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-based

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offering vocational training, serving in that capacity until 1991.

Potomac College

In 1991, Berlin left GCI and became president of Potomac College, now University of the Potomac, in Rockville.Panel to Consider New College in Md.; Montgomery Trade School May Be Converted
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'', February 12, 1991. Retrieved from highbeam.com, March 30, 2011.Potomac College Avoids Shutdown; State Officials Suspend Efforts to Close Troubled School in Rockville
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'', June 15, 1995. Retrieved from highbeam.com, June 3, 2014. The college was operated by the Potomac Education Foundation and offered working adults the opportunity to complete bachelor's degrees in management or microcomputer systems management while working full-time and completing projects on the job. In December 1994, Potomac College received accreditation. Potomac was acquired by private investors in 1995 and reorganized as a for-profit university headquartered in the

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. Prior to its accreditation, Maryland regulators had temporarily suspended college operations after alleging several violations of state standards at Potomac, including inadequate library, curriculum and faculty resources; poor recordkeeping; and admission of students who lacked the required two years of college education. The executive director of the Accrediting Council called Maryland's restrictions on Potomac "asinine," and characterized its actions as "more the result of a personal vendetta than any legitimate concerns for the institution."

Anteon International Corporation and Rockwell University

In 1996, Berlin headed the training division at Anteon International Corporation in

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, providing courses in

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and

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for technical professionals. In 2000 he persuaded Anteon executives to establish Rockwell University to offer master's degrees in

. Rockwell was approved to enroll students in November 2000, at a time when Anteon was preparing for a public offering. In June 2001 the university was acquired by Pinnacle Software Solutions, a technology training company. Berlin stayed on as president of Rockwell until December 2001.

University of Fairfax

In 2002, Berlin founded the

, accredited by DEAC. which offers online instruction and issues graduate degrees (Master of Science, D.Sc. and DIA) and graduate certificates in Information Systems Security. In November 2007, Fairfax announced a collaboration with

Jones International University Jones International University (JIU) was a private online for-profit university headquartered in Centennial, Colorado. It was accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The university closed after the Class of 2015 graduated. History In 1987 ...

's School of Business to offer a dual degree program leading to both a master's or doctoral degree from Fairfax and a

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in Information Security Management from Jones International. Berlin served as president of the university until 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berlin, Victor Heads of universities and colleges in the United States Cornell University alumni Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people)