Deborah Bial
Deborah Bial | |
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Deborah Bial receiving an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Mount Holyoke College in 2014 | |
| Born | 1965 (age 59–60) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Education |
| Thesis | Alternative measures for college admissions : a relational study of a new predictor for success: the promise of the Bial Dale college adaptability index and the success of the Posse program (Harvard) (2004) |
Deborah Bial (born 1965) is an American businesswoman. She is the founder and president of the Posse Foundation and a trustee of Brandeis University.
Bial is known for the concept of her foundation, which is to send groups of around ten students to collaborating colleges so that they can support each other and achieve a greater success rate. She is also known for the Bial–Dale College Adaptability Index, an activity-based test of college readiness that incorporates Lego play.
She was one of the 2007 winners of the MacArthur "Genius" awards and is a frequent speaker at college graduations.