Executive College

DENNIS R. DELONG

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EDUCATION [For a current biography see: http://ddelong.net/drdbio.htm]

B.A. - Secondary Social Studies, State University

College, Cortland, NY. Magna Cum Laude

(NYS

permanent

certification in social studies, 7-12).

M.A. - Political Science, University at Albany (SUNY),

Rockefeller

College of Public Affairs and Policy.

Ph.D. - Political Science, University at Albany

(SUNY), Rockefeller

College of Public Affairs and Policy,

(Fields: American Political Systems, Public Administration and

Comparative

Politics).

CURRENT ROLE

July 2005 - June 2007 and June 2010 to Present CHIEF EXECUTIVE

OFFICER, GOING PLACES CONSULTING, Ossining, NY

Providing consulting services to local governments and

not-for-profit organizations;

development and teaching of UG and graduate courses; research and grant

writing

on workforce and community development

See business web site: http://ddelong.net/Consult.html

RECENT ROLES

July 2007 -May 2010 DEAN,

CENTER FOR GRADUATE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION,

Caldwell

College, Caldwell, NJ,

Chief Opeating Officer, reporting to Academic VP and Dean of College

(CAO).

Responsible for adult undergraduate students; extended learning

programs;

graduate programs in business, education, pastoral ministry and

psychology;

as well as traditional continuing education activities.

Sept. 2006 - June 2007 LICENSED

REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON, Prudential Rand Realty, Briarcliff Manor,

NY

Authorized to buy and sell homes in Westchester, Putnam and Southern

Dutchess

Counties. Currently Inactive

EARLIER HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATIVE

EXPERIENCE

[For a description of areas of expertise in higher education,

see:

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Sep. 2003 – June

2005

ASSISTANT ACADEMIC VP & DEAN, SCHOOL OF GRADUATE &CONTINUNG

[Resigned 6/30/05] EDUCATIION,

Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY

As AAVP/Dean, reported to the Academic Vice

President/Dean of

Faculty and supervised graduate and continuing education programs on

and off campus. Marist has extension sites at Fishkill, Goshen and

Kingston, NY as well as

at Sullivan County Community College in Monticello. Provided oversight

to

BA/BS in Integrative Studies, including a fully online version, the

Center

for Corporate and Professional Education, the Center for Lifetime

Studies,

Winter and Summer Sessions, and graduate programs, including: Master of

Business

Adm.(MBA), Master of Public Administration (MPA), M.A. in

Communication,

M.A. in Educational Psychology, M.A. in Psychology; M.S. in Information

Systems- (MSIS). The MBA, MPA, MA in Communication and MSIS are

available fully online. Concurrent Rank: Professor of Political

Science

Sep. 2001 – Aug. 2003 DEAN, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE,

Chapman University, Orange, CA

Chief Executive Officer, reported to University Executive Vice

President

and Provost. Managed Chapman’s 31 extended learning sites

throughout

CA and in Arizona and Washington State as well as continuing and

distance

learning activities, including responsibility for over 7000

enrollments,

350+ faculty and staff and budget exceeding $50 million annually.

Concurrent

rank: Professor of Social Science.

Jan. 1999 – Aug. 2001 DEPUTY CHIEF

ACADEMIC OFFICER (Interim CAO, 6/1-8/8/01)

Connecticut State

University System, Hartford, CT

Provided academic leadership to the CSU System and assisted the

Chancellor in all academic matters relating to CSU Board of Trustees

(BOT), the Council

of Presidents and in relation to State and federal governments and

other

higher education institutions. The CSU System includes Central,

Eastern,

Southern and Western Connecticut State Universities. Administer staff

and

budget for Academic Affairs. Chair Council of Academic Vice Presidents

and

provide liaison to BOT Academic Affairs and Athletics Committees.

Managed

university initiatives on lifelong learning and the assessment of

quality

in teaching and learning; supervised Director, Institutional Research

and

Associate Executive Officer for Assessment, Grants and Learning

Technology

and other Executive Officers.

Sept. 1996 – Dec. 1998: DEAN, GRADUATE STUDIES, SUNY

Empire State College, Saratoga Sprgs., NY.

Chief executive officer, directly responsible for: academic program,

budgeting,

outreach, faculty development, and personnel for MA programs in

Business

and Policy Studies, Labor and Policy Studies, Social Policy and Liberal

Studies,

enrolling 500+ students. Directed development effort of

competency-based

MBA and "on-line" graduate courses. Supervised staff, Program

Chairs

and graduate faculty. Liaison to President’s Council and Graduate

Academic

Council. Concurrent academic rank: Associate Professor with tenure.

