Education College
Resume:
NANCY B. SHULOCK
VITA
California State University, Sacramento
Sacramento, California 95819-6081
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EDUCATION:
University of California, Davis
Ph.D. in Political Science, 1996
Dissertation Award: Recipient of Harold Lasswell Award for best dissertation in the field of
policy studies for 1996 and 1997.
University of California, Berkeley
Master of Public Policy, 1978
Princeton University
Bachelor of Arts in American History
(Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa), 1975
EMPLOYMENT:
California State University, Sacramento
Executive Director, Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy
September, 2001 to present
Direct institute whose mission is to enhance leadership and policy for California higher
education by engaging in research and analysis with direct application to public policy and
educational practice. Policy research focuses on community colleges, accountability, and
higher education performance, finance, and governance. More information is available at the
Institute website at www.csus.edu/ihe.
California State University, Sacramento
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
September, 1997 to September, 2001
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
July, 1988 to August, 1997
Reported to Provost with responsibility for institutional planning and assessment, and
academic budgets. Supervised Office of Institutional Research, which maintains and analyzes
institutional data on students, faculty, enrollment, and academic programs.
California State University, Center for California Studies
Director, Faculty Fellows Program
July, 1994 to August, 1997
Part-time assignment to develop and administer new systemwide program of the California
State University. Designed program guidelines; wrote Requests for Proposals (RFPs),
evaluated proposals, and administered program under which faculty from across the
California State University System performed short-term policy research studies at the
request of the California Legislature and Governor.
California State University, Sacramento
Associate Vice President for Finance
October, 1984 to July, 1988
Principal assistant to Vice President for Finance in the administration of University budget.
Responsible for establishing and overseeing campus-wide planning processes.
California State Senate, California Legislature
Associate Consultant
March to September, 1984
Advised members of Senate Finance Committee on state budget and other fiscal legislation
concerning postsecondary education, state civil service, collective bargaining, and state
retirement programs.
Legislative Analyst's Office, California Legislature
Program Analyst
November, 1978 to October, 1983
Advised Legislature on fiscal and policy issues concerning public education in California,
including K-12 education and postsecondary education.
TEACHING
Professor, Public Policy and Administration, California State University, Sacramento
Courses taught:
Public Policy Development (undergraduate)
Public Budgeting and Finance (graduate)
Public Management (graduate)
Masters Thesis Seminar in Higher Education (graduate)
Executive Fellowship Seminar (graduate)
Community College Policy (course module for Capital Area North Doctorate in
Educational Leadership CANDEL program)
Education Policy team teach a course in independent doctorate in Educational
Leadership.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (see links to available publications at www.csus.edu/ihelp)
2011 Shulock, N., Offenstein, J., & Esch, C. Dollars and Sense: Analysis of Spending and
Revenue Patterns to Inform Fiscal Planning for California Higher Education.
Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy.
2011 Moore, C., & Shulock, N. Sense of Direction: The Importance of Helping Community
College Students Select and Enter a Program of Study. Sacramento, CA: Institute for
Higher Education Leadership & Policy.
2011 Moore, C., Offenstein, J., & Shulock, N. Consequences of Neglect: Performance Trends
in California Higher Education. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education
Leadership & Policy.
2011 Shulock, N. & Jenkins, D. Performance Incentives to Improve Community College
Completion: Learning from Washington State s Student Achievement Initiative. New
York: Community College Research Center.
2011 Shulock, N., Moore, C., & Offenstein, J. The Road Less Traveled: Realizing the Potential
of Career Technical Education in the California Community Colleges. Sacramento, CA:
Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy.
2011 Offenstein, J., Shulock, N. Political and Policy Barriers to Basic Skills Education in the
California Community Colleges. American Behavioral Scientist, 55(2): 160-172.
2010 Moore, C. & Shulock, N. Divided We Fail: Improving Completion and Closing Racial
Gaps in California s Community Colleges. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher
Education Leadership & Policy.
