University of North Texas picks Harrison Keller as sole finalist for president

The Board expects to finalize its selection of Keller, a commissioner and chief executive officer of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, during the week of July 1. He is set to become UNT’s 17th president.The board of regents conducted a national search for the position and announced Keller was the sole finalist for the position. He will succeed Neal Smatresk, who led the university for over a decade.

“Across the nation, not many universities have the scale, capabilities, and potential of the University of North Texas,” Keller said. “For the Dallas-Fort Worth area and across the state, UNT is uniquely positioned to expand opportunities through innovative, excellent programs and strategic partnerships.”Keller is a sixth-generation Texan with decades of experience in state budget, policy, university administration and fundraising.

Prior to serving on the coordinating board, Keller was deputy to the president for strategy and policy and a professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University. From 2005 to 2015, Keller served as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve.The DMN Education Lab deepens the coverage and conversation about urgent education issues critical to the future of North Texas.

The DMN Education Lab is a community-funded journalism initiative, with support from Bobby and Lottye Lyle, Communities Foundation of Texas, The Dallas Foundation, Dallas Regional Chamber, Deedie Rose, Garrett and Cecilia Boone, The Meadows Foundation, The Murrell Foundation, Solutions Journalism Network, Southern Methodist University, Sydney Smith Hicks and the University of Texas at Dallas. The Dallas Morning News retains full editorial control of the Education Lab’s journalism., Staff writer.

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