ation ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁He ▁later ▁entered ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Army ’ s ▁Information ▁and ▁Education ▁Division . ▁Following ▁the ▁war , ▁Ke ppel ▁returned ▁to ▁Harvard ▁as ▁assistant ▁to ▁the ▁prov ost . ▁James ▁Bry ant ▁Con ant , ▁then ▁president ▁of ▁Harvard , ▁was ▁so ▁im pressed ▁with ▁Ke ppel ’ s ▁enthus ias m ▁and ▁character ▁attributes ▁that ▁he ▁named ▁Ke ppel ▁the ▁de an ▁of ▁the ▁Harvard ▁Gr adu ate ▁School ▁of ▁Education ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁ ▁During ▁his ▁four teen ▁years ▁as ▁de an , ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Education ▁more ▁than ▁quad ru ple d ▁in ▁size , ▁applications ▁increased ▁ten fold , ▁and ▁the ▁end ow ment ▁sw elled ▁to ▁over ▁$ 9 ▁million . ▁Ke ppel ▁focused ▁on ▁impro ving ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁teaching , ▁testing ▁reform ▁ideas , ▁and ▁suggesting ▁innov ations ▁for ▁practice . ▁He ▁rev ital ized ▁the ▁Master ▁of ▁Arts ▁in ▁Te aching ▁and ▁introduced ▁a ▁Master ▁of ▁Arts ▁for ▁Element ary ▁Te ach ers . ▁He ▁also ▁created ▁Harvard ’ s ▁School ▁and ▁University ▁Program ▁for ▁Research ▁and ▁Development . ▁He ▁promoted ▁experiment ation ▁in ▁team ▁teaching , ▁program med ▁learning , ▁curr icular ▁reform , ▁and ▁the ▁use ▁and ▁development ▁of ▁educational ▁television . ▁These ▁practices ▁set ▁Harvard ▁apart ▁from ▁other ▁educational ▁schools . ▁Ke ppel ▁was ▁widely ▁respect ed ▁as ▁a ▁national ▁leader ▁and ▁served ▁on ▁numerous ▁comm itte es , ▁task ▁forces , ▁and ▁coun c ils ▁during