David Allen Dowell
I
am fortunate to serve California State University Long Beach (CSULB) as Vice
Provost, Director of Strategic Planning, and Professor of Psychology. As Vice
Provost, I am responsible for planning and managing an academic budget in
excess of $140m, admission policies and practices, enrollment of 37,000
students, leadership of student success initiatives, and academic
facilities. As Director of Strategic Planning, I lead the annual campus
strategic planning process and cross-divisional initiatives related to
enrollment, student success, and accountability. As a
scholar with a specialization in applied social research and program
evaluation, I have authored or co-authored more than 130 scholarly
publications, presentations and technical reports as well as external grants
totaling several million dollars. I have collaborated extensively with
public schools; I founded and for several years directed a California K-16
conference in
Current Appointment: Vice Provost & Director of Strategic Planning (8/02–present)
As Vice Provost (reporting to the Provost): collaboratively lead divisional planning and management of $140m academic budget, admission policies and practices, enrollment of 38,000 students, academic support services, student success initiatives, and academic facilities
As Director of Strategic Planning (reporting to the President): collaboratively lead campus strategic planning and cross-divisional initiatives related to enrollment, student success, and accountability
Key Strengths
· Open, consensus-building leadership style that fosters a collaborative and collegial environment
· Broad understanding of contemporary higher education issues
· Extensive experience in university strategic and academic planning
· Extensive experience in university budget planning and allocation
· Very strong analytical and quantitative skills
· Extensive experience collaborating with public schools, community colleges and community partners
· Demonstrated commitment to the student success
· Demonstrated commitment to faculty success and academic excellence
· Extensive experience working with campus presidents, academic and student affairs vice presidents, academic senate representatives, and other senior academic leaders
· Experience with American Association of State Colleges & Universities, Education Trust, other national higher education organizations
· Experience in faculty and staff personnel matters
· Extensive experience leading and overseeing complex initiatives
· Extensive experience writing and editing technical reports
· Familiarity with California Legislative Analyst Office and reports, California Postsecondary Education Commission and reports, California Senate Research Office
· Familiarity with the CSU Chancellor’s Office and staff
Selected Accomplishments
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Strategic Planning |
· Created, led effective, annual, university-wide strategic planning process (http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/planning_enrollment/strategicplanning.html) · Created, led revision of CSULB’s mission and vision statements (http://www.csulb.edu/about/) · Created, led Enrollment and Physical Master Plan Framework planning (http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/planning_enrollment/campusmasterplanning.html) · Led biennial university-wide accountability reporting |
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Budgeting |
· Planned, oversaw $140m academic division budget including allocations to seven academic colleges and many support units (since 2002) · Successfully protected mission-critical core academic functions during California budget crisis of 2009-10 · Enlarged academic division funding for student success activities · Enlarged academic division funding for faculty scholarly and creative activities · Changed key academic budgeting practices to be more responsive to student needs · Successfully revised budgeting for study abroad, leading to dramatic expansion of student participation |
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Enrollment & Admissions Planning |
· Effectively led enrollment planning to manage rapid growth followed by dramatic contraction due to state budget crisis · Effectively expanded use of information resources to assist with enrollment management · Developed divisional plans to admit and enroll Katrina hurricane victims · Authored publications, presentations about campus innovations in enrollment planning |
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Facilities Planning |
· Effectively oversaw academic aspects of major capital projects (Library remodel, new Nursing building, Liberal Arts buildings) and minor capital projects (student services relocations, Arts, and Engineering) |
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Student Success |
