Philip L. Clay, Chancellor and Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT

麻省理工学院副校长,都市研究与规划教授
   
 

菲利普.克雷,麻省理工学院副校长,城市规划教授。副校长和教务长是MIT最高级别的两个学术领导职务。作为副校长,克雷教授负责本科生和研究生的学习,生活以及提供其他方面的服务。克雷教授同时还担任麻省理工学院环境委员会主席和剑桥大学-麻省理工学院联合董事会成员。

克雷教授于1975年开始在麻省理工学院任教,在1994-2001年间担任副教务长。他在1990-1992年间担任都市研究与规划系副主任,在随后的两年里担任系主任。1980-1984年,克雷教授一直是麻省理工学院-哈佛大学都市研究联合中心助理主任。

克雷教授以其在美国公共住房政策、社区发展方面的研究工作而著称,参与了多个国家级的相关研究,比如:1987年他在一项“社区再开发集团”所委托的研究中,发现市场传统制度因素对低收入廉租房的侵蚀,并提出相应的国家保护政策。随后他担任了国家提供住房政策专门委员会委员,并参与制定了1990公共住房政策法案。

在一项由多个国家基金会资助的最新研究中,克雷教授全面评估了建构在组织上及发展能力上的社区的诸多引导因素的有效性。克雷教授是美国最大的非盈利性公共廉租房开发集团Community Builder的董事局主席。近期他在多个领域的大型项目中担任资深顾问。

克雷教授在推动美国和其他国家的公共政策以及教育方面的多个委员会任职。

 

Phillip L. Clay is the Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Professor of City Planning. The Chancellor and the Provost are the Institute's two most senior academic officers. As Chancellor, Professor Clay has oversight responsibility for graduate and undergraduate education at MIT, student life, and student services. Professor Clay chairs the MIT Council on the Environment and serves on the board of the Cambridge-MIT Institute.

A member of the MIT faculty since 1975, Professor Clay served as Associate Provost in the Office of the Provost from 1994 to 2001. He was Head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning from 1992 to 1994 and its Associate Department Head during 1990 to 1992. From 1980 to 1984, Professor Clay served as Assistant Director of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of MIT and Harvard.

Professor Clay is widely known for his work in U.S. housing policy and community-based development and has been involved in several studies that received national attention. For example, in a 1987 study commissioned by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp., he identified the market and institutional conditions contributing to the erosion of low-income rental housing and documented the need for a national preservation policy. He later served on the national commission that recommended the policy that became part of the Housing Act of 1990.

In his latest research, sponsored by several national foundations, Professor Clay evaluated the effectiveness of various initiatives to build organizational and developmental capacity in community-based development organizations. Professor Clay is President of the Board of Directors of the Community Builders, the nation's largest nonprofit developer of affordable housing. In recent years, Professor Clay has served as a senior advisor on projects in several areas.

Professor Clay serves on several boards and councils that address public policy and education in the U.S. and abroad.