William Plater

William Plater is an American higher education consultant and serves as the Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs, Philanthropy, and English at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). They held various academic leadership roles, including Acting Chancellor at IUPUI and Associate Director at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Plater's educational background includes a PhD in English Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where they also earned their Master's and Bachelor's degrees in English. Currently, they are a Senior Scholar at The Quality Assurance Commons for Higher and Postsecondary Education.