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President Edward Blews has served over 20 years as the president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan. In that role, he performs as the chief executive officer of the organization and the advocate and voice of Michigan independent higher education collectively. Previously, he served as vice president of the Michigan Association, director of research for Washington Friends of Higher Education, and aide to a U.S. congressman. Blews also provides board leadership for a number of state and national organizations. Currently he chairs the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative and Friends of the Capitol (the organization dedicated to the preservation of the beautifully restored Michigan State Capitol). He is a past chair of the National Association of Independent College and University State Executives and the Michigan Nonprofit Association, and was founding chair of the ConnectMichigan Alliance. Previously he was elected to the board of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. He is a Michigan alternate commissioner for the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC). President Blews earned his law degree (JD) at Thomas M. Cooley Law School. He got his start in higher education policy as an undergraduate at Seattle Pacific University, where he was student newspaper editor and then was elected student body president and co-chair of the Washington Association of Independent College Student Governments. He has been awarded eight honorary doctorate degrees.
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