Room: Erie
presented by Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, President , DePaul University
Mark Johnston, Chair, Department of Modern Languages, DePaul University
Brian Spittle, Assistant Vice President, Enrollment Management & Marketing, DePaul University
The establishment of IB programs in neighborhood Chicago Public Schools was a conscious attempt to improve educational opportunities for low-income and minority students by providing greater access to challenging coursework. How is this working from a college perspective? The president of DePaul will lead a panel discussion on how the profile and performance of IB students from Chicago are helping the university rethink and renew its longstanding commitment to student access and attainment.
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, President , DePaul University
The Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. is now in his fourth year as president of DePaul University. Prior to DePaul, Father Holtschneider had been executive vice-president and chief operating officer at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, New York. Father Holtschneider has led two national studies of American Catholic colleges and universities, examining trends in governance and leadership. He is the author and co-author of one book and numerous articles on U.S. higher education and Catholic higher education, as well as a frequent speaker on these topics.
A Detroit native, Father Holtschneider studied at Harvard University and received his doctorate in administration, planning and social policy in 1997 after writing a dissertation on the early history of financial aid in the United States. Father Holtschneider pursued his undergraduate education at Niagara, where he received a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1985. He studied for the priesthood at Mary Immaculate Seminary in Northampton, Pa., and was ordained in 1989.
Mark Johnston, Chair, Department of Modern Languages, DePaul University
Mark D. Johnston is chair of the Modern Languages Department at DePaul University, where he joined the faculty in 2003. He leads the department’s efforts to develop "pipe-line" programs in language learning for communities of heritage speakers in the Chicago area. An internationally recognized scholar of medieval Spanish history and literature, Dr Johnston received his graduate training at The Johns Hopkins University and has taught previously at Illinois State University and Washington University in St Louis, Missouri.
Brian Spittle, Assistant Vice President, Enrollment Management & Marketing, DePaul University
Brian Spittle is Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing at DePaul University. He oversees the university’s TRIO programs for low-income and first-generation college students, and coordinates the division’s community outreach activities and partnerships with The Chicago Public Schools. A native of the UK, Dr Spittle completed undergraduate studies at Nottingham University and graduate studies at McMaster University in Canada and the University of Buffalo, New York, where he received a Ph.D. in Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education.
