Consultative Leadership and Collective Bargaining Experience

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1 Office Norwalk Community College 188 Richards Avenue Norwalk, CT Curriculum Vitae DAVID L. LEVINSON, Ph.D. CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS President, Norwalk Community College (NCC), Norwalk, CT, 2004 present; Chief executive officer of a comprehensive community college with a Fall 2013 enrollment of approximately 10,000 students (2/3 credit) and a budget of $48 million. Designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education, over 50% of credit students are non-white, with students originating from over 80 nations and speaking 50 languages. Classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Community Engagement Institution, NCC is an Achieving the Dream Leader College. Vice President for Community Colleges, Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education, Hartford, CT, 2011 present. Chief community college officer of a consolidated higher education system with a Fall 2014 combined community college credit enrollment of approximately 57,000 students. Resource Development for Academic Programs and Student Support Increased assets of the Norwalk Community College Foundation from $13.8 million to $28 million (peak of $32.8 million in 2007); annual giving currently exceeds $2 million a year Completed $20 million capital campaign for a new Center for Science, Health and Wellness, which included a lead $3.75 million corporate and $3 million individual gift Principal investigator for a $12.1 million Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Grant Health and Life Sciences Career Initiative $1.25 million grant from the Fairfield County Community Foundation Fund for Women and Girls for the creation of a Family Economic Security Program (FESP) $763,000 grant from MDC/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a Developmental Education Initiative (DEI) $700,000 grant from the Dalio Family Foundation for a first-year student success initiative Start2Finish $450,000 grant from Nellie Mae Education Foundation for Achieving the Dream David L. Levinson Page 2

2 Commitment to Student Success Developed a 9-14 Early College partnership with J.M. Wright Technical High School in Stamford, CT and replication of a 9-14 P-Tech through a partnership with IBM, Norwalk Community College, and the Norwalk Public Schools Chosen to be part of the first-ever community college-led STEM Regional Collaborative (with Miami Dade College and Cuyahoga Community College) by Jobs for the Future and Achieving the Dream Chair and supervisor of Kresge Foundation Student Success Center grant, Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education Recognized as Education Institution of the Year by the National Black MBA Association of Westchester County New York and Greater Connecticut Chapter Selected to be part of a Postsecondary State Policy Network by Jobs for the Future - a multistate collaborative committed to advancing state policy to accelerate community college student success and completion Initiated college-wide e-portfolios, resulting in over 8,000 students and 300 faculty creating e-portfolios Created an international award-winning Student World Assembly Chapter Consultative Leadership and Collective Bargaining Experience Created a representative college-wide Senate as NCC s governance structure Enlarged the College s management council to include college senate officers and representatives of student government association Effectively collaborate with the College s eight bargaining units, both at local and statewide level Regularly interact with the Governor s office, leadership in the CT Senate and House, and local legislative delegation Extensive involvement with corporate and business leaders, non-profits and public school throughout Fairfield County Appointed by Governor Dannel P. Malloy to P-20 Council Appointed by former Governor M. Jodi Rell to Early Childhood Education Research and Policy Council David L. Levinson Page 3

3 Community Engagement (current) Only Connecticut community college to attain classification as a Community Engagement Institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Chair, Search Committee for Superintendent of Norwalk Public Schools Chair, Implementation Team and Transformation Steering Committee for the Norwalk Housing Authority and City of Norwalk s $30 million Choice Neighborhood Initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Executive Board and Treasurer, Connecticut Campus Compact Director, Fairfield County s Community Foundation School Governance Council, Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk, CT Stepping Stones Children s Museum Advisory Board, Norwalk, CT Family Children s Agency Community Advisory Board, Norwalk, CT Appointed by First Selectman, Town of Westport, CT to TEAM [Together Effectively Achieving Multiculturalism] Westport, CT Co-founder of Norwalk ACTS (Achievement, Cooperation, Teams Success) for Children, a coalition of over 40 non-profits and foundations dedicated to eradicating the pre-k 14 achievement gap Periodicals and Journals PUBLICATIONS School Innovation Maps Path to Employment, Hartford Courant, December 15, 2014 Public Sociology: A Community College President s Perspective, The American Sociologist, Volume 44, Issue 4, December 2013 Sociology in the Community College, guest co-editor of The American Sociologist, Volume 44, Issue 4, December 2013 Grand Solution or Grab Bag? Community colleges are being asked to provide everything from second chances to vocational education. Is America ready to help them succeed? American Prospect, October 22, 2009 A Call for More Scholarship, Community College Week, October 6, 2006 Community Colleges and Capital Formation, Community College Week, July 18, 2005 Guest Editor, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, thematic issue on Community Colleges As Civic Institutions, February 2004 Guest Editor, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, thematic issue on Faculty Scholarship in the Community College, August 2003 David L. Levinson Page 4

