PETER L. FRENCH, Ph.D. .

**** *********** *****, ******** *****, Florida 34202-2928

Phone: 941-***-****

Email: abqjuc@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL RESUME

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in International Relations, Yale University, 1969

M.A. in International Relations, Yale University, 1961

B.A. in History (Honors), Moravian College, 1960

CAREER APPOINTMENTS

2008- Dean for Academic Affairs Emeritus, USF Sarasota/Manatee Campus

2002-2008 Associate Vice-President & Dean for Academic Affairs, University of South

Florida, Sarasota/Manatee Campus and Professor of Africana Studies

2001-2002 Associate Dean, University of South Florida, Sarasota/Manatee Campus

2000-2001 Interim Associate Dean, University of South Florida, Sarasota/Manatee

Campus

1999-2000 Interim Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Walsh University, North

Canton, Ohio (under auspices of the Presidential Registry of Retired College

& University Presidents)

1999- President Emeritus, Newberry College, Newberry, South Carolina

1994-1999 President and Professor of Government, Newberry College

1992-1994 Professor of Government, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York

1983-1992 Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Government,

Mercy College

1975-1983 Associate Professor of Government (tenured), St. Lawrence University,

Canton, New York

1970-1975 Assistant Professor of Government, St. Lawrence University

1969-1970 Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton,

California

1965-1969 Instructor in Political Science, the Maxwell School of Public Affairs and

Faculty Fellow of the Program of Eastern African Studies, Syracuse

University, Syracuse, NY

1964-1965 Administrative Assistant to the Financial Secretary and Secretary to the East

African Industrial Licensing and Research Boards, East African Common

Services Organization of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, Nairobi, Kenya

CONSULTANCY & GRANT ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE, 2000-2011:

JBS International, Inc./Aguirre Division:

USAID/HED: Assessment of effective practices in partnerships between US/Asia

Middle East Universities and development of means for measuring tactical

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practices and strategic goals for increasing human capability and strengthening

institutions for national development. (October 2010-June 2011)

USAID/HED: Evaluation of Leadership Initiative in Public Health in East Africa

(LIPHEA) with site visits to Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania (May-August, 2011)

Carnegie Corporation of New York:

Consultant to the University of Ghana: Assess and make recommendations on

the more effective operation of the course credit system/semester system which

resulted in restructuring of undergraduate education: degree design, grading

system, core curriculum and limitation of class size. (October 2008-April 2010)

Evaluation of Proposal to Train Senior Academic Administrators at the

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA): (June

2010)

Evaluation of Proposal to Train Senior Academic Administrators Submitted

by Council on Development of Education and Social Research in Africa

(CODESRIA): (August 2010)

US Office of Health and Human Services: Principal Investigator (PI) for a $710,000

federal grant for the establishment of a Center for Research on Health Services and

Policies (CRHSP) at the University of South Florida, Sarasota/Manatee (2005-2008).

TRUSTEESHIPS & BOARDS

More Recent Appointments:

Executive Council, Yale Graduate Student Alumni Association, (2011-2014) Chairman

(2008) and Vice-Chair for Administration (2010-2011), Perlman Music Program-

Suncoast Board; Member, Board of Sarasota County Economic Development Committee

(2007); Member, Board of Manatee Educational Television (2002-2008); Member, Sun

Coast Workforce Board of Sarasota and Manatee Counties (2002-2008); Member,

Advisory Board, Grassroots Leadership Initiative (2004- 2008); President of the Yale

Club of the Suncoast (2005-2007, two terms) and continuing member of the Board and

Executive Committee; Member, Board of the Ivy League Club of Sarasota and Manatee

Counties (2006-2009, 2011-2014)

Earlier Board Appointments:

President of Newberry College Foundation (1995-2000); Vice-Chairman, Board of

Trustees, South Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities (1997-1999); Member,

Board of the South Carolina Research Authority (1997-1999) appointed by the

Governor David Beasley; Member, Board of Lutheran Education Conference of North

America (1998-1999); Chairman, Council of Presidents of the South Carolina

Independent Colleges and Universities (1997-1999); Member, Board of the United Way

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of the Carolina Midlands (1997-1999), Chairman, United Way of Newberry County

Annual Campaign (1997-1998); Member. Board of Economic Alliance of Carolina

Midlands (1996-1998); Member, The Newberry Opera House Foundation Board (1995-

1999), Trustee, Moravian College (1986-1994) serving on committees on academic

affairs, finance and institutional advancement

CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE

Consultant in higher education management, practices, development and institutional

evaluation: The Presidential Registry interim appointments to senior administrative

posts, Council of Independent Colleges, the New York State Education Department s

Office of College and University Evaluation, the United Negro College Fund, the Phelps

