IRA KINCADE BLAKE
(Work) (Home)
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 710 East Second Street
400 East Second Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Blake, Ira K. | 5
Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301 570-898-0750
717-720-4023
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Education: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY
Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY
M.A. in Developmental Psychology
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, CA
M.A. in Educational Psychology
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC
B.A. in Psychology
Professional
Development: HARVARD INSTITUTES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (HIHE)
Institute for Educational Management (IEM), 2013
Redesigning High Schools Institute with Allentown School District, 2004
Management Development Program (MDP), 2003
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (AASCU)
Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI) Protégé, 2004-2005, a year program.
MLI Presidential Mentor: Dr. Muriel A. Howard
President
Buffalo State College
Currently President of AASCU
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
1307 New York Avenue, N.W., 5th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-478-4647 (work)
Invited Participant: AASCU Task Force on Teacher Preparation (2016)
AASCU Symposium for Senior Campus Leaders: Emerging
Paradigms for Public Higher Education (2016)
Invited Presenter: “Management and Leadership Issues: Academic Affairs,”
Emerging Leaders Program, Washington, DC (2016)
Co-Founder and Facilitator: Women Provosts’ Pre-Conference Workshop (2015)
Provosts of Color Group (2009-present)
Women Provosts Group (2009-present)
MIDDLE STATES COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (MSCHE)
Bloomsburg University Periodic Review Report (PPR, 2013-14)
Bloomsburg University Monitoring Report (2011)
PRR Reviewer for two private colleges (2010)
PENNSYLVANIA’S STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (PASSHE)
Executive Intern (4/2006-4/2007)
Chancellor Mentor: Dr. Judy Hample
Chancellor (2001-2008)
Executive/Administrative
Experience:
PENNSYLVANIA’S STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Harrisburg, PA.
PASSHE is comprised of 14 regional universities, four branch campuses and two multi-
university centers; serving approximately 109,000 undergraduate and graduate students;
delivering educational and administrative services with approximately 5,000 full-time
regular faculty and 13,000 salaried employees; negotiating with eight (8) collective
bargaining units; and operating with an annual budget of approximately $1.6 billion.
8/2009-present BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Bloomsburg, PA.
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
One of the 14 PASSHE universities; serving approximately 10,000 undergraduate and
graduate students; 14% of undergraduates are underrepresented minorities and 33% are Pell recipients; delivering educational and administrative services with approximately 360 full-time regular faculty; university budget is $140M; total operating budget for Academic Affairs Division is $70M.
Provides responsible leadership for institutional visioning, strategic enrollment planning, administrative and staff professional development, policies and procedures, program review and development, accreditation activity and reports, resource allocation and investment, and administration of Academic Affairs units, which include: four colleges (Business, Education, Liberal Arts, and Science and Technology), graduate studies, sponsored research, Teaching and Learning Enhancement Center, technology services, library services, Planning and Assessment, Testing Services, Academic Achievement
Center, Academic Enrichment Department, Honors Program, and MyCore, the general education program; oversight of approximately 490 instructional faculty (21:1 ratio); 56 majors and 51 minors and 19 graduate programs.
http://www.bloomu.edu/academic_affairs
Selective Accomplishments at Bloomsburg:
Leadership Assignments
PASSHE Level:
Member, Transfer Student Policy Working Group, (2016)
Member, Steering Committee of Community Colleges and PASSHE Universities (2015-present)
Member, Special Committee on System Governance (2014-15)
Member, Chief Academic Officers Group (2009-present)
Host, PASSHE Women’s Consortium Conference, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA, September 25-26, 2014.
Host, PASSHE Annual Diversity Summit. Diversity: Access and Success in the
New Economic Reality, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, October 13-14,
2011.
University Level:
Executive Staff Review and Strategic Planning (2015)
Impact 2017: Building on the Past, Leading for the Future (Extension)
http://www.bloomu.edu/documents/strategic/StrategicPlanBooklet.pdf
Member, Strategic Planning and Resource Council (2009-10)
Impact 2015: Building on the Past, Leading for the Future
http://www.bloomu.edu/documents/strategic/SPARC_Final.pdf
http://www.bloomu.edu/documents/strategic/SPARC_Final12.pdf
Liaison, Regional Accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) (2009 – present)
BU Self Study Review Process (2018-19) – Underway
BU Periodic Review Report (2013-14)
BU Monitoring Report (2011)
Co-Editor
Bloomsburg University Action Plan 2015-16
Bloomsburg University Action Plan 2014-15
Executive Summary for BU Performance in PASSHE Performance
Funding Program (2009, 2010, 2011)
Institutional and Academic Oversight
Fiscal Sustainability (2014-present): A one-time contribution of $1.5M of Academic Affairs reserve to assist with budget shortfall; contributing additional $700K to Education & General Fund to support reduced budget and appropriations/tuition gap, and facilities maintenance fund; launched first winter session in 2014, with total net revenue of $1.5M in two years.