4 Books Community Colleges: A Reference Handbook, ABC-CLIO Press, 2005 (253 pages) Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia (General Editor), RoutledgeFalmer, 2002 (734 pages) PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Academic Vice President, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ, Chief academic officer of a 14,000 student comprehensive community college. Accomplishments include: Created a Center for the Study of Intercultural Understanding Hired over 40 tenure-track faculty Initiated New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey, certificate program for teaching Expanded the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), which structured more than $6 million in loans to business impacted by 9/11 Created new facilities for Vet Tech Program Planned the program for a new Technology Education Building which included a simulated manufacturing floor Developed new programs in Music Business, Network Administration, and Surgical Technology Dean and Division Chair, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley Hills and Framingham, MA, Associate Dean and Division Chair for Business, Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences Associate Dean and Division Chair for Social and Behavioral Sciences; Acting Associate Dean for Business, Career Programs, Mathematics and Biology 1998 Associate Dean and Division Chair for Liberal Arts Assistant Dean and Division Chair for Liberal Arts and Business Associate Professor of Sociology, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, ; Director of Urban Institute Internship/Seminar Program, Merrimack College, TEACHING EXPERIENCE Norwalk Community College - Freshman Seminar, part of a learning community that combined developmental and college-level courses under the auspices of the Developmental David L. Levinson Page 5

5 Education Initiative (DEI), funded through a grant by MDC and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2010; Principles of Sociology, 2009 Teachers College, Columbia University - College and University Organization and Administration, Higher and Postsecondary Education Graduate Program, 2005; Supervised doctoral dissertation Creating the College Catalog: A Case Study of Stakeholder Perceptions and Organizational Decision-Making at Two Private Colleges Differing in Degree of Entrepreneurialism by Ann Vavolizza, 2008 Bergen Community College - Introduction to Sociology, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley Hills, MA Principles of Sociology; Sociology of Education in Massachusetts; Introduction to Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA Collective and Organizational Behavior, 1992 Merrimack College, North Andover, MA Introduction to Sociology, Contemporary and Classical Sociological Theory; Social Change, Individual and Society, Sociology of Education, Urban Studies Seminar, PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Appointed by CT Governor Dannel Malloy to P-20 Council, present Co-chair, American Sociological Association Task Force on Community College Faculty in Sociology, 2012-present Commissioner, New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, 2011-present Editorial and Publications Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Resource Development Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems, present Connecticut Campus Compact Executive Board, Treasurer, 2010 present Public Understanding of Sociology Award Selection Committee, American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting Program Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2010 David L. Levinson Page 6

6 Budget, Finance and Audit Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems, (Chair, ) Commission on Lifelong Learning, American Council on Education (ACE), Washington, DC, Grant Advisory Committee, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), Community College Study of Faculty Costs and Productivity, Middle States Association, Commission on Higher Education Committee on Substantive Change, Princeton University Mid-Career Fellowship Steering Committee, New Jersey Small Business Development Regional Advisory Board, New Jersey, Regional Technology Leadership Network, New York Academy of Sciences, Bergen County Workforce Investment Board One-Stop Committee, Hackensack, NJ, Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Task Force on General Education Outcomes Assessment, 1999 Governing Board, New England Educational Assessment Network (NEEAN), (Cochair, ) Co-chair, Membership Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Associate Deans Think Tank, New England Resource Center for Higher Education, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Co-chair, Annual Program Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Editor, American Sociological Association Sociology of Education Section newsletter, Chair, Society for the Study of Social Problems Educational Problems Division, PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEETINGS Advancing a Middle Skill STEM State Policy Agenda: A Framework for How States Can Support Community Colleges in Building Middle-Skills STEM Pathways, American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 2015 (forthcoming) David L. Levinson Page 7

