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Dr. Thomas A. Emmet to receive Allen P. Splete Award for
Outstanding Service in 2005
The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) has named Dr. Thomas
A. Emmet the recipient of the 2005 Allen P. Splete Award for
Outstanding Service. Dr. Emmet will receive the Award in January,
2005.
The Allen P. Splete Award for Outstanding Service is given
to an individual, publication, or organization for significant
contributions to independent higher education. The award recognizes
national leadership, through ideas and commitment, on behalf
of private colleges and universities. The award was named in
honor of the retired president of CIC, who served from 1985
to 2000.
About CIC: The Council of Independent Colleges is an
association of more than 500 independent, liberal arts colleges
and universities and higher education affiliates and organizations
that work together to strengthen college and university leadership,
sustain high-quality education, and enhance private higher education's
contribution to society. To fulfill this mission, CIC provides
its members with skills, tools and knowledge that addresses
aspects of leadership, financial management and performance,
academic quality, and institutional visibility.
About Thomas A. Emmet: Dr. Thomas A. Emmet has been
a consultant to over 1,850 Higher Education Institutions of
all types since 1954. He started his consulting in the area
of student services dealing with diversity, student development,
and ombudspersons. Higher Education Executive Associates was
founded by Dr. Emmet in 1967. The consulting services were expanded
to include seminars on Legal Ownership of Catholic Colleges,
Department Chairs and Dean Leadership, Collective Bargaining
Negotiations in Higher Education, and numerous other cutting
edge issues. He was senior advisor on leadership programs for
the American Council on Education in the 1980's and early 1990's.
Dr. Emmet taught the A.C.E. Fellows program for twenty five
years. At A.C.E., he instituted the Seminars on Faculty Handbooks
and Policy Manuals which has been developed further with Elise
Burton Esq. into the Policy Manual Division of Higher Education
Executive Associates and H.E. Solutions.
In addition, Dr. Emmet worked at Regis University from 1971
to the present and now is a retired but active Senior Consultant
to the President. While at Regis, he helped develop the Regis
Adult Learning and Professional Studies Programs. Much of his
consulting is also in adult learning systems.
He has numerous university degrees in humanities and higher
education administration including two honorary doctorates,
one of Laws from St. Norbert College and one of Educational
Leadership from Quincy University. Dr. Emmet has worked with
over three hundred Boards of Trustees and was the Association
of Governing Boards' first consultant, setting up their Seminar
programs for Trustees.
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Press Contact:
António Pedroso
Higher Education Executive Associates
1 S. 637 Fairview Avenue
Lombard, IL 60148
Phone: (630) 620-8234
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