With over 30 years of experience in admissions and enrollment management, Mr. Durkle has led the University of Dayton to several enrollment achievements. He has begun many innovative uses of student and alumni data to elevate the efficiency of the admissions office, including raising the amount of undergraduate applications by 56% over the past five years while also raising ACT/SAT scores, introducing innovative interviewing programs that drive enrollment, creating strong alumni recruiting programs, and developing one of the first exclusively online application systems. Rob currently serves on the board of the National Catholic College Admission Association and has presented numerous times at regional admissions counseling association conferences.
Dr. James provides strategic leadership in the areas of undergraduate and graduate admissions, financial aid, registrar, academic advising, and veterans’ affairs. Working closely with the other divisions of academic affairs and with student life, enrollment management is responsible for student access, persistence, and success. Dr. James holds a BA in psychology from Boston University, an MEd in administration, planning and social policy from Harvard University, and an EdD in higher education leadership and policy from Vanderbilt University.
Jim’s special area of expertise falls in recruitment – from mentoring admissions leaders to building new demand through data analysis and the development of strategic communications. Jim’s administrative career spanned over 25 years of leadership in admissions, financial aid, and enrollment management at Boston College, Cornell University, and the University of Rochester. In addition, Jim has authored numerous publications on enrollment management including Choosing a College that is Right for You (Peterson’s Guides), The Effect of Financial Aid Policies on Admission and Enrollment (The College Board), Working Together: A Cooperation between Admissions and Financial Aid Offices (The College Board), and Shaping the College Experience Outside the Classroom (University of Rochester Press). Since partnering with Kathy Kurz to start the company in 1996, Jim and Kathy have consulted at over 250 institutions nationwide on over 350 projects.
Dr. Ackerlind oversees the assessment and research agenda for her division, including development, implementation, and interpretation, and use of results. She also has led the strategic planning process for the division of student affairs and for individual departments. Stacy is also an adjunct faculty in the Educational Leadership and Policy program and Educational Psychology at the University of Utah where she teaches graduate courses on assessment and helping skills. She is currently conducting research on organizational behavior change in higher education.
Ellen has been coordinating and directing assessment for DePaul’s division of student affairs for the past five years. She was responsible for developing and implementing the division’s integrated assessment model and creating formal processes to report results. Her responsibilities include chairing the division’s assessment committee, fostering a culture of assessment, increasing staff capacity around assessment, coordinating departmental assessment and research projects, coordinating divisional annual reporting processes, and sharing results. Ellen has presented on the topic of assessment at the NASPA annual conference, NASPA Assessment and Retention conference, and the Association of American Colleges and Universities and has had an accepted presentation at the Association for Institutional Research (AIR). She has also co-authored a chapter on a mixed methods approach to assessment in Student Affairs in an AIR monograph titled Using Mixed Methods in Institutional Research. Prior to her work in assessment, Ellen served DePaul for seven years as the director of academic enhancement, overseeing orientation and first-year experience.
Dr. Baldridge has researched, taught, and implemented the use of mobile learning consistently over the past few years in his courses. In his work with the first-ever Mobile Learning Initiative on a college campus, he has established some of the current best practices for social media and mobile learning both in and out of the classroom. His research, presentations, and publications include areas surrounding mobile learning, remote teaching, and using social media to create learning communities. His current research project examines pairing mobile devices with social media to increase student interaction.
Dr. Kendall’s work with teacher education candidates involves Web 2.0 training, digital citizenship awareness, and content quality review of online and mobile instruction. As a three year member of the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching [MERLOT] Teacher Education team, Dr. Kendall evaluates mobile apps that align to the national core curriculum, reinforce the ISTE standards for 21st century learning, and expand student knowledge beyond traditional mediums.
Dr. Melton oversees the strategic planning and implementation of the Tennessee Board of Regents’ System Wide Office of Mobilization. She is the creator of the education and workforce mobile app resource center for preK-careers, author, presenter, trainer, consultant, and quality reviewer for distance education, eLearning, mobilization, global partnerships, and program and student outcomes. Dr. Melton is the recipient of many teaching and technology awards and accolades, including: 2011 Catalyst Award for Leadership in the implementation of the Regents Online Campus Collaborative, 2010 MERLOT Outstanding Leadership Award, and 2009 IMS Global Solutions Outstanding Program Award. [Robbie will discuss the discovery and evaluation of free content with apps. She’ll share some case studies from the Tennessee Board of Regents’ Mobile App Education & Workforce Collection Resource Center.
Dale’s current responsibilities include the coordination of technology-based tools and environments that are used for instruction, support of faculty professional development in the use of these tools to improve student learning, and leading a strategic project to extend Boise State’s Mobile Learning Initiative. Prior to moving to Boise State, Dale was the associate dean for Instructional and Information Technology in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Brett Pollak provides leadership to the campus in building platforms, strategies, and teams to support digital communications through web and mobile. Brett manages a 10-person team that provides website development services to the campus. The CWO also supports campus-wide applications such as maps, directory, calendars, and the UC San Diego mobile presence. Brett has presented on mobile design topics at the High Ed Web and EduWeb conferences. He has also published articles online through The Journal of Higher Education Web Professionals and Eduniverse.
