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Dr. Philip Hartley
Leads CBT team
Dr. PHILIP HARTLEY is the project leader for the College Brain Trust’s International Partnership service.
Most recently, Dr. Hartley served as Academic Vice Provost for the federal system of colleges in the United Arab Emirates. He was responsible for assisting the 16 campus system of the Higher Colleges of Technology to fully implement newly designed baccalaureate track programs and to guide the system toward achieving U.S. institutional accreditation.
Dr. Hartley’s career has spanned 37 years of service in higher education. Phil served as President of West Valley College, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. As President, Phil worked on a successful bond campaign. He led the college to develop a new facilities and educational master plan and implement a campus-wide building program. He reversed a declining enrollment trend and opened a new center in the college district. He led the college to a clear, full-term accreditation in a year in which only 25% of all visited community colleges achieved an exception free accreditation. In recent years he has provided leadership for a number of international education projects including a nursing program in China, student exchange programs in Brazil and Egypt and development of a new community college in Kuwait.
Before his tenure at West Valley College, Phil served as Executive Vice President of College of the Canyons. Phil was instrumental in establishing a university center on campus, initiated a middle college program, assisted with a successful bond campaign, and managed double-digit enrollment growth each of six years.
Dr. Hartley completed a Bachelors Degree in Experimental Psychology at California State University, Humboldt, and went on to complete a doctorate in Physiological Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. His research in graduate school focused on neural systems involved in learning and motivation. His post graduate education includes Harvard University’s Institute of Management & Leadership in Education.
An American academic consulting firm now provides assistance and resources from the most experienced college administrators and leaders in the United States
The College Brain Trust, the United States’ most respected community college and two-year technical college consulting firm, can provide your college, company or country experienced educational leaders and administrators from all operational levels of higher education to assist with institutional and program development.
CBT can provide expert assistance with:
- Forming partnerships between US colleges and universities and overseas institutions.
- Recruitment for qualified academic administrators, faculty and staff.
- Establishing transfer agreements for students and their coursework.
- Establishing affiliation agreements with U.S. colleges and universities.
- Curriculum and curriculum development processes.
- Institutional organization, processes and efficiency
- Accreditation support and assistance.
- Master planning and strategic development
- Leadership training and mentoring
- Faculty and administrative development and training, including train the trainer programs
College Brain Trust Leadership
Dr. George Boggs, former president/CEO, American Association of Community Colleges in Washington, D.C. He is the immediate past Chair of the Board of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics and consults internationally. Click here for more information.
Dr. Paul Elsner, former chancellor of the Maracopa Community College District in Phoenix, Arizona, is now an international respected consultant with clients around the world. Paul Elsner was Chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District 1977-1999. The Maricopa Community Colleges are internationally recognized for leading-edge performance in technology transformation, workforce training and economic development. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Council on International Intercultural Education and was elected to the Board of Trustees of SIAS International University, Zhengzhou, China in 2006. This past year his consultancies and speaking took him to China, South Africa, The Netherlands, Ireland, Barcelona, Japan and the United Arab Emirates.
John Halder, is the immediate past President of Community Colleges for International Development, Inc. He has traveled and worked in over 50 countries necessitating diplomacy and intercultural sensitivity. John designed contract training programs for overseas clients and delegations including Russia, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Pakistan, Ghana, Egypt and elsewhere. He has also reviewed grants for USAID, and subcontracted for AED, PIET, Meridian House, USIA, State Department and US Department of Education, World Bank, Asia Development Bank. Click here for more information.
For further information, contract Ray Giles at ray@collegebraintrust.com