2010 Offenstein, J. & Shulock, N. Taking the Next Step: The Promise of Intermediate
Measures for Meeting Postsecondary Completion Goals. Boston, MA: Jobs for the
Future.
2010 Offenstein, J., Moore, C., & Shulock, N. Advancing by Degrees: a Framework for
Increasing College Completion. Washington, DC: The Education Trust.
2009 Offenstein, J., Moore, C., & Shulock, N. Pathways to Success: Lessons from the
Literature on Career Technical Education. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher
Education Leadership & Policy.
2009 Moore, C., Shulock, N., & Offenstein, J. Steps to Success: Analyzing Milestone
Achievement to Improve Community College Student Outcomes. . Sacramento, CA:
Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy.
2009 Moore, C., Jensen, C., & Shulock, N. Crafting a Student-Centered Transfer Process in
California: Lessons from other states. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education
Leadership & Policy.
2009 Offenstein, J. & Shulock, N. Technical Difficulties: Meeting California's Workforce
Needs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Fields. Sacramento, CA:
Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy.
2009 Contributing author to Richardson, R. Jr. and Martinez, M., Policy and Performance in
American Higher Education, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
2009 Moore, C., & Shulock, N. The Grades are In - 2008: Is California Higher Education
Measuring Up?. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy.
2008 Shulock, N., Moore, C., Offenstein, J., & Kirlin, M. It Could Happen: Unleashing the
Potential of California s Community Colleges to Help Students Succeed and California
Thrive. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy.
2007 Shulock, N. & Moore, C. Invest in Success: How Finance Policy Can Increase Student
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Success in California s Community Colleges. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher
Education Leadership & Policy.
2007 Moore, C. & Shulock, N. Beyond the Open Door: Increasing Student Success in the
California Community Colleges. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education
Leadership & Policy.
2007 Shulock, N. & Boilard, S. Buying the Right Thing: Using a Policy Audit to Align
Community College Policy with State Policy Goals. Planning for Higher Education,
35(3): 12-25.
2007 Shulock, N. & Moore, C. Rules of the Game: How State Policy Creates Barriers to
Degree Completion and Impedes Student Success in the California Community Colleges.
Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy.
2006 Moore, C. & Shulock, N. State of Decline? Gaps in College Access and Achievement
Call For Renewed Commitment to Educating Californians. Sacramento, CA: Institute for
Higher Education Leadership & Policy.
2006 Shulock, N., Moore, C., Gage, T., & Newman, M. Improving Facility Planning for
California Higher Education. Sacramento, CA: Center for California Studies, Faculty
Research Fellows Program.
2006 Shulock, N., editor. Practitioners on making accountability work for the public, New
Directions in Higher Education, No. 135 San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
2005 Shulock, N. & Moore, C. A strengthened community college role in teacher preparation:
Improving outcomes for California's minority students. In Gandara, P., Horn, C., &
Orfield, G. (Eds.), Expanding Opportunity in Higher Education. New York: SUNY
Press.
2005 Shulock, N., Moore, C., & Gill, M. Shared Solutions: A Framework for Discussing
California Higher Education Finance. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education
Leadership & Policy.
2005 Moore, C. & Shulock, N. Variations on a Theme: Higher Education Performance in
California by Region and Race. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education
Leadership & Policy.
2005 Shulock, N. & Moore, C. A Framework for Incorporating Public Trust Issues in States
Higher Education Accountability Plans. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education
Leadership & Policy.
2005 Richardson, R., Shulock, N., & Teranishi, R. Public Policy and Higher Education
Performance in the State of California. New York, NY: Alliance for International Higher
Education Policy Studies.
2005 Shulock, N. & Moore, C. Diminished Access to the Baccalaureate for Low-Income and
Minority Students in California: the impact of budget and capacity constraints on the
transfer function. Educational Policy,19 (2): 418-442.
