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Breaking Barriers: How PTECH schools create a Pathway from School, to College, to Career and the global PTECH program


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Stanley S. Litow is a Professor at both Columbia and Duke University. At Duke University, he

also serves as Innovator in Residence. Stan is the author of The Challenge for Business and

Society: From Risk to Reward and co-author of Breaking Barriers: How P-Tech Schools Create a

Pathway from High School to College to Career.

He previously served as President of the IBM International Foundation and as Deputy

Chancellor of Schools for the City of New York. Before his service at IBM and the NYC public

schools, he served as President and Founder of Interface and as Executive Director of the NYC

Urban Corps, operated out of the Mayor’s Office.

He has served on a multiple of Presidential and Gubernatorial Commissions and in addition to

his service on the SUNY Board of Trustees; he also serves on the board of Roosevelt House and

the Citizens Budget Commission.

Stan helped devise the innovative school to college to career program called, PTECH as well as

the IBM Corporate Service Corps, often referenced as the corporate version of the Peace Corps.

He has received multiple awards for his community service, from organizations such as the Ann

Frank Commission, the Marin Luther King Commission, and the Center for an Urban Future as

well as the Corning Award from the New York State Business Council.

www.stanlitow.com

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