Expanded and New Programming: Strategic objective is to leverage existing high demand programs, to develop competitive educational enrichment opportunities, and to identify new potential revenue generators, deliver at most reasonable cost while maintaining quality educational experiences; see examples of new programs, institutes and centers, and partnerships below.
Planning and Assessment (2010): Established the first university-wide planning and assessment office: oversees data collection and analysis for university strategic planning, MyCore general education program, and co-curricular learning experiences (CLEs); guides and/or supports all accreditation processes and reports, program reviews, placement examinations, and national standard testing; and provided $354K for 53 faculty Assessment Fellows across four colleges and Student Affairs Division since 2013. In 2016 became certified by National College Testing Association and promoted regionally to universities and businesses.
http://www.bloomu.edu/planning-assessment
Faculty and Staff Professional Development in collaboration with Dean of Graduate Studies and Research and Associate Dean of Academic Achievement
Administrative Faculty Professional Development (2010-present): Succession and Human Development Program which provides high potential faculty with two years of non-instructional, administrative experience with the goal of some transitioning into administrative roles permanently. To date,
Grow-Your-Own Faculty Recruitment Program (2013): Departments with high workforce demand and low faculty availability can request to recruit master-level faculty who are committed to earning a terminal degree prior to tenure; hired faculty enroll in appropriate terminal degree programs and receive mentoring by department’s senior faculty, professional development support, and released time from full instructional workload to support their success; departments/programs include Accounting, American Sign Language/Deaf Education, Digital Forensics, Exercise Science, and Nursing; succeeded in filling a total of 10 tenure-track positions (8 in Nursing; 2 in Digital Forensics).
Frederick Douglass Teacher Scholars Program (FDTS): Long-term PASSHE program to support faculty diversity and inclusion; increased from one to eight participants who participate in the application process for temporary faculty, and if selected, serve as temporary teaching faculty in one of the four Colleges of Business, Education, Liberal Arts, and Science and Technology; resulting in 2014 first university hire of a Latino female faculty in the College of Education (COE Department of Counseling and Student Affairs; 2016 hire of African American female faculty in College of Liberal Arts (COLA Department of Political Science); 2016 hire of a white female faculty in College of Science and Technology (COST Department of Mathematical and Digital Sciences); and two extended contracts (AY 2016-17) for an African American female faculty in COST Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and an African American male faculty in Division of Academic Achievement (Department of Academic Enrichment).
International Faculty Exchange/Domestic Faculty Study Away/Abroad: Supported eight visiting professors from Cameroon, China, and Russia; funded or supported domestic faculty teaching/research experiences in Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Russia and United States.
Faculty Professional Development and Travel Program: Provided $207K to support faculty research and scholarship through released time from instruction, conference travel; $18K budget for faculty workshops for new, probationary, and continuing faculty to support their success.
New Faculty Institute (2013): The Teaching and Learning Enhancement Center (TALE) offers the summer Institute to new and full-time temporary faculty where continuing faculty, administrators and guest speakers provide information, case studies and assignments to support organizational knowledge, professional development and ongoing success in the BU community. TALE also offers workshops, seminars and training throughout the academic year.
Provost’s Award for Research and Scholarly Activity (Instituted by previous Provost, Continued): College Deans and Associate Dean of Academic Achievement nominate high potential probationary faculty members for this award annually; up to five awardees receive plaques and $1,000 each in professional development funds.
First Endowed Faculty Positions (range $25K to $1.9M) in teamwork with Advancement Division (Capital Campaign): Provide faculty with resources to support their mentoring of students, instructional innovation, research activity, collegial collaborations for a defined period.
The Jack and Helen Evans Fellowship (College of Liberal Arts, 2016)
The Michael and Bree Gillespie Fellowship (College of Business, 2016)
The Nicholas J. Giuffre Distinguished Professor in Supply Chain Management
(2016)
The Vicki and Jack Mihalik Fellowship (College of Education, 2016)
The Joan and Fred Miller Distinguished Professor of Good Work (2015)
The Breiner Professorship of Nursing (2015)
STEM Teacher Academy (2015): A university-funded summer academy for 20 high school science and math teachers to provide them with inquiry-based instructional strategies in order to support STEM Magnet School students; experience counts for Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) continuing education credits.
New Division of Strategic Enrollment Management (2016): Provided $315K to fund strategic investments to be used for recruitment, retention and completion initiatives, included membership in the EAB (formerly Education Advisory Board) Student Success Collaborative (SSC) and consultancy with Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL). Funded eight SSC Fellows at 25% reassigned workload for 12 months to support implementation of SSC software.
