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Paul
W. Eykamp
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Education
1995 Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego. Major fields: American Politics,
International Relations.
1994 M.A. University of California, San Diego. Major: Political Science.
1987 Catholic University, Washington D.C., 12-unit summer graduate program
in British politics.
1987 A.B. cum laude, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, Majors:
Economics and Political Economy, Advisor
D. North,
Nobel Laureate
Dissertation
"Political Control of State Research Universities: The Effect of the
Structure of Political Control on University Quality and Funding" Advisor:
Gary C. Jacobson, Professor.
Professional Experience
University of California, Office of the President 1998-present
Department of Planning and Analysis
Coordinator of Long Range Enrollment Analysis and Database Development
The Office of the President (UCOP) is the systemwide headquarters of the
University of California. Its eight divisions oversee UC’s academic mission,
budget, community affairs, and business and financial activities. The total
operating budget is in excess of 14 billion dollars with 200,000 students on
10 campuses.
The Department of Planning and Analysis reports to the Provost and Senior
Vice President and conducts planning, analysis, and assessment for UC and
promotes policy development and implementation, particularly with regard to
long-range enrollment planning, improvement of undergraduate and graduate
education, institutional quality and accountability, and budgetary analysis
from an academic perspective.
As Coordinator of Long Range Enrollment Analysis and Database Development,
responsibilities include modeling long-range enrollment demand for the
ten-campus UC system and conducting strategic analysis of past and present
student activity to drive policy development.
Accomplishments:
Developed a new long-range enrollment demand model for the UC system
using demographic and student behavior data and first model of continuing
student persistence. Created first scenario based model system. Enrollment
models are used for planning faculty hiring, building construction, and new
campus acquisition decisions.
Developed policy and technical procedure to identify students who had
exceeded negotiated number of academic units beyond those required for their
academic program. Significantly reduced the fiscal impact of original policy
proposal by up to $10 million.
Determined regional enrollment demand for new campus for purpose of
determination of demand for student housing. Calculated probable demand for
three proposed regional distance academic centers using demographic, census,
and GIS systems.
Wrote technical section of Student Support Services Proposal for new UC
campus and served on advisory committee to determine programmatic and
physical plant needs for student support services and campus master plan
design.
Analyzed student behavior to determine probable demand for expanded
systemwide summer term and the effect of a summer term on student time to
degree.
Conducted strategic analysis of student pre-matriculation academic activity
and the expected long-term effects on time to degree from changing levels of
activity and proposed policy changes.
Created database and analysis system using SAS to allow detailed analysis
of short and long term student and applicant behavior creating a revolution
in the information detail and sub-sets of information available to senior
management.
Pushed through first systemwide series of meetings to improve corporate
student data systems in over a decade, focusing on improving reporting
consistency and error reduction from nine campus offices and establishing a
mechanism to improve data quality into the future.
Worked with external vendor to improve understanding of student
socio-economic background using census and GIS data.
University of California, Office of the President 1997-1998
Department of Planning and Analysis
Senior Policy Analyst
Created new enrollment demand model as part of a two-person team.
Organized systemwide reporting system for US News and World Report with
first unified reporting system. Developed new system for coordinating
reporting on faculty workload and classes taught for the system.
Created a database and analysis system using SAS to allow detailed analysis
of short and long term student and applicant behavior dramatically changing
the information detail and information available to senior management.
University of California, Office of the President 1996-1997
Student Academic Services,
Admissions and Institutional Research
Senior
Administrative Analyst
Conducted first internal validity study to determine the relationship
between admissions criteria in selecting students and first year grades and
graduation rates using regression analysis.
Built and maintained first UCOP website to distribute admissions related
information about approved high school courses to high schools, community
colleges, and students. This was the first searchable web site at UCOP.
Contributed significantly to the development of the web-based electronic
application system for the UC system.
Part of the development group for improving the use of technology for
outreach to underserved groups of students. Published first admissions data
report on the web.
Conducted strategic analysis of admissions data to evaluate likely effects
of proposed changes in admissions policy.
Assembled primary research on politically sensitive admissions questions as
part of UC Regential inquiry.
