HIGHER LEARNING COMMISSION (HLC) of NORTH CENTRAL ACCREDITATION ASSOCIATION (NCA), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Continuous service since 1986 - present with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association (NCA) as a Consultant-Evaluator (C-E), Team-Chair, Accreditation Review Council (ARC), Reader’s Panel, Assessment Panel Reviewer, C-E Advisory Council, and Institutional Actions Council member (IAC). Most recent Comprehensive and Focus accreditation visits completed to Emporia State University, Emporia, KS ; Illinois State University Bloomington/Normal, Illinois; Walsh College, Detroit, MI., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Maryville University, MO, Missouri Baptist University, MO, Trine University, IN. Metropolitan state College Denver, CO. Minneapolis College of art and Design, MN. Member, Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) Advisory Council; Chair, AQIP Reaccreditation Panel; Member, AQIP Application Panel; Member, Member, Systems Appraisal Group.

Recipient of a $990 award from the University of Dayton Fund for Vocational Exploration for project titled "Literary Analysis, Critical Thinking, and Exploration of Student Vocation." 2007.

Presentations at the pre-meeting and Annual Meeting of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association (NCA) from 1996- 2006.

AQIP Admission Panel member 2001-2004, 2006 - 2009Systems Appraisal member, Advisory Council Member (2003-present), and Quality Checkup Team member (2006), Chair, AQIP Reaccreditation Panel for Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.  

Served as Team member and Team Chair, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), Oakland, California.

Served on joint NCA and Association of Theological Schools (ATS) accreditation visits.

1995-1998, Self-Study coordinator of NCA self-study, University of Dayton comprehensive evaluation visit for reaccreditation.

1987, Self-study coordinator for Graduate Studies and Research unit for NCA Self-study, University of Dayton comprehensive evaluation visit for reaccreditation.

American Library Association (ALA) Public Member of Committee on Accreditation, 2004-2008.

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Elected Public Director to the ABET Board of Directors. November, 2010.

Midwest Modern Language Association (MLA)
Established and chaired session on James Joyce for five years at the Midwest Modern Language Association (MLA).

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Reviewer, project proposals for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS)
Member, representing University of Dayton, Midwestern Association of graduate Schools; Chair, Thesis Award Selection Committee; editor for 2 years of the Proceedings of the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools. Member, MAGS Graduate Standards Committee. Elected Member-at-Large, 1997; Chair-Elect in 1998, and Chair of MAGS in 1999.

Graduate Records Examination
Appointment to Services Committee of the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) Board, 1999-2001.

Ohio Award for Excellence
Selected examiner and senior examiner for Ohio Award for Excellence competitive program for 1999 and 2000.

Regional Water and Wastewater Research and Training Center Board of Directors
Member, Board of Directors, Regional Water and Wastewater Research and Training Center, University of Dayton, 2002, 2003.

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program
Selected as examiner for the 2000 and 2001 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program. Program managed by National Institute of Standards and Technology of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Danforth Fellow
Selected as Danforth Associate in 1973, co-sponsored 2 funded proposals to the Danforth College Project Fund. Appointments as Danforth Associate required faculty member to be an active member in the teaching/learning environment through related activities.

Invited Consultant to Ohio Board of Regents High School to College Articulation Committee, 2004-2005.

Ohio Board of Regents Advisory Committee on Graduate Study (RACGS)
Representative of University of Dayton to the Ohio Board of Regents Advisory Committee on Graduate Study for twenty-one years; reviewed and voted on several doctoral (Ph.D. and professional) and master's (including off-campus) graduate programs, and Restructured doctoral programs in Ohio public institutions. As regular member of Committee, participated in drafting state-wide Guidelines and Procedures for Off-Campus programs and Entry Level Graduate Education, 1983-present.

Chair of the Ohio Board of Regents Advisory Committee on Graduate Study (RACGS), 2002-03. Chair, revision of  Guidelines for the Review of State University Doctoral Programs.  

Member of the Ohio Board of Regents Advisory Committee on Graduate Study sub-committee drafting the guidelines for the Ohio Eminent Scholars (OES) program, 1999-2000. This program, open to all doctoral institutions in the State, supports academic research. 

Served on a sub-committee of the Ohio Board of Regents Advisory Committee on Graduate Study tasked to review and update Guidelines for the Review of State University Doctoral Programs, 1998-1999.

Member of the Task Force on Graduate Workshop Credit for workshop credits offered by Ohio public and public universities, 1996. 

Chair of Task Force A  the Regents Advisory Committee on Graduate Study. Responsible for designing and conducting An Inventory of Doctoral Programs in Institutions of Higher Education in the State of Ohio, 1994-95. Subsequently, instrumental in designing a database and nine reports to make this large body of information available in an easily useable format to the fifteen member universities of the Regents Advisory Committee on Graduate Study and to the Ohio Board of Regents for their discussions on state investment in doctoral education and state-wide review of doctoral programs. 

Member of Task Force E of RACGS which drew up Criteria for Ohio Board of Regents State-wide Doctoral and Professional Program Review, 1993-1994. 

Consulted with Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Psychology in College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Religious Studies, and School of Education to develop proposals for 3 new Ph.D. programs and 4 new master's programs.

