Anne Kaplan
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Dr. Kaplan is Vice President for Administration and University Outreach at Northern Illinois University, a comprehensive, public institution serving the region west of Chicago. She is the university’s primary spokesperson on issues related to engagement and outreach and has developed, implemented and managed many of its central engagement initiatives. She is currently serving on the PASCAL University Regional Engagement (PURE) review team for the Thames Gateway.
An historian by training, Kaplan is active at the national level in the U.S. on commissions attempting to develop tools for assessing a university’s contribution to the economic development of its region and toolkits to help practitioners design, develop, implement, and evaluate community and economic development initiatives. Her university responsibilities include the delivery of credit courses and continuing professional education to working adults throughout the region, the development of partnerships with area community colleges, and the furtherance of the university’s engagement mission.
- Development of baccalaureate completion programs for community college transfer students - http://www.niu.edu/offcampusacademics/ccp/index.shtml
- Development and maintenance of an alliance of 4 institutions serving a major metropolitan area in the university’s service region - http://hearrr.org/index.asp
- Development of state and regional partnerships to extend health care to rural areas via broadband networks - http://www.niu.edu/PubAffairs/RELEASES/2007/nov/irhn.shtml
- Council on Engagement and Outreach, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, NIU representative - http://www.aplu.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=203
- Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, NIU representative - http://www.aplu.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=203
- Trustee, Econ Illinois http://www.econed-il.org/icee/index.shtml
- Director, University Center of Lake County http://ucenter.org/index.php?/about/
Kaplan, Anne C. Outreach in the Twenty-First Century: Survival Strategies for a Unique Environment. Continuing Higher Education Review, volume 68, fall 2004. pp.117 – 128.
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