7 Creating a Stronger Economic Future for Students: Building Creating a Stronger Economic Future for Students: Building Middle-Skill STEM Pathways, Achieving the Dream Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2015 Advancing a Middle Skills STEM State Policy Agenda, Achieving the Dream Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2015 Prior Learning Assessment Its Time Has Come Again, moderator, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, New England Association of Schools and Colleges Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2014 Public Sociology and the Pursuit of Social Justice: Community Colleges as Positive Forces for Social Change, Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2014 Online Higher Education A Reality Check, moderator, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, New England Association of Schools and Colleges Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2013 Expecting the Unexpected, presentation at the New CEO Institute, American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2013 The Degree Qualifications Profile: Goals, Practices and Questions, moderator, Commission of Institutions of Higher Education, New England Association of Schools and Colleges Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2012 The Importance of Data-Driven Decision Making, presentation at the New CEO Institute, American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, 2012 Integrative Learning, moderator, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, New England Association of Schools and Colleges Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2012 Core Competencies for Majoring in Sociology, presentation at High School Affiliates Conference, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, 2011 Public Sociology as a Bridge for Teaching Sociology in Two-Year and Four-Year Colleges, presentation at Department Chairs Conference, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, 2011 Raising the Bar: Increasing Student Success, presentation at the New CEO Institute, American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2011 Teaching Social Activism in Undergraduate Classes, session organizer, presider and discussant, Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010

8 David L. Levinson Page 8 Nurturing Engagement Through Activism: A President s Perspective, presentation at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010 When the Community Talks, NCC Listens, presentation at the Achieving the Dream Strategy Institute, Charlotte, NC, 2010 Community Colleges and the Reconstruction of Civic Life, invited Thematic Session organizer, presider and discussant, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2009 Capturing Change: How to Use Evaluation to Inform and Guide Implementation, presentation at the Achieving the Dream Strategy Institute, San Francisco, CA, 2009 Opportunities and Obstacles to Faculty Professional Development at Community Colleges, presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2008 Leveraging Data in Strategic Planning: Building Institutional Capacity for Accountability, preconference workshop at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2008 From Top Down to Bottom Up: Coming of Age in the Community College, presentation at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2008 Reinvesting in the Third Age: Older Adults in Higher Education, presentation at the American Council on Education Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2008 President s Plenary Session, presentation at the Achieving the Dream Strategy Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, 2008 Norwalk s Response to the Needs of Its Young People, presentation at the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education and Connecticut Association of School Superintendents Annual Convention, Mystic, CT, 2007 Recruiting and Retaining Students in Technical Programs Successful Research Based Strategies, presentation at the National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education Centers Principal Investigators Conference, Washington, DC, 2007 Civic Engagements: College President Viewpoints on Working in the Community, presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, 2007 Measuring Student Success: The Current Capacity and Potential for Institutional Research at Community Colleges, presentation at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, New York, 2007 David L. Levinson Page 9

9 Leveraging Data in Strategic Planning: Building Institutional Capacity, pre-conference workshop at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, 2007 Improving Persistence: Students Views and Institutional Supports at Two Colleges, presentation at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, 2007 Data Based Decision Making: Building Capacity at Smaller Institutions, presentation at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, 2007 Helping Colleges and Students Succeed Through Community Engagement, presentation at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, 2006 Mentoring the Next Generation of Presidents, presentation at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, 2006 Community Colleges as Instruments of Public Intervention, presentation at From Immigration to Integration: Lessons Drawn from Local Responses, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Opportunities and Obstacles to Faculty Professional Development at Community Colleges, presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, No Child Left Behind: A Higher Education Response, presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sociology of Education Section Pre-Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2005 Lessons Learned from CEOs, presentation at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2005 Student Leadership at a Multicultural Community College, presentation at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2004 A Center for the Study of Intercultural Understanding, presentation at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 2003 Benchmarking Community College Instructional Costs and Productivity: The Kansas Study, presentation at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 2003 David L. Levinson Page 10

10 A Technologically Transformed Campus: Going from the Ridiculous to the Sublime, presentation at the American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 2002 Creating Successful Partnerships with K-12, presentation at the New Jersey Council of County Colleges Best Practices Conference, North Branch, NJ, 2002 Bridging the Organizational Divide: Uniting Academic and Student Affairs During a Time of Crisis, presentation at the League for Innovation in the Community College, Boston, MA, 2002 The Human Drive for Community in the Aftermath of September 11, keynote address, Phi Theta Kappa Middle States Regional Convention, Newark, NY, 2002 Teaching Introduction to Sociology, workshop organizer and presider, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2002 K-12 Partnerships with Higher Education, presentation at the National Education Association Northeast Leadership Conference, Newport, Rhode Island, Where Do We Go From Here? The Vision of Community College Leaders, session coorganizer and presider, American Association of Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2001 Issues in School Organization, presider and discussant, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2000 Higher Education: Inequalities in Financial Aid, presider and discussant, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1999 "Cross-National Education Policy Perspectives," presider, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1999 Assessing Student Learning In Undergraduate Sociology Courses, organizer, presider and discussant, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1999 Workshop on Teaching the Sociology of Education, organizer and participant, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1999 Future Directions in the Sociology of Education, presentation to the Sociology of Education Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1998 Facing New Demands: Institutional Responses In A New Era, presider, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1998

