Jay A. Halfond, PhD

Dean of Metropolitan College & Extended Education

Jay Halfond previously served as Associate Dean of Northeastern University’s College of Business Administration and held various administrative positions at Harvard University. He received his bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in History from Temple University in 1973, a master’s degree in Comparative History from Brandeis University in 1974, and his PhD in Higher Education Administration from Boston College in 1981. Dean Halfond has published over ninety articles, and contributed a monthly column, “On Ethics,” for the Boston Business Journal over a five-year period. He oversees the University’s distance learning enterprise, BU Global, and BU’s summer offerings, and chairs the President’s Council for a Global University.