Todd Kent
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- School: Texas A&M University
- Campus: College Station
- Department: Political Science
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College Station, TX - Dates at Texas A&M University: October 2005 - May 2006
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Biography
Texas A&M University College Station - Political Science
Chief Administrative Officer and Dean of Faculty at University of Utah Asia Campus
Higher Education
Todd
Kent
Korea
My first faculty position was at a start-up American university campus in the Middle East, and it was there that I realized my real passion—helping organizations grow and improve their performance. Due to the rapid growth of the campus, I was quickly thrust into an administrative role.
Previously, I worked in business, consulting and founded a non-profit student leadership training organization. Finally, I decided to fulfill a long awaited dream and pursue my PhD. My intention was a complete career change that would consist of research and teaching, but management became my career path.
I have unique firsthand experience establishing and helping two international campuses grow. In my current role as Chief Administrative Officer at the University of Utah campus in South Korea, I am responsible for all financial, administrative, and academic operations. I am most proud of leading a team that over the past three years has:
• Increased enrollment by 109%
• Increased net tuition revenue by 180%
• Reduced tuition discounting from 32% to 9%
• Maintained a 90% student retention rate.
I have learned that organizational change and improvement is a difficult process, and one that must be nurtured daily. Through my years of experience in consulting and public opinion research, I have come to believe that progress in the workplace comes from:
• recognizing the need for improvement or change
• thoroughly researching the situation
• implementing change in a manner that unites everyone around a better future.
Although organizational improvement and change is both an art and a science, inevitably the best results occur when a leader can communicate and work with others to accomplish the desired goal.
My educational background is unique and helps me lead more effectively. My B.S. in Accounting allows me to understand the intricacies of financial operations, and my PhD in Political Science provides the groundwork for my understanding of decision-making and risk-taking.
Experience
University of Utah Asia Campus
Dean of Faculty
Leading all efforts related to curriculum and instruction, including faculty hiring and academic strategic planning. Responsible for implementation of academic and policies and procedures at this new campus. Providing support and oversight to Communication, Psychology, Film and Media Arts, and Urban Ecology undergraduate degree programs, Biomedical Informatics and Public Health graduate programs, and all faculty teaching general education and elective courses. Interacting with local leaders in Korea, as well as, Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, Deans and Department Chairs at the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City.
• Providing strategic planning to implement a 3/1 model where UAC students spend one year in Salt Lake City. This program is a great academic benefit to students and a significant financial benefit to the university’s Salt Lake City campus.
• Working to create and implement a Civil and Environmental Engineering program at the Utah Asia Campus.
• Improving the academic environment at the UAC by increasing academic rigor and developing programs to reduce academic integrity issues.
• Creating programs to help students prepare for an emerging work environment in the US and Korea.
• Working with faculty to move from a lecture based classroom model to include active learning elements in their classrooms.
• Developing innovative methods of helping our students engage and think critically in the classroom.
University of Utah Asia Campus
Chief Administrative Officer
Serving as the University of Utah’s representative and head of campus at the Incheon, Korea location. Responsible for all financial and administrative operations of the campus, including budgets, financial performance, external relations, and legal issues. Working closely with Korean partners on behalf of the University to ensure the future well-being of the campus.
Texas A&M University at Qatar
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Provided strategic direction and oversight for all academic services, student affairs, and admissions. Interacted with former students, parents, and employers, assisted with faculty assessment, supervised accreditation efforts, study abroad, and provided oversight for foundations program and university tutoring efforts.
• Created student exchange programs that included Texas A&M University, United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, and Virginia Military Institute.
• Expanded relationships with potential employers, including ExxonMobil, Shell, Total, ConocoPhillips, and Qatar Petroleum and broadened international employment opportunities for students.
• Streamlined academic services to better serve students.
• Improved tutoring services for at-risk students and foundation programs to serve a student body with over 70% ESL students.
• Served as a consultant for the creation of Habib University, Karachi, Pakistan.
• Served on three-member Emergency Management Team that coordinated efforts ensure safety and security of over 1000 employees and families of TAMUQ.
Program Chair, Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University at Qatar (May 2008 to December 2010)
Provided oversight of English, History, Political Science, Kinesiology, and foundation programs.
• Maintained budget oversight for program.
• Recruited and hired new faculty.
• Evaluated faculty performance.
Education
Texas A&M University
Ph.D.
Political Science
Utah State University
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Accounting
Regent University
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Public Policy
