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Carlos Enrique Santiago
Santiago in 2015
Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Acting July 2015 – June 2022
Governor	Charlie Baker
Preceded by	Richard M. Freeland
Succeeded by	Noe Ortega
7th Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
In office 2004–2010
Preceded by	Nancy Zimpher
Succeeded by	Michael Lovell
President of University at Albany Acting President of University at Albany
In office February 1, 2004 – June 30, 2004
Preceded by	Karen R. Hitchcock
Succeeded by	John R. Ryan (interim)
Personal details
Alma mater	University of Miami University of Puerto Rico Cornell University
Profession	College administrator, Academic

Carlos Enrique Santiago is a Puerto Rican American labor economist and the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (MDHE). Previously he was the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and the chief executive officer of the Hispanic College Fund.

Santiago is the author or co-author of six books and has published articles and book reviews, many of which focus on economic development and the changing socioeconomic status of Latinos in the United States. In 1996 and 2011, Santiago was named one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States by Hispanic Business magazine.

Background

Santiago was born and raised in Puerto Rico.

Santiago received a B.A. from the University of Miami, an M.A. from the University of Puerto Rico, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University, all in economics. He was a Ford Foundation postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Economics and Economic Growth Center at Yale University.

He is a labor economist with expertise in the Caribbean and Central America regions, with a special emphasis on Puerto Rico. He was chair of the Department of Latin American & Caribbean Studies at the University at Albany from 1989 to 1991 and from 1993 to 1995. He is a founding co-editor of Latino Research Review and is a member of the U.S. Congressional Hispanic Caucus International Relations Advisory Group.

Santiago was twice named by Hispanic magazine as one of the United States' "100 most influential Hispanics".

Academic administration

Santiago taught at Wayne State University. He served as provost and vice president for academic affairs of the University at Albany, State University of New York.

From 2004 to 2010, he was the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and held a professorship within its Department of Economics. During his tenure at UW-Milwaukee, he raised 125 million dollars from the private sector for the school's research arm and advocated a 240 million dollar state-funded "UW-Milwaukee Initiative" campaign, before resigning to take the post at the Hispanic College Fund.

Santiago joined the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education in April 2013 as the senior deputy commissioner for academic affairs. In May 2023, Governor Charlie Baker nominated him to serve as commissioner, and the board unanimously confirmed him to serve in the position beginning at the start of July 2015 (after Richard M. Freeland's tenure was scheduled to end). At the start of 2022, Santiago announced his intentions to step down in June 2022.

Personal life

A week after moving to Massachusetts in 2013, Santiago watched the 2013 Boston Marathon from a building near the finish line, and witnessed the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

Bibliography

• Edna Acosta-Belén; Carlos Enrique Santiago (2006). Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1588264008.
• Francisco Rivera-Batiz; Carlos E. Santiago (21 November 1996). Island Paradox: Puerto Rico in the 1990s. Russell Sage Foundation. ISBN 978-0871547514.

References

1. "Hispanic College Fund - Developing the next generation of Hispanic professionals".
2. "Commissioner / About / Massachusetts Department of Higher Education".
3. ^ "Carlos Santiago named Massachusetts higher education commissioner". Masslive. State House News Service. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
4. Santiago's curriculum vitae
5. "Carlos E. Santiago, Ph.D. Biographical Sketch". University of New Mexico. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
6. "Brief summary of accomplishments at UWM". Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
7. "Commissioner Santiago". Massachusetts Department of Higher Education.
8. "Massachusetts higher education commissioner Carlos Santiago to step down". www.boston.com. The Associated Press. January 12, 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

External links

• Official biography
• "Carlos E. Santiago". JSTOR.

• Living people
• Cornell University alumni
• People from Milwaukee
• Presidents of University at Albany
• University at Albany, SUNY faculty
• University of Miami alumni
• University of Puerto Rico alumni
• Chancellors of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Wayne State University faculty
• American nonprofit chief executives
• Economists from Wisconsin