Dan Harrison Email & Phone Number

• Principal advisor to the System’s Chief Academic Officer, President, and governing board on the higher ed regulatory framework, including the Higher Education Act of 1965, U.S. Department of Education processes.
• Leads three teams with enterprise level responsibility for accreditation, research compliance, faculty relations, academic program approval, strategic alignment and policy development, and governing board relations.
• Organizes the 30-employee Academic Affairs Division’s alignment with the System’s strategic plan. Initiatives include improving student financial literacy to lower debt at graduation, increasing participation in.
• Leads the System’s efforts to react to higher ed regulatory and statutory changes. Develops the strategies necessary to comply with or take advantage of the changes. Representative matters include ensuring the System’s.
• Directs North Carolina’s state licensing processes for private and out-of-state colleges. Led overhaul of North Carolina’s licensing and student complaint systems to increase transparency and student protections.
• Between 2018 and 2022, directed the North Carolina State Approving Agency (NCSAA), which provides approval and oversight for institutions in the state that seek to participate in GI Bill funding.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Lead attorney for major postsecondary initiatives and enforcement actions includingfraud investigations brought against private equity-backed and publicly tradedinstitutions. Reviewed complex changes-in-ownership and.
• Department’s lead attorney on major False Claims Act cases against institutions ofhigher education. Investigated relators’ allegations and determined whether interventionby the United States was appropriate. Liaised.
• First-chair advocate in administrative litigation claims brought by Federal Student Aidagainst institutions misusing Title IV funds in the Department’s Office of Hearings andAppeals. Directed five multi-million-dollar.

Fayetteville, NC

• Served as outside general counsel to Methodist University, a regionally accreditednonprofit university of 2,000 students. Responsible for all compliance efforts, includingTitle IX, Title VII, FMLA, FERPA, ADA, and.
• Successfully represented clients in civil disputes before state and federal trial courts, theNorth Carolina Court of Appeals, the North Carolina Industrial Commission,professional licensing bodies, and in.

• Prosecuted to jury verdict seven fully litigated felony courts-martial and numerousshorter courts-martial and hearings, including six which required significant scientific ormedical expert testimony. Prosecuted crimes.
• Deployed to Iraq to lead a team of paralegals in document search for ACLU Freedom ofInformation Act request. Team reviewed, redacted, and released over 75,000 pages ofdocuments, leading to the dismissal of a lawsuit.

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