11 David L. Levinson Page 11 "Bridging the Gap Between University and Community College Sociology," academic workplace workshop at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 1997 "Public Support for Education," presider and discussant, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 1997 "Constructivism In The Classroom: Teachers As Researchers," symposium organizer and presider, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1997 "Student Service Perspectives," discussant, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1997 "Higher Education and Social Change," discussant, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 1996 "Educational Power Brokers and the Manufacturing of a Crisis Discourse," paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 1996 "Constructing the Current Crisis In Education," session organizer, Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 1996 "Community Colleges as Virtual Communities for the 21st Century," paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 1996 Corporatism, Educational Reform, and the Construction of Citizenship for the 21 st Century," paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 1996 "Community Colleges and the Reinvention of Civic Society," session organizer, presider, and discussant, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1996 "The Transition to College," presider, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1995 "Equity, Excellence, and Access in Higher Education," presider and discussant, American Education Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1995 "Curriculum, Social Mobility, and Public Policy," session organizer, presider, and discussant, Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 1994 "The Paradox of Education Reform In Massachusetts, ," paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1994 David L. Levinson Page 12

12 "Education In A Global Economy," discussant, Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, August 1993 "Business and the Privatization of Public Schools," paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992 "Higher Education and the Politics of Urban Renewal," paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1991 "The Campaign to Relocate Emerson College to the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts," paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 1991 "Structuring Education for the 'Informational Age: High Technology's Influence Upon Higher Educational Policy in Massachusetts," paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1990 "Neither 'Left' nor 'Right: Strategies for Reforming Education in the 1990's," presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1990 "Educational Partnerships: Problems and Possibilities," paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1990 "Educational Reform and Change," discussant, Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1990 "Corporatism and Higher Educational Policy In Massachusetts," roundtable discussion presented at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 1989 "Recent Developments In Higher Education," session organizer, presider, and discussant, Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 1989 "Community Colleges: Minority Attendance and Attainment," presider and discussant, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988 "Higher Education's Role in Building A High-Tech Society," paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988 "Higher Education and High Technology In Massachusetts," paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 1987 David L. Levinson Page 13

13 DIRECTORSHIPS AND ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS Director, Fairfield County s Community Foundation, CT, 2014 Advisory Board, Stepping Stones Children s Museum, Norwalk, CT, 2011 present Director, Connecticut Campus Compact (Executive Board and Treasurer), present Director, The Workplace, Inc., Southwestern Connecticut s Regional Workforce Development Board, Bridgeport, CT, 2008 present Advisory Board, Family and Children s Agency present Director, Norwalk Children s Foundation, Norwalk, CT, 2006 present Director, United Way of Coastal Fairfield County (formerly United Way of Norwalk), Bridgeport, CT, Director, Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce, Norwalk, CT, 2004 present HONORS AND AWARDS ATD/Aspen Institute College Excellence Program Presidents Symposium, 2014 Elizabeth Roberts Award for Excellence in Furthering United Way s Education Work, United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, 2014 Shirley Gordon Distinguished College President Award, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, 2013 Stepping Up For Children Award, Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Norwalk, CT 2012 Distinguished Leader Award, Voluntary Action Center of Mid-Fairfield County, CT, 2009 Strengthening Families Award, Family and Children s Agency, Norwalk, CT, 2008 Commendation for Ten Years of Outstanding Service, American Sociological Association Sociology of Education Section, 2003 Executive Leadership Institute, League for Innovation in the Community College, 2003 Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society: Horizon Award , 1996, 1997, 1999; Giles Distinguished Advisor Award 1999; Paragon Award 1995; New England Regional Advisor Award 1995, 1998 David L. Levinson Page 14

14 Distinguished Alumni Award, State University of New York at New Paltz, 1983 Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1982 MEMBERSHIPS Achieving the Dream American Association of Colleges and Universities American Association of Community Colleges American Council on Education American Educational Research Association American Sociological Association Council for Adult and Experiential Learning Eastern Sociological Society EDUCAUSE League for Innovation in the Community College Society for the Study of Social Problems EDUCATION Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1987 Dissertation title: High Technology's Influence upon Higher Educational Policy in Massachusetts M.A., Sociology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1978 Thesis title: Client Satisfaction at a Community Mental Health Center B.A., cum laude, Sociology, State University of New York at New Paltz, 1975 References Available Upon Request