University of California, Council on Student Fees 1994-1996
Director
Reorganized existing but poorly functioning systemwide organization made up
of nine independent campus committees charged with overseeing student
affairs budgets financed with student fees, roughly $10 million at each
campus.
Made first coordinated reports to the UC Office of the President and the UC
Regents in over a decade.
Revitalized system of sharing knowledge between campuses and worked to
improve effectiveness of weaker committees.
Changed relationship with systemwide student government to create effective,
independent Council. Created new succession system for Directors.
University of California, San Diego 1993-1994
Registration Fee Committee
Chair
Oversaw $10
million budget for student services including coordinating annual evaluation
of program effectiveness and in-depth annual evaluation of three programs.
Evaluated requests for new programs from existing student service programs.
Provided primary contact and oversight between Committee and Sports
Facilities functional area (four administrative units) and Mission Bay
Aquatic Center, an off-campus facility jointly operated with another
university.
University of California, San Diego 1993-1994
Dean of Graduate Studies and Research
Graduate Student Intern
Published quarterly newsletter.
Served as primary liaison between administration and graduate students on
administrative committees and with the Dean.
Organized two symposia on graduate student issues.
University of California, San Diego 1987-1994
Department of Political Science and Fifth College Writing Program
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Lead two weekly discussion sections per quarter with 30 students each.
Responsible for grading papers, reviewing writing progress with students,
helping to write examination questions, and determined course grades.
University of
California, San
Diego 1991-1993, 1994-1995
Graduate Student Association (GSA)
Vice President (Finance, External
Relations, Internal Relations), Acting President
Initiated and led successful effort to get universal mandatory health
insurance for all graduate students at UC San Diego which was later expanded
to the entire UC system. Effort included developing scope and cost of
coverage, conducting election campaign, and negotiating coverage of cost for
employed graduate students by administration.
Led major expansion of GSA through doubling of student fee by leading
election campaign.
Organized establishment of graduate pub on campus to meet graduate student
social needs.
Rewrote GSA constitution and reorganized method of filling positions on
University committees.
Brokered solution to multi-year long dispute between campuses for funding
systemwide student government.
Brokered memorandum of understanding between Graduate and Undergraduate
student governments, the Student Center Board, the University, and four
independent student-run cooperative businesses for a new business model and
relationship with the University after a six-month round of negotiations and
a two-year long conflict.
University of California, San Diego 1987-1993
University Center Board
Vice Chair
Provided student oversight for construction of 170,000 sq. ft. student
center and creation of policies for its operation upon opening and the first
four years of its operation.
Successfully expanded scope of renewal of old student center to insure its
continued usefulness.
Provided general direction for the management of a student-run coffee shop
with revenue increasing from $300,000 to $600,000 during a major expansion
over a five-year period.
University
Committees, University of California, Office of the President
UC Merced
Student Planning Advisory Committee
UC Merced Enrollment Projection Task Force
UCOP Database Development Group
UCOP Web homepage redesign Committee
UC Outreach and Technology Committee
UC System US News and World Report Coordinating Committee
UC Faculty Workload Evaluation Taskforce
UC Outreach Evaluation Taskforce
University Committees, University of California, San Diego
Graduate Council (Dean of Graduate Studies and Research)
Registration Advisory Fee Committee, Chair
Graduate Student Health Insurance Advisory Committee
Teaching Assistant Development Committee
Master Planning Committee
Enrollment Projection Committee
University Centers Board, Vice Chair Graduate Students Association - Vice
President Finance, VP External Affairs, VP Internal Affairs
Associated Students (Graduate Rep., Director of Development, Director
Television Productions)
Capital Outlay and Space Allocation Committee
International House Planning Committee
International House Programming Committee
Multi-Cultural Center Task force
Infopath Advisory Committee (WWW Homepage development for campus)
Not-for-Profit Boards of Directors
UC San Diego Bay Area Alumni Association, President, 1999-present.
Washington University Bay Area Alumni Club Executive Committee,
1996-present.
Berkeley B Inc., President and CEO.
Publications
2005
Grade Inflation,
Reality or Artifact of Changes in Student Quality or Major Distribution?
A Study of University of California Grades and Student Quality Over Time,
Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting, San Diego,
California, May 2005
2004
Grade Inflation, Real or Imagined? A
Study of University of California Grades and Student Quality Over Time,
California Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting, Anaheim,
California.