2004 Shulock, N. & Moore, C. Facing Reality: California Needs a Statewide Agenda to
Improve Higher Education Outcomes. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education
Leadership & Policy.
2004 Shulock, N., et.al. Contributing author to Ensuring Access with Quality to California
Community Colleges. National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
2004 Moore, C., Shulock, N. & Lang, D. Funding Adult Education: Does California Put the
Money Where the Needs Are? Sacramento, CA: Center for California Studies, Faculty
Research Fellows Program.
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2004 Shulock, N. & Moore, C. Diminishing Access to the Baccalaureate through Transfer:
The Impact of State Policies and Implications for California. Sacramento, CA: Institute
for Higher Education Leadership & Policy.
2004 Wassmer, R., Moore, C., & Shulock, N. The Effect of Racial/Ethnic Composition on
Transfer Rates in Community Colleges: Implications for Policy and Practice. Research
in Higher Education, 45 (6): 651-672.
2004 Shulock, N. No Less than a Cultural Shift, in The Chronicle for Higher Education,
September 3, 2004.
2003 Shulock, N. & Moore, C. Capacity Constraints in California s Public Universities: A
Factor Impeding Transfer? Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education Leadership
& Policy.
2003 Shulock, N., Moore, C., & Solomon, D. Improving Outcomes for California s Minority
Students: Can an Increased Role for Community Colleges in Teacher Preparation be
Part of the Answer? Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education Leadership &
Policy.
Shulock, N. On the Durability of the Master Plan in the 21st Century, or if it s broken,
2003
why isn t anyone fixing it? Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy.
2003 Shulock, editor. Envisioning a State of Learning: Conference Summary and
Observations on the California Master Plan for Higher Education. Sacramento, CA:
Center for California Studies.
2002 Shulock, N. & Moore, C. An Accountability Framework for California Higher
Education: Informing Public Policy and Improving Outcomes. Sacramento, CA: Center
for California Studies, Faculty Research Fellows Program.
2002 Wassmer, R., Moore, C., & Shulock, N. A Quantitative Study of California Community
College Transfer Rates: Policy Implications and a Future Research Agenda. Sacramento,
CA: Senate Office of Research.
2001 Shulock, N. California Community Colleges Leadership Challenge: A View from the
Field. Sacramento, CA: Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy.
2000 Shulock, N. & Ketcheson, K. Assessing the Metropolitan University Mission,
Metropolitan Universities: an International Forum, 10: 4:63-72.
1999 Shulock, N. The Paradox of Policy Analysis: If It's Not Used, Why Do We Produce So
Much Of It? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 18(2), 226-244. Awarded
the Vernon Prize as the best paper in Volume 18.
1998 Shulock, N. Legislatures: Rational Systems or Rational Myths. Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 8(3), 299-324.
1998 Shulock, N. and Harrison, M. Integrating Planning, Assessment, and Resource
Allocation. Planning for Higher Education, Vol. 26(3), 29-37.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS: (see links to available
presentations at www.csus.edu/ihelp)
2011 Accountability: Trends and Issues. Presented at the National Governor's Association
Policy Academy, November 17, 2011.
2011 Priority of Community College Career Technical Education Programs. Presented at the
PACE Seminar for Education Policymakers and Scholars, October 7, 2011.
2011 A New Script for Financing Higher Education. Presented at the SHEEO Policy
Conference, August 10, 2011.
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2010 Divided We Fail: Improving Completion and Closing Racial Gaps in California's
Community Colleges. Presented at the Community College League of California 2011
Legislative Conference, January 23, 2011.
2010 Student Success in the California Community Colleges: Lessons from and Acting on
Research Knowledge. Presented at the Association of California Community College
Administrators' Annual Conference, February 18, 2010.
2009 Crossing the Divide: Making a Difference with Policy Research. Presented at the
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Graduate Policy Seminar,
November 5, 2009.
2009 Can P-16 Councils Help Promote the College Readiness and Success Agenda? Lessons
from Three Case Studies. Presentation to the American Educational Research
Association, April 16, 2009.
