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Patrick J. Schloss

Education

B.S. 1974 Special Education Illinois State University
M.S. 1976 Counseling Illinois State University
Ph.D. 1979 Rehabilitation Psychology / Special Education University of Wisconsin

Significant Administrative Appointments

President, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota, July 2004-present
• Unqualified accreditation for 10 years by Higher Learning Commission
• No. 2 Ranking by U.S. News and World Report (public regional undergraduate)
• Enrollment growth of over 12 percent
• Entering Freshman ACT score growth of over one and a half points
• Four percent increase in retention and creation of a summer bridge program
• Largest average attendance in nation for NCAA Division II basketball
• Statewide e-learning enrollment of nearly 1,000 high school students
• Establishment of a $2 million financial reserve
• Creation of three new majors (Banking, Musical Theater, Sports Marketing)
• Growth in Endowment by 32 percent
• Five percent increase in students from diverse groups; addition of a multicultural office
• Initiation of a scholarship guarantee based on a $3 million annual campaign
• Residence hall suite conversions, technology center construction, science lab renovation

Acting President, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2004.

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Graduate Dean, Library Dean, Assistant Vice President Graduate Studies and Research, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, 1994-2004.

Chair of Special Education; Director College Research, University of Missouri, 1988-1994.

Professor-in-Charge of Special Education, Penn State, 1982-1987.

Teaching and Scholarship

• Extensive course delivery at all levels and e-formats with consistently high evaluations
• 18 texts and scholarly books (including multiple editions)
• 120 scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals
• $4.5 million in grants received under my own authorship
• Numerous editorships of professional journals
• Leadership positions in professional and learned groups
• Frequent Legislative testimony advocating for higher education and Northern State

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