2004
“Where Does All the Money Go? A Comparative Analysis of State Finance,
Educational Spending, and Outcomes,” University of California, Planning and
Analysis, University of California, Office of the President.
2003 “The Effect of Advanced Placement Credit on Time to Degree at the
University of California,” Association of Institutional Research 2003 Forum,
Tampa, Florida (best paper series) Published: ERIC collection of AIR 2003
Forum Papers.
2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998 "University of California, An Enrollment
Handbook," 3rd through 9th Edition. University of California, Planning and
Analysis, University of California, Office of the President.
2000 Co-Authored “Thinking in Future Tense: Designing the New Architecture
of Student Life at UC Merced,” final report of the UC Merced Student
Planning Committee to UC Merced Chancellor and officers.
1999 "Graduate and Undergraduate Enrollment Planning Through 2010: Modeling
Undergraduate Enrollment Demand," University of California, Planning and
Analysis, University of California, Office of the President.
1998 "University of California Undergraduate Instruction and Faculty
Teaching Activities, Fifth Annual Report to the Legislature," University of
California, Planning and Analysis, University of California, Office of the
President.
1997 "Internal SAT Validity Study: California Students Enrolled at UC
Campuses 1994," University of California, Student Academic Services,
University of California, Office of the President.
1997 "Information Digest," University of California, Student Academic
Services, University of California, Office of the President.
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Education
1987 A.B. cum laude, Washington University, St. Louis,
Missouri, Majors: Economics and Political Economy.
1987 Catholic University, Washington D.C., 12-unit summer graduate program in British
politics.
1994 M.A. University of California, San Diego. Major: Political Science.
1995 Ph.D. University of California, San Diego. Major
fields: American Politics, International Relations.
Dissertation
"Political Control of State Research Universities: The Effect of the Structure of
Political Control on University Quality and Funding" Advisor: Gary C. Jacobson, Professor.
University Positions
1998-present Coordinator, Long Range Enrollment Analysis and Database Development,
Planning and Analysis, Academic Affairs, University of California, Office of the
President. Develop and enhance long-range enrollment model for UC System using
ethnic and geographical trends to project enrollment demand through 2015. Design and build
relational database (SQL) for Systemwide student information, institutional data,
California demographic data, and comparison data for other universities. Analyze student
academic behavior to assist enrollment management and development of summer term.
Coordinate Systemwide submittals to US News and World Report's College Ranking Survey,
including analysis of effects of changing UC reporting protocol. Develop plan for
documenting and normalizing existing Systemwide research data, cleaning and transforming
new data, and determining data relationships. Develop enrollment models for new UC Campus
(UC Merced). Serve on advisory committee planning effective student support services and
determining campus facility needs. Conduct marketing analysis with external vendor.
1997-1998 Senior Policy Analyst, Planning and Analysis, Academic Affairs,
University of California, Office of the President. Co-developed new long-range
enrollment model for UC System using ethnic and geographical trends to project enrollment
demand through 2010. Responsible for Systemwide coordination of submittals to US News and
World Report's College Ranking Survey, including analysis of USNWR methodology, effects of
changing UC reporting protocol, and developing methods for uniform reporting. Responsible
for legislative reports on faculty workload, handbook on enrollment planning. Created
department's IT system and new database and database management systems using SAS.
1996-1997 Senior Administrative Analyst, Student Academic Services, Admissions
and Institutional Research, University of California, Office of the President. Responsible
for researching and drafting reports for the Regents and conducting validity studies on
current admissions criteria and developing options for new admissions criteria. Analyzed
predictive power of SAT and high school GPA on first year grades and graduation rate.
Built and maintained a website to distribute information to high schools, community
colleges, and students. Part of the development group for an electronic application system
for the UC system and on committee to improve the use of technology for UC Outreach. Wrote
reports on UC statistics, both on paper and inaugurally for the Web.
1994-1996 Director, UC Council on Student Fees, the Systemwide Registration Fee
committee, responsible for coordinating and informing nine independent
committees, monitoring the state and University budgets and conveying Council decisions to
the UC Office of the President and the UC Regents.
1987-1994 Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego, Department
of Political Science and Fifth College Writing Program.
