Ronald M. Berkman

He started college as a part-time student at William Paterson College while working to support his mother. He supported himself in college by driving a beer truck and by working in a liquor store and a gypsum factory. ==Florida International University==

Berkman was a dean at Baruch College and dean of urban affairs for the City University of New York. In 1990, Berkman was the director of the Urban Summit. Berkman was Provost and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Florida International University in Miami, where he was in the C-suite from 1997 through 2007. Berkman began his time at FIU as dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs. He was later Executive Dean over the Nursing, Health Sciences, Public Health, Social Work, and some other programs. He was also involved with FIU working to open colleges of Law and Medicine. He has also served as Executive Dean of the College of Health and Urban Affairs at FIU. ==Cleveland State University==

It became known on April 24, 2009, that Berkman would be the new president at Cleveland State University. He was voted unanimously as the new president of Cleveland State University on April 26, 2009. He assumed his position there on July 1, 2009. He was the subject of controversy when it was learned that CSU, a publicly funded university, would be paying up to $85,000 towards Berkman's home. In January 2013 he signed a contract extension through 2017. In April 2013 the Cleveland State Faculty Senate voted 31-11 for a vote of no confidence in Berkman over the transition of CSU from a four credit hour per class university to a three credit hour per class university. In October 2017, Berkman was criticized for failing to condemn homophobic flyers on campus. Below was his first issued statement that was highly criticized: ==Books Written==

• ''Opening the Gates: The Rise of the Prisoner's Movement'' (Lexington: Lexington Books, 1979), . • Politics in the Media Age (New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1986), . ==Personal life==

He was born on April 17, 1947, to Sidney and Hannah Berkman. He has also written an article for The Huffington Post. ==References==