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Workshop Presenters

Special Guest Vincent Tinto

Vincent Tinto received his Ph.D. in education and sociology from The University of Chicago. He is currently Distinguished University Professor at Syracuse University.

He has carried out research and has written extensively on higher education, particularly on student retention and the impact of learning communities on student growth and attainment. He has consulted widely with federal and state agencies, with independent research firms, foundations, and with two- and four-year institutions of higher education on a broad range of higher educational issues. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals and with various organizations and professional associations concerned with higher education. He chaired the national panel responsible for awarding $5 million to establish the first national center for research on teaching and learning in higher education and served as Associate Director of the $6 million National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment funded by the U.S. Office of Education.

He is currently working with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation for Education, Institute for Higher Education Policy, American Association of Colleges and Universities, American Association of Community Colleges, Council for Opportunity in Education, Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Education, and the European Access Network—all involved in a range of efforts to increase student success in higher education, especially among low-income and under-served students. His forthcoming book from The University of Chicago Press (2012) entitled Completing College provides a framework for institutional action for student success and shows how it can be applied to guide programs and policies in both two- and four-year institutional settings.

Presenters

Kay McClenney, Director
Evelyn Waiwaiole, Program Manager
Courtney Adkins, Survey Operations Coordinator
Meagan Cusack, College Liaison
Adrienne Dellinger, College Liaison
Colleen Bullock, Research Associate
Chris Cosart, Web Database Administrator
Angela Oriano, Associate Director, College Relations
Amina Benchouia, College Relations Specialist
Jeff Crumpley, Associate Director, Operations
Arleen Arnsparger, Project Manager, Initiative on Student Success
Steve Head, President, Lone Star College – North Harris (TX)
Marilyn Dement, Dean of Student Development, Lone Star College – North Harris (TX)
Joy Gates-Black, Vice Chancellor for Student Success, Tarrant County College District (TX)
David Wells, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Tarrant County College District (TX)
Karla Fisher, Vice President of Academics, Butler Community College (KS)

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