Jay Kahl, Ph.D. is a Director of Assessment and Institutional Research at Augustana University. He possess expertise in higher education, curriculum design, distance learning, instructional design, staff development and 33 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I had the pleasure to work closely with Jay as our organization went through a large change management program. During that time, there was also turnover of the CLO. This left Jay as one of the more senior academic staff. Jay stepped in and took the lead in working with all functional areas to design and write the HLC Self Study in preparation for our reaccreditation visit. Jay’s professionalism, work ethic, and knowledge were invaluable in taking the organization through this process seamlessly. As we stepped into the organization around the same time, Jay and I worked together in identifying potential compliance concerns and the necessity for a more robust review of policies and compliance. Jay took the lead on this and did a wonderful job of managing internal stakeholders and understanding their roles to assure a solid plan design. His ability and willingness to hear the needs of different parts of the organization made it easy for others to work with him and getting this designed in a timely manner. Jay is sensible, reliable and passionate about his work. Combine that with an ability to work through a diverse group of stakeholders and this makes him a valuable resource. " and "I have had the pleasure of working with Jay these past two years and can say without any equivocation, that there are few as smart and as hard-working as Jay Kahl. He is pleasing to be around, knows his "stuff" and is someone with whom I would like to work with again."