Stokes Fund, the US Department of Education, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation,

the Duke Endowment and development counsel to the Center for Public Integrity,

Washington, D.C. International consultancies: senior consultant for Technical

Consultants International, Nairobi, Kenya serving the World Bank, UN Development

Program, US Agency for International Development, UNESCO, UN Industrial

Development Organization, and the US Peace Corps,

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2011 Member, Executive Council of the Graduate Student Alumni Board of Yale University

2008 Conferral of title of Dean for Academic Affairs Emeritus, USF Sarasota/Manatee,

2006 John Amos Comenius Award as Outstanding Alumnus of Moravian College

2006 Citizenship Award from the Council on Social Work Education,

2006 Award for Outstanding Educational TV Programming for Manatee Educational TV,

1999 President Emeritus of Newberry College,

1985 Galileo Medal, University of Pisa, Italy,

1981 Appointment by the President of Kenya to the design team of Daniel arap Moi University,

1976-77 Mellon Foundation Field Research Grant for research in east Africa,

1975-76 Owen D. Young Outstanding Faculty Member, St. Lawrence University,

1976 Annual National Security Seminar, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Pa.,

1964-65 Ford Foundation Africa-Asia Public Service Fellow,

1963-64- -Yale Council on International Relations Research Fellow,

1962-63 Sterling Junior Fellow, Branford College, Yale University,

1961-62 Yale University Woodrow Wilson Fellow,

1960-61 M.E. Jones Scholar,

1956-60 Gannett Foundation Fellow

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ACADEMIC RESEARCH, WRITING AND PRESENTATIONS:

Writings from The University of Ghana Consultancy Experience (2008-2010)

The written materials listed below were developed to inform, instruct and support the

deliberative process for academic reform at the University of Ghana. They provide a

comprehensive profile of the work completed for the 18-month project. The documents

include:

I. Reports and Recommendations

A. Mission and Purpose at the University of Ghana: Report and

Recommendations on the Course-Credit/Semester System and Continuous

Assessment for Quality Assurance (April 7, 2009)

B. Purposeful Reform at the University of Ghana: A Final Report and

Recommendations on the Course-Credit/Semester System, Continuous

Assessment and Quality Assurance in Academic Programming (March 31,

2010)

II. Interim Reports

A. Preliminary Report: Culture, Structure and Leading Opportunities for Reform

(December 8, 2008)

B. #1: Developing Operational Solutions for Assuring Continuous Assessment

(March 5, 2009)

C. #2: Transitioning from Recommendations to Operations (May 7, 2009)

D. #3: Implementing the Pilot Project on Reduction in Class Size and Use of

Continuous Assessment (June 26, 2009)

E. #3: Implementing the Pilot Project on Reduction in Class Size and Use of

Continuous Assessment (June 26, 2009)

F. #4:Establishing Campus Wide Continuous Assessment: A Proposed Program

for the Entire University (September 15, 2009)

G. #5: Preliminary Designs for the Four-Year Degree Proposals: Enhancing the

Use of University Resources (October 30, 2009)

H. #6:Report on the Pilot Project for Reduced Class Size: Enhancing Continuous

Assessment and Quality Assurance (February 18, 2010)

I. #7: Training of Faculty to Assist Colleagues in Developing Continuous

Assessment in the Course-Credit/Semester System (March 25, 2010)

J. #8: Developing Training Programs for Graduate Assistants to Support

Faculty in Continuous Assessment and Grading of Examinations (March 28,

2010)

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III. Working Papers

A. Establishing a Four-Year Bachelors of Arts Degree at the University of

Ghana

B. Working Papers for Meetings with the Faculties of Agriculture, Arts,

Business, Science & Social Studies

C. Amending Academic Scheduling

D. Scheduling the Semester System to Maximize Use of Academic Facilities

E. Instructional Opportunities in Block Scheduling: New Roles for Faculty and

Graduate Assistants

F. Suggested Subject Groupings for Use in the Faculties of Arts and Social

Studies at the 100 Freshers Level

G. Academic Worksheets for Entering Freshers in the Four-Year Degree

Programme

H. Human Resource Planning Notes

I. Some Considerations in Meeting Faculty Staffing Needs

IV. Training Materials

A. The Craft of Teaching: Learning, Assessment & Quality Assurance in

Undergraduate Education Designing and Conducting Courses for Effective

Learning in a Course-Credit/Semester System (Manual for Faculty and

Graduate Teaching Assistants); This manual is now being used by the

Carnegie Corporation of New York on other African University campuses

supported by the Carnegie Corporation.

