As a 20-year community college president, Dr. Steve Eskow has helped bring international education opportunities and distance learning to thousands of students. As President of The Electronic University Network, he pioneered in helping other colleges and universities harness the teaching power of the Internet and World Wide Web.

Eskow's success in driving new educational ventures has been the subject of numerous articles and dissertations. During his tenure as President of Rockland Community College of The State University of New York, the college grew from 135 students to become a major force in New York and a leader in nontraditional and international education. He was the founder and first president of The College Consortium of International Studies (CCIS), a federation that now has 95 college members and sends some 4000 students abroad each year to 35 countries; and he was the founding president of The International Partnership for Service Learning, a federation of colleges that sends students to serve in community service agencies in several countries.

As President of the Pangaea Network, Dr. Eskow's responsibilities include helping state systems of education plan and develop their distance learning strategies, consulting school, college and university consortia, and presenting the case for distance learning to the business and industrial training communities. He also represents Pangaea in its work abroad with learning organizations and ministries of education.

A frequent speaker at educational seminars and conventions, Dr. Eskow is a recognized leader of distance learning programs, having directed several national conferences and workshops on the virtual campus, distance learning and online training. In addition, he has written more than 50 articles, chapters and monographs on the virtual campus, corporate/college partnerships, distance learning, corporate training and international education. Dr. Eskow earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of California at Berkeley, a Master of Arts at Columbia University and a Ph.D. at Syracuse University.

Dr. Eskow's curriculum vitae