KA Systems and Public Policy 4/7/08

Tues. 3/18:
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Through a colleague at work, Dr. Leonard Beckum, who has agreed to be my external reader, I was introduced to Dr. Bernadine Chuck Fong, who are friends from the days when they were on the Stanford Board of Trustees together. Here's her write up on the The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching website:


Bernadine Chuck Fong recently retired after 12 years as president of Foothill College in Los Altos, California (19,000 enrollment), where she had previously been the college's vice president of instruction and student services for 11 years. Fong began her career at Foothill College as a professor in psychology and child development, fields in which she co-authored two textbooks. Fong has been visiting professor and scholar at Stanford's school of education and vice chair of Stanford's Board of Trustees Minority Alumni Relations Task Force. She also served on the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement Board of Senior Scholars. She currently serves on the board of directors of the American Institute for Foreign Study, and the board of advisors for the SCT Corporation. She is chair of the American Association of Higher Education's Board of Directors and was on the board of trustees for Stanford University, from which she holds a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D.

She spent almost 2 hours with me and sent me not only some fabulous articles (see below), but also her management training and strategic planning materials, along with the cost model for determining that the Math Performance Success (MPS) program at De Anza College and the Pass the Torch program at Foothill college actually make the colleges money because of higher retention rates. Rob Johnstone, IR Director, and Dr. Fong, concluded from this study that the MPS program at De Anza for an investment of $81,990 a year, generated $213,357, estimate profit @ 50%, then ROI = (106678 – 81990) / 81990 = 30% ROI.

Mon. 4/7:
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see file Notes Mon. 4-7-08.doc