
Dr. Dale F. CampbellProfessorDepartment of Educational Administration and PolicyNorman 229-A(352) 273-4300dfc@coe.ufl.edu |
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Dale July 15, 2009ducation administration with an emphasis on strategies to transform colleges into quality learning communities.
Current research interests include the development of a work profile of 21st Century Educational Leaders for executive selection and development. Dr. Campbell also provided leadership for UF on the joint FSU/UF Instructional Leadership and Development Project for Distance Learning funded by the Board of Regents. Selected recent publications include "An Alternate View on the Future of Community Colleges" in On the Horizon, "Developing and Selecting Leaders for the 21st Century" and "Future Concerns--Key Values for Community Colleges" in Community College Journal. He also serves as General Editor, Community College Journal of Research and Practice.
In 1995, Dr. Campbell founded the Community College Futures Assembly and Bellwether Awards sponsored by the Institute as an independent national policy forum to identify critical issues facing community colleges and recognize model trendsetting programs. He also was instrumental in founding the American Association of Community Colleges affiliate council, the Community College Business Officers for which he serves as Executive Director.
Dr. Campbell was previously Assistant Commissioner for Community and Technical Colleges at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and Visiting Professor of Educational Adminstration at the University of Texas at Austin. He has also served as Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Community College Education Program at North Carolina State University and Editor of the Community College Review; Dean of Instruction, Wichita Falls for Vernon Regional Junior College in Texas; Head of Public and Support Services Department, Community College of the Air Force; and is a past Chair of the National Council of State Directors of Community Colleges. He has provided state and national leadership in workforce development having served as past president of Texas Technical Society and the AACC affiliate National Council for Occupational Education.
Dr. Campbell holds an A.B. Degree in Secondary Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.A. in Higher Education from Appalachian State University and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. He was recognized in 1990 as a Distinguished Graduate of the College of Education and the Community College Leadership Program of the University of Texas.
Educational Background
The University of Texas at Austin, 1982
Ph. D.
Major: Educational Administration/Community College Leadership
Appalachian State University, 1972
M.A.
Major: Higher Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1971
B.A.
Major: Education/Social Studies
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