[4] As chief executive, Berlowitz won praise for increasing Academy revenues, expanding the scope of programs, and raising the academy's national profile, though questions about her management style and allegedly poor treatment of employees followed her for years.
[5][6] She created a network of more than 50 University Affiliates[7] to work with the academy on issues vital to the higher education community and also established two residential fellowship programs for young scholars: the Visiting Scholars Program[8] and the Hellman Fellowship in Science and Technology Policy.
[9] In June 2013, Berlowitz was accused by the Boston Globe of embellishing her résumé in the course of writing grant proposals for the American Academy, falsely claiming to have earned a PhD degree in English from New York University.
Berlowitz was also accused of drawing excessive compensation and manipulating the academy's election process.
[10] In the wake of press attacks on Berlowitz, however, former Ambassador to Afghanistan and U.S. Army Lt. General Karl Eikenberry and former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen wrote to the Boston Globe in her support.