2009 Political and Policy Barriers to Basic Skills Education in the California Community
Colleges. Presentation to the American Educational Research Association, April 14,
2009.
2009 Policy Matters: Creating the Best Conditions for Community College Student Success.
Presentation to a seminar sponsored by Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE),
April 10, 2009.
2008 Using a Policy Audit to Align Community College Finance with State Goals.
Presentation to Making Opportunity Affordable Academy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
June 3, 2008.
2007 Return to Golden: A Public Agenda for California Higher Education.
Invited keynote to the HACU-CLIC Joint Policy Summit, April 22, 2008.
2007 From Access to Success in California's Community Colleges: No Time to Waste.
Presentation at the Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley, February 12,
2008.
2007 Financing Community Colleges: Policies, Incentives and Language Matter
Presentation to the Achieving the Dream State Policy Meeting, February 5, 2008
2007 Making a Difference: A Case Study of Policy Research That Got Noticed. Invited Talk
at Presidential Session at Association for Studies in Higher Education 32nd Annual
Conference, Louisville, KY, November 8, 2007.
2007 Financing Community Colleges in California: Policies and Incentives matter.
Symposium at Association for Studies in Higher Education 32nd Annual Conference,
Louisville, KY, November 7, 2007.
2007 Untapped Opportunities: Designing Policies to Increase Student Success. Invited
keynote address at Academic Senate for California Community Colleges fall session,
Anaheim, November 1, 2007.
2007 Student Success in the California Community Colleges: Why does it matter? How do we
know? What do we do? Presentation at Community College League of California 2007
Annual Trustees Conference. San Francisco, CA, May 6.
2007 Using Data for a Change: Three Conversations. Keynote address at California
Community Colleges RP/CISOA annual conference, Garden Grove, CA, March 26.
2007 Latino Student Access and Success: Research Findings and Policy Implications.
Presentation at National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
(NALEO) Education Leadership Initiative: California Statewide Policy Institute on
Higher Education Access and Success Manhattan Beach, CA, January 16, 2007.
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2006 Student Success Research. Presented at California Community Colleges Chief
Instructional Officers (CCCCIO) Fall Conference, San Diego, CA, November 3, 2006.
2006 Buying the Right Thing: Using a Policy Audit to Align Community College Finance
with State Policy Goals. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the
Association for the Study of Higher Education: Forum on Public Policy in Higher
Education, Anaheim, CA.
2006 State Performance Accountability in Higher Education. Paper presented in a
symposium at the 31st Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher
Education, Anaheim, CA.
2005 Shared Solutions: A Framework for Discussing California Higher Education Finance.
Paper presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher
Education: Forum on Public Policy in Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA.
2005 Panel participant for Solutions for America: the public benefits of higher education, at
SHEEO professional development conference. Seattle, Washington, August 17.
2004 Accountability in Higher Education: Where California Is (or Isn t). Presented to the
Community College League of California s Legislative Conference, Sacramento, CA.
2004 Accountability for State Policy Purposes: A Different Focus, keynote address to the
California Association for Institutional Research (CAIR), Anaheim, CA, November 18,
2004.
2003 A Fundamentally New Approach to Accountability: Putting State Policy Issues First.
Paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher
Education: Forum on Public Policy in Higher Education, Portland, Oregon.
2003 Improving Outcomes for California s Minority Students: Can an Increased Role for
Community Colleges in Teacher Preparation be Part of the Answer? Presentation at
Harvard Civil Rights Conference on Expanding Access and Opportunity in California
Higher Education, Sacramento, CA October 24.
2003 Assessment and Systemic Change: Implications for Student Affairs. Presentation at
the Summer Seminar on Assessment in Student Affairs, Penn State University, June 27.
2003 Creating a Culture of Evidence at CSU, Sacramento. Presentation at the Summer
Seminar on Assessment in Student Affairs, Penn State University, June 26.