Principal author of proposal for two federally funded doctoral fellowships to Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowships sponsored by U.S. Department of Education. Ph.D. program in Educational Leadership won two fellowships of $69,000 each, for three years under this program. 1993-1995.

Co-author of proposal for $430,000 to the Federal Fellowship Program in Graduate Areas of National Need (GAANN) in Electrical Engineering/Electro-Optics, 1997.

Co-author of 2002-03 proposal to establish professional science program in Financial Mathematics funded from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Initiative to develop professional science programs. Phase A and Phase B funded for total of $47,500.

Coordinated and represented University of Dayton on State of Ohio Student Achievement in Research and Scholarship (STARS) Minority Mentoring Program facilitating the academic progress of African-American, Hispanic, and native American undergraduates into Ohio's graduate and professional schools, 1994-1996.

Co-author of the 1994-1995 proposal to name a Graduate School at the University of Dayton. Graduate School established in 1994.

Project Leader for Graduate School of University of Dayton web-based online application and admission system for graduate students. Web-based reports for graduate departments for better decision making and continuous improvement of recruitment for graduate programs. Systems Analyst and programmer, Avinash Puli. Server and administration, Clancy Cross.

Chair, Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships, University of Dayton.

Co-Chair Faculty Seed Grant Awards, University of Dayton.

Director and Faculty Liaison to Academic Research Information Services, 1989-1994. Planned and established GRANTLIB, a grants locating service for University of Dayton faculty.

Appointed as single external member to the Academic Council of Walden University, Minneapolis, MN,1996-2000.

Board of Trustees member, American Public University System, Charles Town, WV, 2004- present.

Selected as member of the Services Committee of the GRE Board, 1999, 2000, 2001.  
 
Board of Trustees Emeritus member of the Institute for Clinical Social Research in Chicago, IL, 1996 - 2006.

Selected as member of the Objectives and Purposes Committee of the Board of Trustees, University of Dayton, 1995-2000. 

Member of the Board of Directors of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) representing the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) as Past Chair, 1999 and 2000. 

Member of the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) Student Outcomes Common Language Working Group, 2000.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS, CONSULTATIONS, and PUBLICATIONS

Walden University, Minneapolis, MN. Consultation on accreditation and Ph.D. programs.

West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, WV, 2009-2010.  Consultation on Accreditation Candidacy Status.

Viterbo University, LaCrosse WI, 2008.  Consultation on accreditation and Ph.D. programs

American Public University System, Charles Town, WV, 2003. Consultation on accreditation.

Oakland City University, Oakland, IN, 2002-03. Consultant on NCA re-accreditation.

Lester L. Cox School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Springfield, MO, 2002. Workshop on governance, organizational structure, and related issues.

American Osteopathic Association Workshop on Program Review and Accreditation Workbooks, Phoenix. AZ, 2001.

Trinity College, Evansville, IN, 2001. Member of an invited consulting team on master’s and doctoral education, .

American College of Osteopathic Internists, 2001, 2002. Workshop on Accreditation Workbook and Assessment, Washington, D.C.

American Osteopathic Association, 2002. Workshop on Faculty Development, Washington, D.C.

Defiance College, School of Business, Defiance, OH, 2002. Workshop on Graduate Education. 

National Technological University, 1997-1998. Consultation for assessment program for student academic achievement.

Erickson Institute in Chicago, IL, 1998-1999. Workshop for NCA re-accreditation.  

"The Companionship of Literary Books" The International Journal of the Book,  Volume 6, No.4 2009, 89-92.
 

"Recognition for Programs in New and Emerging Disciplines." Journal of the World Universities Forum, Volume 2, No. 1, 2009, 111-116.

"Consistency in Accrediting Team Recommendations." Association for Specialized Professional Accreditation, Alexandria, VA, April, 2003.

"Two Examples of How Interdisciplinary Programs Evolve." Paper authored with Mohammad Karim and Joyce Jentoft. A revised version presented by Katy Marre and Mohammad Karim at the International Conference Interdisciplinarity Revisited at Pennsylvania State University, August 1999.

"Two Examples of How Interdisciplinary Programs Evolve." Paper authored with Mohammad Karim and Joyce Jentoft. Presented by Katy Marre at the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting, April 1999.

"Graduate Summer Programs: A New Model." Refereed paper presented with Marietta Geray, OSB at the Sixth National Conference on the Education and Employment of Graduate Teaching Assistants, Minneapolis, MN, November, 1997.

"Changing Responsibilities of the Graduate Dean." Chair of Panel at the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 1996.

"Self-Directed Work Team Model for Graduate Assistants." Refereed paper presented with Brian Staudt at the Fifth National Conference on the Education and Employment of Graduate Teaching Assistants, The Professional Apprenticeship: TA’s in the 21st Century. Denver, CO, November, 1995.

"Using Graduate Program Review to Plan Assessment of Student Academic Achievement." Invited paper. Presented at the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 1995.

"Assessment of Graduate Programs." Invited paper. Council of Graduate Schools in the United States and Canada, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, December 1993.

Publication in area of Academic Expertise
Published papers, extended academic reviews, and presentations on James Joyce; papers on Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, and William Wordsworth. Published papers on Graduate Education,  Graduate Program Review and Assessment, interdisciplinary programs.