· Led University-wide student success efforts to highest-ever graduation rates in 2008 (http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/planning_enrollment/studentsuccess.html) · Relocated student academic services to heart of campus, implementing a “one stop shop” · Led a team in landmark national study of student success sponsored by American Association of State Colleges and Universities and Education Trust (2005); led a second team (2007) · Initiated program to allocate annual funds to colleges to stimulate student success · Initiated projects to address high failure rate courses · Strengthened academic advising · Increased staffing to address Graduation Writing Proficiency needs · Added student success expectations into academic program review · Initiated use of department-specific graduation rate data · Expanded “Graduation Green-light” to assist students nearing graduation · Initiated project (non-state funding) to improve African American male academic success · Enlarged support for linked classes to almost all freshmen · Initiated successful program (Beach Learning) aimed at most academically challenged freshmen · Authored publications and presentations about campus innovations in student success |
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K-16 Collaboration |
· Co-developed the “Long Beach College Promise,” providing college opportunity · Co-founded the nationally recognized Long Beach Seamless Education Partnership · Co-developed school-university collaborations: High School Outreach & Academic Preparation, Lakewood Academic Partnership, Service Experiences for Re-Vitalizing Education · Co-founded, for several years led, externally funded California K-16 Partnerships & Student Success Annual Conference at CSULB, attended by about 1,000 people · Co-authored influential report (Cohn, Dowell, et al., 2004) disseminated to about 2,000 individuals; resulted in new statewide K-16 collaboration project, ARCHES · Published extensively, provided legislative testimony about Long Beach K-16 partnership work · Co-authored $3m in grants for school-university collaboration projects |
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Accreditation |
· Led campus efforts for effectiveness report chapter “Assessing Student Success” and wrote, edited chapter (2009-10) · Wrote, edited effectiveness report chapter “Organizing for Effectiveness” (2009-2010) · Led campus efforts for capacity report chapter “Assessing Student Success” and wrote, edited chapter (2007-08) |
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Faculty |
· Excellent teacher of courses in psychology and university honors · Author of over 130 scholarly publications, presentations and technical reports · Recipient of three (3) Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Awards · Recipient of sixteen (16) Scholarly and Creative Activity awards · Author or co-author of twenty (20) successful external grants totaling over $3.5M · Mentor for several programs aimed at promoting success of underrepresented students |
Prior Appointments
Director of Strategic Planning, California State University Long Beach (CSULB) (8/99–8/02)
Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, CSULB (8/92–3/93 & 6/94–8/02)
Special Assistant to the Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, CSULB (1/96–6/98)
Acting Dean, College of Liberal Arts, CSULB (4/93–5/94; while the permanent dean served as acting vice pres.)
Chair, Department of Psychology, CSULB (1/91-9/92)
Professor of Psychology (9/86‑present), CSULB
Associate Professor of Psychology (9/81‑9/86), CSULB
Assistant Professor of Psychology (9/77‑9/81), CSULB
Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee (9/76‑5/77)
Education
Ph.D.: Psychology, 1977, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Emphases: Program Evaluation, Applied Social, Community. M.A.: Psychology, 1976, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Emphases: Social Psychology; Research Methodology. B.S.: 1973, Middle Tennessee State University, Major: Psychology, Minors: Mathematics, Sociology
International Experience
Professional travel: Japan, Vietnam, India, China, Cambodia, Austria, (then) East and West Germany, England, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, (then) Yugoslavia; Other travel: Switzerland, Mexico, Canada, Scotland, Ecuador
Selected Scholarly Publications, Presentations and Technical Reports
Dowell, D. and Novack, V. (2012) Highly Valued Degrees at California State University Long Beach: Focus on Graduation Rate Improvement, International Seminar on Educational Management and Quality Assurance in University (attended by about 60 senior university leaders from across Japan), Center for the Advancement of Higher Education, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, January 24 (Invited)
Dowell, D. and Novack, V. (2012) Highly Valued Degrees at California State University Long Beach: Focus on Graduation Rate Improvement, International Seminar on Evidence-based Educational Improvement and Institutional Research in University (attended by about 80 senior university leaders from across Japan), Institute for Teaching and Learning, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, January 27 (Invited)
Dowell, D. (2010) Ten Critical Issues in U.S. Higher Education, Training program for the 4th Higher Education Training Program for Jiangsu Province (for nineteen Chinese university presidents and senior leaders), hosted by CSULB College of Continuing and Professional Education, Long Beach CA, December 22 (Invited)
Dowell, D. (2010) Campus Mission and Vision, Training Program for the University of Henan (for the president and about twenty senior staff from Henan, China), hosted by CSULB College of Continuing and Professional Education, Long Beach CA, December 16 (Invited)
Dowell, D. (2010) Strategic Planning and Budgeting for Higher Education, Training Program for Leaders of Vietnam Universities and Colleges (for about 150 rectors and vice-rectors of Vietnamese universities and colleges), conference sponsored by the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), Hanoi, Vietnam, December 9-10 (Invited)
Dowell, D. & Novack, V. (2010) Caring About College Success: Academic, Financial and Cultural Strategies, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 8th Biennial Conference, New Orleans, June 24–27 (Refereed)
Dowell, D. (2010) Impaction and Enrollment Planning, California State University System-wide meeting, (Invited)
Fung, H., Wiley, M., & Dowell, D. (2009) CSULB’s Beach Learning Community, Annual Conference of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Hollywood, CA, April (Refereed)
Dowell, D., Villa, C., Tagorda, R. (2009) The Long Beach College Promise, Annual Conference of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Hollywood, CA, April (Refereed)
Dowell, D., (2009) What Deans Need to Know about Enrollment and Budget, California State University System-wide meeting, (Invited)
Dowell, D. (2008) The CSU as a Model for Higher Education in India, The 3rd University-Industry Council Symposium, 21-22 November, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Pondicherry, India (Invited, delivered electronically)
Dowell, D., Fung, H., & Wiley, M. (2008) Beach Learning Community: Supporting the Most Academically Needy Students, Annual Conference Western Association of Schools and Colleges, San Diego, CA (Refereed)
Dowell, D. (2008) Enrollment Planning and Management, California State University System-wide meeting, (Invited)
Dowell, D., Pellicciotti, B. Gebert, K., Hawkins, C., Kennedy, M., Luckey, R., & Pugliesi, K. (2007) Graduation Rate Outcomes Study, Northwestern State University at Natchitoches, Louisiana, Final Report (Technical report of a site visit sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Dowell, D. & Thomson, G. (2007) Data-driven Approaches to Fostering Student Success and Accountability, Annual Conference of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, San Jose, CA (Refereed)
Alexander, F. K., Dowell, D., Soni, P., & Mistry, S., Student Success at California State University Long Beach (2006) The California State University Board of Trustees, Long Beach, CA (Invited)
Dowell, D. (2006) Enrollment Planning, Academic Budgeting and the Graduate Differential at CSULB, California State University System-wide meeting (Invited)
Dowell, D., Roeuny, R. & Herst, D., Evaluation of the Collaborative Research in Undergraduate Institutions Project at California State University Long Beach (Technical report to the National Institutes of Health)
Dowell, D., Reichard, G., Merryfield, M. and Pellissier, B. (2005) The Beach is Hot: How One Campus Learned to Address Student Needs, Eleventh Annual International Conference of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, Torrance, CA (Refereed)
Dowell, D. (2005) From Budget Crisis to One of America’s Best, The Society for College and University Planning Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. (Refereed)
Dowell, D., Batty, P., Belmear., M., Bondeson, S., Cavallaro, C., Howell, S., Minks, L., & Sill, D. (2005) Site Visit Report, Elizabeth City State University, part of the national Graduation Rates Outcomes Study sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities and The Education Trust (Technical report)
Dowell, D. (2004) How One Campus Learned to Address Student Needs: California State University Long Beach, Eleventh National Conference on Students in Transition (Refereed)
Rendón, L. I., Novack, V., & Dowell, D. (2004) Testing Race-Neutral Admissions Models: Lessons from California State University-Long Beach, The Review of Higher Education 28.2, 221-243 (Refereed)
Dowell D. & Em, R. (2004) Career Commitment of Biomedical Science Students: Three Studies, Final grant report for the National Science Foundation. Research report on grant funded by the National Institutes of Health (Technical report)
Dowell, D. (2004) The Beach is Hot: How One Campus Learned to Address Student Needs, Students in Transition National Conference, Nashville TN (Refereed)
Dowell, D. (2004) The California
Cohn, K., Dowell, D. Kim, S., Lindahl,
C., Maldonado, C. & Seal, J. (2004) Raising
Student Achievement through Effective Education Partnerships: Policy and
Practice, Long Beach, CA:
Dowell, D. Novack, V. & Rendón, L. (2004) Balancing Priorities: Admissions and Enrollment Management in a Budget Downturn, Society for College and University Planning, Tempe, AZ (Refereed)
Dowell, D., Abrahamse, D., Houck, J., Seal, J., Green, H. J., Cohn, K., Ambos, E., Isbell, L., Kahl, K., & DeVries, K. (2004) Successful partnerships bridge organizational cultures and unite members around common goals, Chapter 2 in Partnering to Lead Educational Renewal: High Quality Teachers, High Quality Schools. Columbia University Teachers College Press (Refereed)
Ambos, E., Dowell, D., Amaris, M.S., Ball, J., Alexander, P., & Dawson, D. (2004) Collaborative interventions to improve high school students' achievement and college readiness: The HSOAP story, Chapter 4 in Partnering to Lead Educational Renewal: High Quality Teachers, High Quality Schools. Columbia University Teachers College Press (Refereed)
Abrahamse, D., Nagel, G., Ambos, E., Curtis, K., & Dowell, D. (2004) Arts and sciences faculty as partners: What's in it for arts and science faculty besides feeling good? Chapter 7 in Partnering to Lead Educational Renewal: High Quality Teachers, High Quality Schools. Columbia University Teachers College Press (Refereed)
Kim, S., Powers, K., Dowell, D., Hansen, J., Flores, E., & Trapp, F. (2004) Accountability for performance, Chapter 9 in Partnering to Lead Educational Renewal: High Quality Teachers, High Quality Schools. Columbia University Teachers College Press (Refereed)
Dowell D. & Em, R. (2003) Evaluation of the Minority Access to Research Careers Project (Technical research report on grant funded by the National Institutes of Health)
Smolin, J. M., & Dowell, D. A. (2003) Social identity: Effects of differentiation and threat on group identification. Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Refereed)
Dowell, D. (2003) Scholarship Revisited: Perspectives on the Scholarship of Teaching, Exchanges, the Online Journal of Teaching and Learning in the CSU, http://www.exchangesjournal.org/reviews/review_1139.html, April (book review, refereed)
Dowell D. & Herst, D. (2002) Evaluation of the Collaborative Research in Undergraduate Institutions Project (Report on project funded by the National Science Foundation) (Technical report)
Beasley, K. (author) and Dowell, D. (editor) (2002) California K-16 Partnerships and Student Success: Highlights from the Third Annual Statewide Conference, 2002, California State University Long Beach (Technical report)
Beasley, K. (author) and Dowell, D. (editor) (2001) California K-16 Partnerships and Student Success: Highlights from the Second Annual Statewide Conference, 2001, California State University Long Beach (Technical report)
Dowell, D., Cohn, K., Nagel, G., O’Connor, D., Curtis, K., Abrahamse, D., Houck, J. & Person, D. (2001) Final Report: The Integrated Teacher Education Program (Final report on three-year, $450,000 grant funded by the Knight Foundation)
Dowell, D. (2000) Evaluation of Seamless Education, The Education Trust Annual Conference, Washington, DC (Refereed)
Dowell, D., Winters, L., Piscopo, K., Coan, D. and Trapp, F. (2000) Evaluation of Seamless Education, California K-16 Partnerships and Student Success, Long Beach. (Invited)
Dowell, D. Bachelor, T. and Crowther, S. (2000) Diversity and quality during rapid enrollment growth, American Association for Higher Education Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA (Refereed)
Dowell, D. (2000) The Long Beach Seamless Education Initiative, Jobs for the Future Annual Conference, Portland, OR (Invited)
Dowell D. & Herst, D., Program Evaluation of the Minority Student Development Program, College of Natural Science, California State University, Long Beach (Evaluation report on program funded by the National Institutes of Health)
Beasley, K. (author) & Dowell, D. (editor) (2000) California K-16 Partnerships and Student Success: Results of a Statewide Conference, 2000, California State University Long Beach (Technical report)
Selected Consulting
Strategic Planning and Budgeting, Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training (2010), training about 150 rectors and vice-rectors of Vietnamese universities and colleges
Evaluation Consultant, Collaborative Research in Undergraduate Institutions (CRUI) Program (2002-2006): directed evaluation of the CRUI science mentoring program in the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health
Evaluation Consultant, Assessment of Science Mentoring Programs (2002-2004): directed research on student commitment to careers in biomedical science funded by a National Science Foundation grant
Evaluation Consultant, Minority Access to Research Careers
(MARC),
Evaluation Consultant, Minority Student Development (MSD) Program (1999-2000): directed evaluation of the MSD science mentoring program in the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health
Consultant, Senate Office of Research, California Legislature (1998-1999): conducted research and made recommendations regarding the use of evaluation research in state policy making
Memberships
Society for College and University Planning
American Association for Higher Education
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
American Evaluation Association
Phi Beta Delta, the Honor Society for International Scholars
Phi Kappa Phi
Links
Strategic
Planning
Office of
Academic Affairs
Address
Brotman Hall 305
Phone: 562-985-4128
Email: ddowell@csulb.edu
Updated: March 3, 2012