2002 Strategic Planning Revisited: Still Changing After All These Years. Presentation at the
37th Annual Conference of the Society for College and University Planning, San Diego.
2001 Using Electronic Institutional Portfolios to Support Planning and Effectiveness.
Presentation at the 2001American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Assessment
Conference, Denver, Colorado.
Can Performance Budgeting Work at the Campus Level? Presentation at the 25th
2000
Annual Research Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education,
Sacramento, California.
2000 Meeting New Demands for Accountability The Metropolitan University Challenge.
Presentation at the 22nd Annual European Association of Institutional Research Forum,
Berlin, Germany.
2000 The public university and the private education enterprise: Collaboration or
compromise? Panel presentation at the annual conference of the Society for College and
University Planning, Pacific Region, Seattle, Washington.
1999 "Assessment of the Metropolitan University Mission: Two Approaches," panel
presentation at annual conference of Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities,
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Boise, Idaho.
1999 "Linking Academics to State Policy Formation: Two Models Used in California," panel
presentation at annual LINKS Conference, Sacramento, California, April, 1999.
1999 Assessment and Strategic Planning, panel presentation at California State University
conference Building a Campus Climate for Learning Outcomes Assessment, Los
Angeles.
1996 Redefining the Planning Process to Incorporate a Culture of Evidence, panel
presentation at the annual conference of the Society for College and University Planning,
Washington, D.C.
1996 The Missing Link: Integrating Assessment into the Planning Process, panel
presentation at the annual conference of the Western Regional Society for College and
University Planning, Portland, Oregon.
OTHER SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (see links to
available presentations at www.csus.edu/ihelp)
2011 Milestones and Indicators for Postsecondary Success
Presented to Pathways to Postsecondary Success, UC/ACCORD June 23, 2011.
2011 Testimony to Little Hoover Commission on California Community Colleges
Presented at a public hearing at the State Capitol, February 24, 2011.
2011 From Access to Success in the California Community Colleges: Performance Policy and
Practice
Presented at the Woodland Community College Forum, January 12, 2011.
2010 Improving Completion and Closing Racial Gaps in California Community Colleges
Presented at Campaign for College Opportunity's Capitol Briefing, November 10, 2010.
2010 Improving Completion and Closing Racial Gaps in the Los Angeles Community College
District
Presented at the Alliance for a Better Community's Divided We Fail in LA briefing,
November 9, 2010.
2010 Principles for Effective Statewide Accountability. Testimony to the California
Legislature Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education, March 22, 2010.
2010 Community College Student Success in Context: Performance and State Policy.
Presented to the Los Angeles City College Academic Senate, March 18, 2010.
2010 From Access to Success in the California Community Colleges: Questioning
Assumptions and Establishing Principles. Presented at the Community College League of
California Commission on the Future, February 26, 2010.
2009 Crafting a Student Centered Transfer Process in California: Lessons from other States.
Presented at the 2009 Capitol Briefing Series in Sacramento, December 14, 2009.
2009 California Higher Education: Performance, Policy, and Prognostications.
Presented to the University of California Office of the President as part of series on
California Higher Education, 50 Years After the Master Plan, October 22, 2009.
2009 Meeting California s Workforce Needs in STEM Fields. Presentation to the California
Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) Board Meeting, October
22, 2009.
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2009 Technical Difficulties: Meeting California s Workforce Needs in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math (STEM) Fields. Presented at the 2009 Regional Briefing Series,
September 4, 2009
2009 Challenges and Opportunities Facing California Higher Education in Science,
Technology, and Career Education. Presentation to the California Council on Science
and Technology, May 27.
2009 The Grades are In - 2008: Is California Higher Education Measuring Up? Presentation
to the Assembly Higher Education Committee, March 3, 2009.