July 1992 - August 1996: DEAN, EASTERN REGION

(Central

New York Center, Syracuse and

Northeast Center, Albany), SUNY Empire State College,

Syracuse,

NY.

Chief executive officer, responsible for UG enrollment of

average headcount of 1500 students, 50 full-time and major part-time

faculty and

25 additional staff, in 16 locations in NYS, including 6 in the Capital

area

(see next entry) and in Auburn, Binghamton, Cobleskill, Ithaca,

Johnstown, Plattsburgh, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, Utica and Watertown

and as part

of SUNY Consortium at Fort Drum (headquarters of US Army’s 10th

Mountain Division),

responsible for: academic program, budgeting, planning, outreach,

development,

personnel, liaison with other ESC locations and public and private

institutions.

Also represented President in the region and administered

FORUM-Syracuse

(residency-based, UG management program for corporate sponsored

students)

and Albany Semester (Intern) Program (placing SUNY students in

NYS

agencies).

Oct. 1986 - June 1992:

DEAN, CAPITAL DISTRICT CENTER, SUNY Empire State College,

Albany, NY.

Chief executive officer of College’s capital area learning location

and

four units in the NYS Dept. of Social Services and on campuses of

Columbia-Greene (Hudson), Schenectady County and Hudson Valley (Troy)

Community Colleges.

Sept. 1982 - Sept.

1986:

ASSOC. DEAN, CAPITAL DISTRICT CTR., SUNY Empire State

College,

Albany, NY.

Chief academic officer, under direction of Dean, North Central

Regional Center, provided coordination of: academic program, budget,

personnel and faculty workload and had direct responsibility for:

student recruitment, curriculum

development and monitoring student workload for locations described in

item.

Aug. l978 - July 1981:

PROFESSOR-IN-RESIDENCE,

NYS ASSEMBLY INTERN PROGRAM, Albany, NY.

Responsible for education, training and placement for l40-l50

graduate

and undergraduate students annually and liaison with over 50 colleges

and universities in NYS.

April l970 - Feb. 1971: ASSISTANT SOCIAL

DEVELOPMENT PLANNER, NYS

EXECUTIVE

DEPARTMENT,

SOCIAL

DEVELOPMENT

PLANNING COMMISSION, Albany, NY.

Planning and coordination of executive agencies and social

policy research for Governor’s program staff advisors.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Full-Time

Sept. l973 - Aug. 1979: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,

Department

of Political Science, SUNY College at

Plattsburgh, NY (awarded tenure,

August

1978; on leave 1978-79)

Sept. 1972 - Aug. 1973: INSTRUCTOR, Department

of

History and Government, Nasson College, Springvale, Maine.

Part-Time Aug. 1981 –

Present:

MENTOR, SUNY/Empire State College, Saratoga Springs,

NY.

Offer group and individual instruction in political science, public

administration

and public policy - also supervise final projects for Master’s students

in

ESC’s graduate program in Business/Labor and Policy Studies and Social

Policy.

Sept. l980 - Spring 1992: ADJUNCT PROFESSOR,

(Political

Science), University at Albany (SUNY), Rockefeller

College

of

Public Affairs and Policy, Albany, NY.

Spring l984: Taught graduate course in

Social Science Research Methods at College of St. Rose, Albany, NY.

Fall 1984:

Taught graduate course in Public Policy Process and Analysis at Russell

Sage College, Evening Division, Albany,

NY.

Sept. l98l - May 1982: VISITING LECTURER (.50)

(Political

Science, State University College, Oneonta, NY.

Courses Taught

American Politics, Bureaucracy and Politics, Congress,

Executive Behavior, Interest Groups, Introduction to Public

Administration, Legislative Process and Behavior, New York State

Government and Politics, The Presidency, Policy Analysis, The Policy

Process, Political Behavior, Political Parties, Political

Socialization, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, Research Methods and

State and Local Government.

[For

a complete list of instructional expertise see: http://ddelong.net/subjectgrid.htm]

OTHER CAREER RELATED ACTIVITY

June 1984, 1985 & 1986 POLITICAL INSTRUCTOR, EMPIRE

GIRLS STATE, University .at Albany (Albany, NY.

Sponsored by the New York State American Legion Auxiliary. Provided

presentations

and guidance on State/local government, campaigning, bill drafting and

political

parties to over 300 young women (high school seniors) from throughout

NYS.