V. Articles

A. Samuel Agyei-Mensah and P. L. French, Implementing Academic Quality

Assurance Practices: The Case of the University of Ghana, Journal of

the University of the West Indies, February, 2010

B. Evaluating Success Factors in Cross-Cultural Consultancy: The Case of

the University of Ghana (Sept 2010) prepared for the Registry of College

and University President

C. P.L. French, Making Legon a world Class University in Africa:

Completing a Task of Institutional Renewal (November 2011) to be

published by the University of Ghana

Recent Papers and Presentations: 2001-2008

Civility, Civic Competence and Political Order in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons to Be

Learned from the Republic of Kenya, speech to UN Association of Sarasota, April 2008

Civility, Civic Culture and Political Stability: Lessons from the 2007 Kenya Elections,

address to the Institute for Public Policy and Leadership, USF Sarasota-Manatee, March

2008

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Independent Fiscal Authority for a Regional Campus within the Policy Parameters of a

University System: The Sarasota-Manatee Campus of the University of South Florida,

Sarasota: Regional Branch Campus Administrators Conference, 2007

The Missing Link: A Study of the Depression Babies and Their Place in 20th Century

History, book review of R. B. Carson s book The Missing Link, Victoria, B.C., Trafford

Publishing, 2005 printed in Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, Vol. 4(4), 2006,

The Haworth Press.

The Impact of Political Dynamics on Regional and Main Campus Cooperation in a

Rapidly Changing Organizational Environment: The University of South Florida Case,

Sarasota: RBCA Conference, 2006

Aligning Policy and Practice to New Realities: Changing Administrative Guidelines for

Regional Campus at the University of South Florida, Sarasota: RBCA Conference, 2005

Regional Campus Operations in an Emergent University System: The Case of the

University of South Florida s Sarasota-Manatee Campus, Sarasota: RBCA Conference,

2004

Op-Ed Articles: (Sarasota Herald-Tribune and Bradenton Herald)

Restore Paul Rudolph s Riverview High School 3/27/08

Patriot Detail: Accompanying Slain Warriors Home 11/10/06

Ozymandias in Baghdad, A Cautionary Lesson for Victors 4/30/03

Martin Luther King Day: Annual Referendum on the Nation s Soul 1/24/03

Last Gifts of Public Service: Strom Thurmond and Jomo Kenyatta 1/10/03

Constitutions Protect Inalienable Rights 11/4/02

Tackling Future Workforce Challenges

As We Honor the Victims of 9/11 10/14/01

Cast Out the Unnatural Ones: The Terrorists of 9/11 9/14/01

Training Aides to Teach is Worth Celebrating 8/28/01

USF Grads Face New Horizons 5/21/01

The First Kenyatta: Player Has Name to Live Up To 4/26/01

The University as Community Asset and Partner 3/2/01

Research and Writing, the 1990 s:

The Common Good of the Academy: A Response to Political correctness and Higher

Education s Other Challenges, Institute on College Student Values, Florida State

University, Tallahassee, 1994

Feminine Management in Higher Education: Critical Variable in Successful Campus

Diversity Environment, Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on

Women in Higher Education, University of Texas at El Paso Press, 1994

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COMING TOGETHER: The Council of Independent Colleges and the United Negro

College Fund Initiative for Enhancing Institutional effectiveness and Collaborative

Exchanges Among Their Member Colleges and Universities, Washington D.C., The

Council of Independent Colleges, 1994

The College Campus as a Setting for Teaching Moral Responsibility, Institute on

College Student Values, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1995

The New Global Realties: An International Studies Curriculum for Historically Black

Colleges and Universities, New York, The Phelps Stokes Fund, 1993

The Mediating Potential of Multiculturalism, Liberal Education, April-March 1992

Research, Writing, Program Development, and Film Production: Pre- 1990:

Developmental Administration:

Bureaucracy and Africanization (with Fred G. Burke) in Fred W. Riggs, ed., Frontiers in

Development Administration, Durham, Duke University Press, 1971

Unemployment, Occupational Diversity and Vocational Guidance in Kenya, Ministry

of Labour, Government of Kenya, 1976

Zamani, Sasa, ? : Science, Technology and the Future of Africa, The Kenya National

Academy for the Advancement of Arts and Science, Nairobi, 1980

The Role of Continuing Education and The Costing and Financing of a Second

University, chapters in C.B. Mackay, et.al., Second University in Kenya, Nairobi,

Government Printer, 1981

Designing a New African University: A Perspective on the Report of the Working Party

to Establish A Second University in Kenya International Studies Association Meetings,

Cincinnati, 1982

The Role of University Systems in Technical Assistance Programs Abroad,

Conference on Higher Education on a Small Planet, State University of New York at

Potsdam, 1982

In Search of the Common Good: An Essay on Aid Administration in Kenya,

Northeastern Political Science Association Meetings, Philadelphia, 1985

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Pragmatic Realities of Foreign Aid Administration in an African Country: A Case Study

from the Republic of Kenya, New England Political Science Association, Cambridge,