2009 The Grades are In - 2008: Is California Higher Education Measuring Up? Presentation
to a briefing sponsored by the Campaign for College Opportunity, February 26, 2009
2008 Designing Policies to Increase Student Success. Presentation to Pennsylvania's
Achieving the Dream Student Success Forum, October 10, 2008.
2008 Community College Transfer: Obstacles and Barriers. Presentation to Hechinger
Institute on Education and the Media, Teachers College, Columbia University,
September 15, 2008.
2008 Leadership to Put Students First: It Could Happen. Presentation to Community College
Leadership Development Initiatives (CCLDI) policy seminar, University of San Diego,
July 29, 2008.
2008 A Call for Change? Increasing Student Success at California Community Colleges.
Presentation to the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Education and Workforce
Development Committee, May 23, 2008.
2007 Beyond the Open Door: Leveraging Institutional Change Through Policy Reform.
Three presentations for California Community Colleges Leadership Development
Initiatives (CCLDI), October 11 (Foothill College), October 12 (San Bernardino
Community College District), and November 2 (University of San Diego).
2007 Community College Effectiveness. Presented at Hechinger Institute on Education and
the Media, Community College Fellowship Seminar, Teachers College, Columbia
University, October 2, 2007.
2007 Increasing Student Success in the California Community Colleges: Changing the Rules
of the Game. Presentation at the California State University Executive Council Retreat,
Los Angeles, June 25.
2007 Increasing Opportunities for Student Success: Changing the Rules of the Game .
Presentation at California Community Colleges Leadership Development Initiatives
(CCLDI), De Anza College, Cupertino, CA, May 9.
2007 Latino College Success and the California Dream. Presentation to Greater Los
Angeles Chicano-Latino Administrator, Faculty & Staff Community College
Association, Monterey Park, CA, March 24.
Testimony to California Assembly Higher Education Committee, October 18th, 2005,
2005
State Policy Issues Concerning Graduate Education and Research.
2005 Testimony to California Assembly Higher Education Committee, June 22, 2005,
"Highlights of Institute's Reports, (1) Variations on a Theme and (2) Shared Solutions"
2005 Testimony to California Assembly Higher Education Committee, March 1, 2005,
"Suggestions for Addressing California's Higher Education Challenges"
2005 Testimony to California Assembly Higher Education Committee, February 22, 2005,
"Problems and Challenges Facing California Higher Education"
2005 Member of the Steering Committee to develop a strategic plan for the California
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Community Colleges.
2004 Testimony to the California Performance Review Commission, Los Angeles,
September 9, 2004.
2004 Testimony to the National Commission on Accountability, Washington, DC, May, 2004.
2004 Policy seminar: State Financing of Higher Education: Policy Implications, Community
College Leadership Development Initiatives (CCLDI), Claremont, CA February, 2004.
2004 Panelist at the Colorado Commission on Higher Education Summit on Access and
Participation, June 30, 2004.
2003/4 Various presentations on higher education accountability: UC Berkeley Center for
Studies in Higher Education (4/3/03); Stanford University Institute for Higher Education
Research (5/27/03); Ohio Governor s Commission on Higher Education and the
Economy, Columbus, OH, (10/8/03); Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher
Education (12/17/03); National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Associates Program, (2/21/04).
2002 Selected to participate in the 2002 Associates Program of the National Center for Public
Policy and Higher Education.
2002 Seminar on strategic planning and accountability in higher education presented to visiting
delegation from Republic of Cote d Ivoire, in cooperation with the Office of Academic
Affairs, CSUS, June 5.
2002 Seminar on higher education structure, governance, policy, and administration in the
United States and California presented to visiting educational professionals from China,
in cooperation with the College of Continuing Education at CSUS and the CSU Office of
the Chancellor, July 31.
2001 Seminar on strategic planning, budgeting, and institutional assessment presented to
visiting delegation from Far Eastern State Technical University, Vladivostok, Russia in
cooperation with the College of Continuing Education at CSUS, October 24-26.
Resume updated December, 2011
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