James Applegate Email & Phone Number

Springfield, IL, US

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

Normal, Illinois, United States

Appointed interim editor, fourth in the 60 year history of this national source for data trends in Higher Ed finance

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Springfield, Illinois Area

I served as Executive Director for the Illinois Board of Higher Education. The Executive Director works with the Board, as well as education, political, business, and other leaders and organizations across Illinois to improve support for a more effective and affordable higher education system: one that increases college opportunity for millions more.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

I led grant investments of nearly $200M and supported partnerships with policy, education, employer, philanthropic, and non-profit leaders and organizations that advanced the Lumina Foundation's Goal 2025: to increase the percentage of the U.S. workforce with a high quality postsecondary credential to 60 per cent by 2025. The Lumina Foundation is the.

As chief academic officer in Kentucky, I coordinated statewide initiatives supporting institutional engagement in a public agenda for higher education that over the decade produced improvements in state college attainment that were among the best in the nation. Work included launching a college access campaign, programs improving student persistence and.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

During my leadership term I created partnerships with academic and public organization to promote greater engagement of the discipline's scholarship with pressing public problems (e.g., racial/ethnic divides), assisted with the redesign of publications to increase access and income, and organized a national convention for over 4,000 people.

As Department Chair for nearly 15 years, I supported work that led to the launch of a doctoral program, enhanced teaching and learning (resulting in numerous teaching awards), and a dramatic increase in extramural research funding such that the department rocketed from almost no funding to being recognized as one of the most highly funded programs in the.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.) And M.A., Speech Communication

Activities and Societies: University Fellow, Awarded Golden Anniversary Prize for the Outstanding Dissertation Completed in the discipline

Bachelor'S Degree, American Studies/Communication, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Lambda Chi Alpha, debate team, Student Government President