1988

Educational Administration:

The Student Culture as A Critical Variable in Educational Reform in the Private Black

College, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, 1971

A Comparative Study of Approaches to Academic Grading in Colleges and

Universities, St. Lawrence University, 1972

Johnson C. Smith University Bestirs Tradition, Change: The Magazine of Liberal

Learning, March 1973

Minority Group Studies: Pathways to Awareness, 30 minute 35 mm film produced for

the New York State Education Department (with Peter L. Tarolli), Syracuse, Syracuse

University Film School, 1973

A Study of Optimum Forms of University Governance in the Small Private University,

St. Lawrence University, 1973

Administrative Insufficiencies and Discontinuities as a Barrier to Educational Reform in

the Private Black College, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, 1973

College Teaching: Critical Resource in the Private College s Limits to Growth World,

Liberal Education,1974

Programs of Advisement and Counseling in Janet N. Young, ed., Towards Positive

Coeducation, St. Lawrence University, 1974

Institutional Transfer Amid Academic Reform in the Private Black College, The Mary

Reynolds Babcock Foundation, 1974

Optimizing the College Experience Through Residential Living Programs, St.

Lawrence University, 1976

Developing Support for Foreign Language Training Programs, An Administrator s

View, New York State Foreign Language Teacher s Association, 1984

Affirming Basic Things; Doubt, Creativity and the Importance of Liberal Learning,

Address to the Convocation Inaugurating the 242nd academic year at Moravian College,

1985

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Applications of Normative and Empirical Political Thought to Academic

Administration, 13th Annual Conference on Excellence in Academic Administration,

Orlando, Florida 1989

International Relations:

Africa s Future and the Cultural Barriers to the Maintenance of National Systems,

African Studies Association Meetings, 1973

Survival Strategies of Indigenous Cultural Management: Alternatives to the Trade-Aid

Syndrome in U.S./Africa Relations, Dept. of State Scholar Diplomat Seminar, 1974

Africa s Response to Ecological Imperialism: A Paradigm on International Relations

and the Third World, New York State African Studies Association Meetings, 1974

American Foreign Policy for Africa in the Post-Reagan Era: A Perspective on

Challenges and Opportunities, Northeast Political Science Association Meetings, 1987

Political Behavior:

Cultural Duality and Political Stability in Independent Kenya, 1963-1965, (doctoral

dissertation) New Haven, Yale University, 1968

The Changing Nature of Political Elites in Independent Africa, in Michael Chaput, ed.,

Patterns of Elite Formation and Distribution in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Zambia,

Syracuse: Syracuse University, 1968

Sub-Systems Exchange As a Critical Variable in Political Decision-making in Kenya,

African Studies Association Meetings, 1972

Democracy in Eastern Africa: The Republic of Kenya As a Model for Democratic

Procedures and Institutions, Northeastern Political Science Association Meetings, 1984

Sustaining Democracy with Neo-Patrimonial Practice in Independent Kenya,

Northeastern Political Science Association Meetings, 1986

Bureaucracy and Socio-Political Stabilization in an African Regime: The Republic of

Kenya, Northeastern Political Science Association Meetings, 1986

Curriculum Design:

The Design and Use of Simulations to Teach African Studies, in John E. Wilmer, ed.,

Africa: Teaching Perspectives and Approaches, Tualatin, Oregon, National Council of

Geographic Education, 1975

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Inter-Cultural Education in the Third World: Planning and Operating A Semester

Program in Africa, The Second Annual New York State Conference on Critical Issues in

African-American Studies, Albany, New York, 1976

Teaching Race Relations on the Predominantly White Campus, The New York State

Political Science Association Meetings, 1976

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS, NAIROBI, 1979-1981:

Senior Consultant, Technical Consultants International

Management of contracts with the IBRD (World Bank) Project Office under the 3rd and

4th IDA Loans.

Director of Training for the US Peace Corps Program in Kenya

Administrator of the Training Program for the Organization of Netherlands Volunteers

Project Management for Veterinary and Agricultural Equipment Procurement for the US

Agency for International Development to expand Egerton College at Njoro

Design of International Tender Documents to meet World Bank and USAID uniform

standards and supervise the reading of tender documents for awarding equipment

contracts.

Design of the survey and methodology for the $98 million IBRD 3rd urban project to

improve medium sized towns in Kenya, 1980

Design of the Information Document and Archival Trust and its operating agency, The

Centre for Regional Information and Training, UN Development Program, 1980

Organization of symposium on Appropriate Mechanization of Small Farms in Africa,

for the African Agricultural Science Association, 1980

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