1993-1994 Chair, UCSD Registration Advisory Fee Committee, which
oversees a $10 million budget for student services, evaluates and recommends funding
changes for all Student Affairs units funded by the Registration Fee. Coordinated
investigative teams and evaluated major units. Provided primary contact between the
Committee, the Sports Facilities area (four units), and the Mission Bay Aquatic Center.
1993-1994 Graduate Student Intern, to the Assistant Dean, UCSD Office of
Graduate Studies and Research. Published quarterly newsletter, conducted surveys,
and coordinated two symposia.
1991-1993, 1994-1995 Vice President UCSD Graduate Student Association,
responsible for finance, external relations, and internal relations and developing
graduate student health insurance plan, graduate student pub, and major financial
expansion.
1991, 1987 Parliamentary Intern and Staff to the Hon. Bowen Wells MP
(Hertford and Bishops Stortford), Hertfordshire and London, England. Worked on campaign
team in 1987, and as primary research staff in 1987 and 1991.
Technical Skills
Created and maintained four University of California web sites. Tested Internet video
conferencing systems for Macintosh and Windows. Created UCOP's (then) only searchable
website. Built database system for Planning and Analysis using SAS and MS SQL Server.
Platforms and software: UNIX, Macintosh, DOS, and Windows systems -- Word, Excel,
Access, PowerPoint, PageMaker, Photoshop, Web page design and functionality, database and
audio-visual presentations. SAS statistical package: develop SAS programs to run
regressions using GLM and REG procedures, chi squared analysis, type I and type II error
tables, plots, and general statistics. Can install and maintain Windows 98, NT, Macintosh
and office LANs.
University Committees, University of California, Office of the President
UC Merced Student Planning Advisory Committee
UC Merced Enrollment Projection Task Force
UCOP Database Development Group
UCOP Web homepage redesign Committee
UC Outreach and Technology Committee
UC System US News and World Report Coordinating Committee
University Committees, University of California, San Diego
Graduate Council (Dean of Graduate Studies and Research)
Registration Advisory Fee Committee, Chair (to Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs)
Graduate Student Health Insurance Advisory Committee
Teaching Assistant Development Committee
Master Planning Committee
Enrollment Projection Committee
University Centers Board, Vice Chair (170,000 sq. ft. student center built during tenure)
Graduate Students Association - Vice President Finance, VP External Affairs, VP Internal
Affairs
Associated Students (Graduate Rep., Director of Development, Director Television
Productions)
Capital Outlay and Space Allocation Committee
International House Planning Committee, International House Programming Committee
Multi-Cultural Center Task force
Infopath Advisory Committee (World Wide Web Homepage development for campus)
Publications
2000, 1999, 1998 "University of California, An Enrollment Handbook," 3rd through
5th Edition. University of California, Planning and Analysis, University of California,
Office of the President.
1999 "Graduate and Undergraduate Enrollment Planning Through 2010: Modeling
Undergraduate Enrollment Demand," University of California, Planning and Analysis,
University of California, Office of the President.
1998 "University of California Undergraduate Instruction and Faculty Teaching
Activities, Fifth Annual Report to the Legislature," University of California,
Planning and Analysis, University of California, Office of the President.
1997 "Internal SAT Validity Study: California Students Enrolled at UC Campuses
1994," University of California, Student Academic Services, University of California,
Office of the President.
1997 "Information Digest," University of California, Student Academic
Services, University of California, Office of the President.
Conferences and Papers
2000 UC Planning and Budget Conference, Lake Arrowhead, California.
1999 California Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting, Sacramento,
California.
1999 Association for Institutional Research, Statistics Institute, Santa Barbara,
California.
1998 California Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting, San Diego,
California
Presented paper entitled "Modeling Long Range Enrollment Demand", with Dr. Paul
Butler-Nailin.
1998 Association for Institutional Research, Information Technology Institute,
Indianapolis, IN.
1997 California Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting, San Francisco,
California. Presented information on USNWR coordination efforts by the University of
California.
1993 American Political Science Association Annual Conference., Chicago, Illinois.
Presented paper entitled "The Effect of Structural Differences in the Relationship
Between State Governments and Their Research Universities" for the Panel
"Prescriptions for Policy Excellence".
References
Available upon request.
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