Sept. - Nov. 1974, 1976, 1978 and 1980: ELECTION

ANALYST/CONSULTANT, WPTZ-TV, Plattsburgh, NY.

Planned, developed, created budget and implemented election news

service, employing 40-50 college students to collect election returns

and provided

live, on-the-air interpretation and analysis of local, state and

national

elections (covering northern NYS and Vermont).

l964 -

1980:

POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

Worked in numerous political campaigns and in campaign research

endeavors

in NYC and upstate NYS. Also served as party committee person,

l975-l980, Acting City Democratic Chair, 1978 and Ward Chairperson,

1974-78 in Plattsburgh,

NY.

RESEARCH/PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS

Research Interests: Policy and political impact of

reapportionment

on county government in NYS; learning outcomes in public affairs

internships; policy analysis; policy and political impact of women in

legislatures.

Selected Publications and Conference Presentations:

"A Capitol Idea? An Assessment of the New York State Assembly

Intern Program," in Joseph C. Honan and Alan P. Balutis, eds., Public

Affairs

Internships:

Theory and Practice, Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman

Publishing

Company, Inc., l984, pp. 223-239.

"Bureaucracy and the Policy Process in New York State," (with

Michael

E. Lynch) in Peter W. Colby, ed., New York State Today:

Politics,

Government and Public Policy, Albany, N.Y.: SUNY, Press,

l989,

pp. l69-l80.

"Teaching Public Administration Through Agency-Based Internships:

An Analysis of the SUNY/Albany Semester Program," paper presented

to: 12th

National Conference: Teaching Public Administration, Federal Executive

Institute,

March 14, 1989, Charlottesville, Virginia.

"Women in Legislatures: An Examination of the Increase in

Female

Members in the US Congress and NYS Legislature, 1980-92, and Its Policy

Impacts,"

Presentation to: SUNY/Empire State College, Women’s Residency,

Syracuse,

NY, November 5, 1995.

"Report for the Fulfillment of Requirements for Public Act 93-201

and

for the Board of Governors Assessment Report: 1999," Connecticut

State

University System, March 1, 1999.

"Distance Learning: Bridge or Digital Divide?" Presentation

to

Panel on Distance Learning and Gender/Racial Differences, November 13,

2000, Quinnipiac University, Shea Lecture Series.

"The Assessment of Learning Outcomes: Needless Burden or Fruitful

Opportunity?"

Paper Presented to NYS Political Science Annual

Meeting,

SUNY College at New Paltz, May 5, 2001.

Contributor to: Toward Winning an Election: A Primer,

Spring l985, NYS Democratic Committee.

Doctoral Dissertation: Reapportionment, Representativeness and

Rural County Legislators in New York State (August, l978)

University at Albany,

(Univ. Microfilm Service., Ann Arbor, MI).AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Distinguished Alumni Award (Pol. Sci.), Rockefeller

College, University at Albany (SUNY), Fall 1989.

Board of Directors, Empire State College Foundation,

Saratoga Springs, NY 1990-1993.

Board of Directors, SUNY Colleges in the North Country Consortium,

Ft.

Drum, 1993-1996.

Board of Visitors, Internships, Scholarships and Fellowships,

SUNY Rockefeller Institute, 1985-1989.

Academic Council, Hudson-Mohawk Association of Colleges &

Universities,

Albany, NY 1987-1992.

SUNY Capital District Consortium, Chief Academic Officers

Group, 1984-1992 (Chair, 1989-90 and 1990-91). [1993-1998: assisted

ESC President

in Chief Executive Officers Group]

Member, SUNY-Wide Academic Dean's Group, 1985-1998

(Co-Convener,

1996-98).

Member, Graduate Academic Program & Res. Committee, SUNY

Faculty Senate, 1987-88 & 1988-89.

American Association of Higher Education, 1999-2004.

Connecticut Department of Higher Education, Performance Measures

Task Force, 1999-2001.

Connecticut Department of Higher Education, Standing Advisory

Committee,

1999-2001.

Steering Committee, US DED Fin. Aid Demo. Project, CT

Distance Learning Consortium

Certificates of Completion, " Performance Measures,"and

"

Benchmarking Skills, AQP Council, 1999

Member, Visionaries (Advisory Group), CT Commission on

Educational Technology,

2001-02

Member, Council on Experiential and Adult Learning (CAEL),

2002-05

Member, Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE),

2002-05

Chair, Dutchess County (NY) Workforce Investment Board 2007;

Member

since 2003

Member, Board of Governors, Dutchess County (NY) United Way;

Vice-Chair, Community Impact Committee, 2004-07

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