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'''Michael Vaughn Carter''' (born August 12, 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/michael-carter/e105129831378|title=Michael V. Carter|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 12, 2020}}</ref>

'''Michael Vaughn Carter''' (born August 12, 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/michael-carter/e105129831378|title=Michael V. Carter|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 12, 2020}}</ref>

is a [[Southern Baptist]] educator who since August 1, 1999, has been the president of [[Campbellsville University]] in Campbellsville in Taylor County in central [[Kentucky]]. On December 10, 2000, Carter announced his retirement from his position effective December 31.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cknj.com/content/dr-carter-wife-retire-cu|title=Dr. Carter, wife to retire from CU: Campbells University president to step down Dec 31 after 22 years at helm|publisher=''Central Kentucky News Journal"|date=December 10, 2020|accessdate=December 12, 2020}}</ref>

is a [[Southern Baptist]] educator who since August 1, 1999, has been the president of [[Campbellsville University]] in Campbellsville in Taylor County in central [[Kentucky]]. On December 10, 2000, Carter announced his retirement as the CU president effective December 31.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cknj.com/content/dr-carter-wife-retire-cu|title=Dr. Carter, wife to retire from CU: Campbells University president to step down Dec 31 after 22 years at helm|publisher=''Central Kentucky News Journal"|date=December 10, 2020|accessdate=December 12, 2020}}</ref>

 

Enrollment at CU grew from 1,600, when Carter became president, to 13,500 in 2020, when he retired from the position.<ref>"Michael V. Carter, presidnet of Campbellsville University, announces his retiremen," ''The Campbellsvillian:The Magazine for for Alumni and Frien ds of Campbellsville University,'' Vol. 19 (Spring 2021), p. 4.</ref>

Carter was reared in Huntington, [[West Virginia]], where he graduated in 1972 from Fred M. Vinson High School and Marshall University, with both bachelor's and master's degrees in 1976 and 1979, respectively. He did graduate study at Andover-Newton Theological School in Newton Centre in eastern [[Massachusetts]]. In 1984, he received his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Ohio State University]] in the capital city of [[Columbus]], [[Ohio]]. Prior to his CU presidency, Carter was the vice-president for academic affairs and professor of [[sociology]] at Carson-Newman University, a Baptist-affiliated institution in Jefferson City in northeastern [[Tennessee]], at which he was first employed in 1985. In the 1982-83 academic year, Carter taught sociology and [[anthropology]] at Warner Southern College in Lake Wales in south central [[Florida]]. In 1983-84, he was a teaching associate at Ohio State. In the 1984-85 academic year, he was instructor of sociology and director of Christian ministries at Judson College in Elgin near [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.campbellsville.edu/about/president/presidents-biography/|title=Dr. Michael V. Carter|publisher=Campbellsville.edu|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref>

Carter was reared in Huntington, [[West Virginia]], where he graduated in 1972 from Fred M. Vinson High School and Marshall University, with both bachelor's and master's degrees in 1976 and 1979, respectively. He did graduate study at Andover-Newton Theological School in Newton Centre in eastern [[Massachusetts]]. In 1984, he received his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Ohio State University]] in the capital city of [[Columbus]], [[Ohio]]. Prior to his CU presidency, Carter was the vice-president for academic affairs and professor of [[sociology]] at Carson-Newman University, a Baptist-affiliated institution in Jefferson City in northeastern [[Tennessee]], at which he was first employed in 1985. In the 1982-83 academic year, Carter taught sociology and [[anthropology]] at Warner Southern College in Lake Wales in south central [[Florida]]. In 1983-84, he was a teaching associate at Ohio State. In the 1984-85 academic year, he was instructor of sociology and director of Christian ministries at Judson College in Elgin near [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.campbellsville.edu/about/president/presidents-biography/|title=Dr. Michael V. Carter|publisher=Campbellsville.edu|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref>