Vince Nix
About the Candidate
Motivational and level-headed professional. Experienced executive & learning facilitator. Expertise includes organizational development & strategic management, client retention, on-line learning, mixed-methods research, data analysis, & performance improvement. BA, EdM, PhD.
Education
Ph.D., Higher Education Administration, Student Affairs | Washington State University | Pullman, WA
Sino-U. S. transnational education—”buying” an American higher education program: A participant observation study. Washington State University, 2009, 269 pages; AAT 3416131. (Open publication, available here)
Cognate: Sociology (12 additional graduate credits)
Additional 21 graduate credits earned in research methods, research design, and statistics.
Ed.M., Educational Leadership | Washington State University | Pullman, WA
B. A., Sociology and Psychology | University of Mississippi | University, MS
Professional Experience
Lamar University | Beaumont, TX
Assistant Professor; January 1, 2019—Current
• Full time tenure-track faculty member with the Center for Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership.
• Guide doctoral students’ projects for Carnegie Program on the Education Doctorate (CPED) dissertations-in-practice and traditional dissertation-model studies.
◦ Chaired the AERA Division H: Research, Evaluation, and Assessment in Schools Outstanding Dissertation Award winner, 2022.
• Teach coursework centered on developing change agents in K12 and higher education.
• Developed and lead the department’s two newest courses, Strategic Management for Resource Allocation in Educational Leadership and Fundamentals of Program Evaluation.
• Serve on campus, regional, and national committees/organizations, including faculty senate.
◦ Serve on the faculty-senate budget and compensation subcommittee.
▪ Conducted a salary-equity analysis that resulted in equity pay adjustments for faculty hired over a seven-year period from 2003-2009.
• Co-chair the doctoral department’s assessment committee.
College of the Marshall Islands | Majuro, MH
Contracted Consultant and Mentor to VPASA; June 30, 2018—December 31, 2018
· Five-month (remote) contract to mentor my replacement, mentor the three deans (Adult and Continuing Education, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs) in project and grants management, and re-write policy and procedures for Academic and Student Affairs divisions and departments.
Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs; April 9, 2018—June 29, 2018
· Chaired the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) National Teacher Standards and Licensing Board (TSLB).
· HISET National Board Member, Chief Administrator, & State Representative.
· Constructed new branch campus (Arrak) library, from ground-breaking to ribbon cutting.
· Created new Climate Change Certificate program (wrote substantive-change documents).
· Developed and implemented new strategic enrollment management and open-learning plans.
· Led two divisional portfolios
◦ Student Affairs: Admissions, Career Services, Financial Aid, Institutional Research, Registrar, Recruiting, Retention, Student Conduct, Student Development, and Student Information Systems.
◦ Academic Affairs: Career and Technical Education, Adult and Continuing Education, Developmental Education, General Education, Institutional Effectiveness, Library Services, Nuclear Institute, Transfer Education, TRIO: Upward Bound.
United States Sports Academy | Daphne, AL
Dean of Student Services & Assistant Professor; September, 2016 —April, 2018
· Served as chief student affairs officer
◦ Developed new strategic enrollment management pan.
◦ Led divisional portfolio that included Admissions, Bursar, Career Services, Financial Aid, Institutional Research, Registrar, Recruiting, Retention, Helpdesk, and Student Information Systems.
· Served on SACSCOC leadership team.
◦ Led Student Services divisional team’s focused report response to one finding from the off-site committee, and then
▪ ZERO findings (all in compliance) after the on-site visit, with
· ZERO monitoring reports.
◦ Developed new Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) as QEP committee co-chair.
2014-2016 Dawson Community College | Glendive Montana
Interim President; July, 2015 – July, 2016
Served as Chief Executive Officer, reporting to the Board of Trustees.
· Established three new technical programs: one A.A.S. and two CTE certificate-level programs.
◦ Wrote and submitted substantive change documentation to accreditor.
· Offered two new degrees fully online (in addition to current face-to-face format).
· Led NWCCU Year One Self-Evaluation and two Ad Hoc study reports.
· Navigated DCC off accreditor’s “warning” status and back into full accreditation.
· Led reductions in (staff) force and faculty cutbacks due to budget shortfalls,
◦ Achieved new collective bargaining agreement with staff union.
· Increased headcount for the first time in six years with strategic enrollment management (SEM) plan.
◦ Increased summer FTE by 81% over one year.
◦ Increased dual/concurrent enrollment by 28% (in one semester).
◦ Increased workforce development offerings (non-credit) by 130% (in one semester).
· Solidified Institutional Effectiveness System (IES) structure and committees.
· Completed program review that led to implementation of program prioritization.
· Completed course prioritization.
Assistant Vice President for Instruction & Student Services; May, 2014—June, 2015
· Initiated program review (Council for Advancement of Standards guidelines) with all student service reports; all departments completed Institutional Effectiveness Plans (IEPs).
◦ Initiated and completed Student Outcome Assessment Plans (SOAPs) for all CTE coursework.
◦ Initiated and completed IEPs for all CTE majors/departments.
· Revamped Student Conduct Code and Student Housing Complex Community Standards.
· Retained 80% of students admitted under TAACCCT Grant-funded Welding certification program; 100% of students—attempting—achieved certification.
2011-2014 Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Assistant Professor, Organizational Learning & Performance; June, 2013—May, 2014
· Earned graduate-faculty status.
· Facilitated/Coordinated: PTE-Idaho State Leadership Institute, statewide graduate-level learning courses for select, nominated Department of Professional-Technical Education administrators.
· Developed and taught Global Aspects of Human Resource Development
· Taught Evaluations for Professional Technical Education
· Taught Adult Learning Theory
Successful Transitions and Retention Track (START) Coordinator, May 2011—to June 2013
· Developed, implemented, and oversaw Successful Transitions and Retention Track pilot-project (2-year) designed to transition and retain GED students into post-secondary education.
· Retained 107 of 141 participants admitted into program over two-year project.
· Managed all aspects of $1.2M grant from the J. A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation.
◦ Secured additional ($0.8M) university funds, matching-fund grants, supplemental grants and donations to fund START program in a budget-cut year.
Mattress Brokers, LL C, Greenwood, MS
Financial Consultant
June 2010—May 2011
After returning from nearly six years in China, employed as a Financial Consultant while job-searching for a role in higher education.
· Facilitated creation of strategic plan, new commission structure,
◦ closed one site and
◦ opened a new site.
· Recovered $180K in lost revenue.
Consultant, Researcher, Faculty Member; Kunming, YN, China
December, 2004—June, 2010
Served in several full- and part-time roles while working on dissertation in Sino-U.S. Transnational Education in China:
· Kunming Firmenich Aromatics | Trainer / Consultant (2004-2010)
Firmenich is the world’s largest privately-owned company in the perfume and flavor business.
o Built organizational capacity in strategic management, leadership, and international business communications.
o Formulated and implemented competitive and equitable compensation plans.
· Keuka China Programs | Assistant Professor of International Business (2007-2010)
Keuka College’s joint-degree programs encompassed the largest Sino-U.S. transnational program.
o Taught Strategic Management, OD, Leadership, HRM, and Career Management to international joint-degree-seeking university students in three major Chinese cities.
o Implemented Kouzes and Posner’s Leadership Challenge activities into the curriculum. Achieved average student rating of 4.58/5.00;
o Earned Excellent Professor award at the Yunnan University of Finance and Economics campus.
· Kunming University of Science & Technology | Assistant Professor of English Communication (2006-2007)
KUST was one of 43 state universities to be rated “Excellent, A” in 2006 by the Ministry of Education.
o Taught English Debate, Research Writing, and Survey of Western Culture to Chinese university students.
o Coached two students who ranked in the top five (out of 6,000 contestants) at the CCTV national English-speaking competition in Beijing.
· Kunming Haina Panlong Training School | Vice Principal / OD Consultant (2004-2006)
KHPTS was a privately-owned language school; most are franchisees of one of the “Big Five” language schools.
o Developed an English language school; built-out the rented space, hired and trained the teachers, and marketed the program to adults.
o Achieved #3 ranking (out of 200 schools) in Kunming.
o Supervised 26 administrative professionals and faculty members.
o Budgeted 720K monthly.
1998-2003 Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
Interim Assistant Registrar; June, 2002 – July, 2003
· Reduced FTE (full time enrollment) State budget reporting from 24 days to ten days over a one-year period.
· Reallocated one FTE (full time equivalent, 34K) due to Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) training re-design.
Interim Assistant Dean of Students; May, 2000 – June, 2002
· Eliminated a six-month backlog of student conduct casework in one semester (at zero cost).
· Recovered over $1M in lost alumni donations in one semester and nearly $2M over three semesters.
Resident Hall Director, July 1998 – May 2000.
Streit-Perham Hall: June 1999 – May 2000.
· Led and managed (in one year) an athletic dormitory’s metamorphosis into a residence hall with an active hall council and student government.
Orton Hall: July, 1998 – May, 1999.
· Earned Washington State University President’s Award.
· Earned Housing and Residence Life’s Professional Staff Member of the Year award.
· Transformed (in one year) a last-apply-last-assigned residence hall known as “the Ghetto” into an active community that was voted “Residence Hall of the Year – Most Improved,” by the WSU Residence Hall Association.
1993 –1998 | Oxford Wire & Cable Services (now Hayakawa Electronics America) | Oxford, Mississippi
Human Resources Manager / Quality Assurance Manager / Production Control Manager / Assistant Manager for General Affairs
· Reduced unemployment tax rate from 14% to 0.7%.
· Slashed annual employee turnover from 30% to 12%.
· Increased productivity from 64% to 89%.
· Initiated successful ISO 9001:1994 registration/certification.
1989 – 1993 | University of Mississippi | University, Mississippi
Residence Hall Director
· Developed an uninvolved international residence hall into an engaging community with an active hall government.
· Organized men’s football (soccer) and women’s volleyball teams that became the first independent (non-Greek) teams at the University of Mississippi to win intramural sports championships.
Certifications
Trusted Partner | The Rejuvi Venture, LLC.
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) | Lamar University | Beaumont, TX
Leading Assessment in Student Affairs Certification | Colorado State University Online & SAAL
IPEDS Keyholder Level-1 Certification| Association of Institutional Research
Security Awareness Training Certificate | Montana Department of Labor & Industry | Helena, MT
Quality Matters® Applying the QM Rubric Certification | www.qualitymatters.org
Leadership Institute Development Certificate | Idaho State University | Pocatello, ID
Online Security Awareness Training | Idaho State University | Pocatello, ID
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) | Idaho State University | Pocatello, ID
Project Success MethodSM Certification | Project Success, Incorporated (PSI) | Atlanta, GA
TEFL Certification | International TEFL Training Institute | Phuket Town, Thailand
Prime for Life! Alcohol/Drug Educator Certification | Prevention Research Institute | Lexington, KY
Successful Employee Relations | Kulman, Inman, Bee, Downing & Banta | New Orleans, LA
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Conversant in Mandarin and Japanese.