Educational Enhancement in collaboration with Advancement Division, Continuing Education & Extended Programs (now units within Strategic Enrollment Management Division), and Student Affairs:
Selected Academic Programs:
New Concentrations in B.S. in Health Sciences: Medical Genomics and
Counseling, Pre-Accelerated Nursing, Pre-Pharmacy (2016)
Certificate in Rehabilitative Justice (2016, Federal Second Chance Pell Program)
Certificate in Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing (2016, Revised)
Sub-baccalaureate certificate in Medical Genomics and Counseling (2016)
RN to BSN, Online Degree Completion (2016)
Professional MBA (2016)
Fast-Track MBA (2016)
Certificate of Management (2016)
Certificate of IntraOperative NeuroMonitoring Technology (2016)
Personal Financial Planning (CFP, 2016)
Supply Chain Management (2015)
Doctor of Nursing Practice (2014)
Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in Technical Leadership with Community
Colleges (BAS-TL, 2012)
Minor in Interdisciplinary Middle East Studies (2011)
MyCore (2010): Innovative point-based, outcomes-based, student-centered general education program that recognizes that learning also occurs outside the traditional classroom and across the divisions of the university; enables students to complete requirements through Co-Curricular Learning Experiences (CLEs).
http://www.bloomu.edu/mycore
High Impact Educational Programs (HIPs, 2012–present): Relocated several HIPs with faculty advisors and/or staff, as envisioned, in Students Affairs to provide students with better connectedness between learning in- and out-side of traditional classroom, including BU Good Work™ Project, Living and Learning Communities (LLCs), First Year Husky Road Trips, Sophomore Experiential Learning (SEL) Program, Academic Internships, International Education Services, Military Veterans Resource Center, and the American Democracy Project, BU Sustainable Food Systems Outdoor Classroom, Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity (URSCA), URSCA Awards Summer Program, Act 101 Environmental Science Summer Program Initiative, and Global and Multicultural Education.
Institutes and Centers for Educational Enrichment in teamwork with Deans, Faculty, University Staff and Advancement Division:
Nicholas J. Giuffre Center for Supply Chain Management (2016)
Global Business Institute (2016)
The Greenly Center (2015)
Institute for Concussion Research and Services (2015)
cDNA Resource Center (2015)
Confer Radio Talent Institute (2014)
The BU Testing Center (2013)
Benner-Hudock Center for Financial Analysis (BHCFA, 2013)
Center for Undergraduate Research (2012)
Center for Community Research and Consulting (2012)
Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinic (2012)
Toy Library Virtual Center of Excellence (2011)
Center for Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA, 2011)
Educational Preparatory and Pathway Programs in partnership with high schools and community colleges:
Statewide Transfer and Articulation System (2006): State legislated transfer system to support seamless articulation between 2-year and 4-year public institutions of higher education; comprised of 30 credits of foundation course equivalencies and A.A. and A.S. program-to-program articulations for 28 majors existing at community colleges and PASSHE universities.
Bachelor of Applied Science Degree (BAS, 2012): The only state program-to-program articulation which enables associate-degreed technicians who aspire to higher-level leadership and supervisory positions to seamlessly transfer into BU’s bachelor degree program; currently serving 80 students from 4 of the 14 community colleges with a phased plan to expand the partnerships.
http://www.bloomu.edu/bastl-students-graduates
STEM Magnet Program (2013-present): A year-round program currently serving 8 regional area high schools, provide juniors and seniors with an enriching STEM curriculum. Initial cohort, 24 students from 3 school districts; program expanded to 48 students from 8 school districts for Fall 2014.
http://www.bloomu.edu/stem
Educational Pathways Initiative (2012-present): Launched with a Presidential Strategic Planning Grant, this university-funded summer enrichment program serves to prepare and recruit diverse students from Allentown School District; funded by Provost’s Office.
Career Development Programs:
Professional U (2013): Spearheaded new unit’s development by reassigning Academic Internships unit, budget and staff to the Advancement Division to better connect students with 67,000 alumni and career-related experiences in order to support at least one career-related experience per student per year. Since launch, 500 alumni through 2,500 volunteer hours engaged over 4,000 BU students in professional development activities. Serves as the career development umbrella for all student professional development experiences across the university.
http://www.bloomu.edu/professionalu
McDowell Institute for Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support (PBS) (2012): Established in College of Education, the Institute provides pre- and in-service educators with experiences to develop and reinforce strategies and practices to effectively support the academic, social and emotional growth/development of students. The Institute has trained 2,000 student teachers in PBS, including Bullying Prevention and Youth Mental Health First Aid; and offers a McDowell Speaker Series to campus and community at large.
http://www.bloomu.edu/mcdowell