BERNARD F. LENTZ, Ph.D., is Executive Director for Institutional Research at Drexel University.  He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University in 1976 and a M. Phil and M.A. also from Yale University in 1972. His B.A. is from Oberlin College in1970. Prior to coming to Drexel, Dr. Lentz served as Director of Institutional Research and Analysis at the University of Pennsylvania from 1997-2006.  During his tenure at Ursinus College from1982-1996 as a faculty member, he also served chairperson of the Department of Economics and Business Administration and Director of Institutional Research. As a faculty member at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1977-82, he was affiliated with the Center for the Study of Public Choice. He began his academic career at State University of New York at Albany where he taught in both the Department of Economics and the Graduate School of Public Affairs from 1973-76. In 2005-06, Dr. Lentz served on the National Research Council Assessment of Research Doctoral Programs Data Panel and was a Council Member of the Association of American Universities Data Exchange. His research focuses on the economics of higher education, labor markets for lawyers, career paths and work-life cycle of doctoral recipients, intergenerational transmission of human capital, and labor economics of public sector employees.