Kevin J. Manning
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Kevin J. Manning, Ph.D. (born November 8, 1944 in New York, New York
) is currently the president of Stevenson University, the former Villa Julie College
and the third largest independent university in Maryland
. He was inaugurated as the fourth president of Villa Julie College on October 28, 2000, succeeding Carolyn Manuszak. Manning has more than 40 years of experience in higher education
administration. Prior to his service at Stevenson, Manning held key administrative positions at Washington University in St. Louis
, Missouri
; Elizabethtown College
in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania; and Immaculata University
in Malvern, Pennsylvania
.
A graduate of Webster University
in St. Louis, Missouri (1967), Manning earned his M.S. in Counseling and Student Personnel from Shippensburg University (1976) and his Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from The Ohio State University
(1982). He is a graduate of Harvard University
’s Institute for Educational Management (1989) and in 2006 was an invited participant at the Oxford Round Table
, University of Oxford, England
.
Manning has overseen a decade of institutional growth and transformation for Stevenson University. After assuming the presidency of Villa Julie College, he took steps to establish a strategic plan for the institution, institute its first faculty governance plan, develop its first formal capital campaign strategy, and enhance its reputation through marketing
and public relations
. He also expanded its Board of Trustees and established the college’s first President’s Advisory Council. He led the institution through its transition to university status and name change to Stevenson University in June 2008.
A professor of psychology
at Stevenson, Manning has spent his entire career focused on what constitutes effective learning. In 2001, he introduced the concept of Career Architecture at Stevenson. Career Architecture is a process to help students more effectively outline career plans. Manning encouraged the development of Learning Beyond and a co-curricular transcript. Both programs are designed to expose Stevenson students to experiential learning
.
According to Manning, experiential learning is the most effective form of education
. He has spoken and written frequently about the effectiveness of education in the health professions. He believes that the emphasis on theory, practice, and mentoring
is the most effective form of training. As such, Manning and his colleagues at Stevenson have sought to redesign the learning environment to incorporate these elements.
Manning was instrumental in the creation of the Office of Learning Beyond and Career Planning. This comprehensive facility offers advice on careers and also focuses on experiential learning, internships, and service-learning
. This office plays a critical role in assisting students in creating effective and meaningful educational outcomes.
He established the institution’s second campus in Owings Mills, Maryland
, a move critical to transitioning the former commuter college into a residential university. The university opened its first residence halls in 2004. Manning focused on growing the 100-plus acre Owings Mills campus by adding additional residences, a student community center, a dining and student center, the Brown School of Business and Leadership, and the Caves Sports and Wellness Center, which is expanding with a new 60000 square feet (5,574.2 m²) gymnasium to open in the summer of 2010. In June 2009, Manning announced that Stevenson would be adding football
to its roster of NCAA Division III sports programs.
In addition to facilities, Manning has focused on adding undergraduate academic programs that enhance the university’s career-focused mission as well as expanding Stevenson’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies, which offers accelerated onsite and online bachelor’s and master’s degrees for working adults and career professionals in areas such as nursing
, forensic studies, forensic science, criminal justice
, business
and information technology
, and paralegal
studies. In March 2009, Manning approved a university restructuring plan for the formal creation of the university’s six schools led by deans: the Brown School of Business and leadership; the School of Design; the School of Education; the School of Humanities and Social Sciences; the School of the Sciences; and the School of Graduate and Professional Studies.
Manning’s presidency has played a pivotal role in building Stevenson University’s reputation as a national leader in career education. U.S. News & World Report
’s America’s Best Colleges ranking named Stevenson a “Best Value” college in 2005. Stevenson was named one of just 77 national “Top-Up-and-Coming Schools” and one of the nation’s “Great Schools, Great Prices” in the 2010 edition of America’s Best Colleges.
Manning was recognized as a Maryland Innovator of the Year by The Daily Record
in September 2003 for the creation of Stevenson’s Career Architecture approach to undergraduate education. In 2007, he received the Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur of The Year Award in the education category in Maryland
. In 2010, Manning contributed the whitepaper “Doing More with Less: Transforming a Program through Technology” to President to President: Views on Technology in Higher Education, Volume II published by SunGard
Higher Education and the Council of Independent Colleges
(CIC); and “Leadership and Change” to Presidential Perspectives: Economic Prosperity in the Next Decade, 2010/2011 published by Aramark
.
In addition to his role as president, Manning has served on numerous education, business, and civic boards including the Council for Independent Colleges Presidential Forum Group; Greater Baltimore Committee Board of Directors; Independent College Fund of Maryland Board of Trustees; Maryland Business Roundtable for Education Board of Directors; Maryland Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors; and the Maryland Independent College and University Association Executive Committee, Budget Committee, Capital Projects Committee, Executive Committee, and Task Force on Public Policy (Chair, 2002–2003). He also served as Co-Chair of the United Way of Central Maryland’s 2009 Campaign.
In February 2011, Manning was appointed to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
(NAICU), representing NAICU Region II member institutions from Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, New Jersey, and New York. He was also named a 2011 "Influential Marylander" by the editorial board of the Daily Record (Maryland)
business and legal newspaper.
New York City
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) is currently the president of Stevenson University, the former Villa Julie College
Villa Julie College
Stevenson University is a private, independent, coeducational, liberal arts college is located in the Greenspring Valley area of Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The University has two campuses, one in Stevenson and one in Owings Mills, with approximately 3,400 undergraduate and graduate...
and the third largest independent university in Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. He was inaugurated as the fourth president of Villa Julie College on October 28, 2000, succeeding Carolyn Manuszak. Manning has more than 40 years of experience in higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
administration. Prior to his service at Stevenson, Manning held key administrative positions at Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
; Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown College is a small comprehensive college located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania in Lancaster County. The school was founded in 1899 by members of the Church of the Brethren...
in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania; and Immaculata University
Immaculata University
Immaculata University is a Catholic University on King Road in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.-History:Immaculata was founded as Villa Maria College, a women's college in 1920. It was the first Catholic college for women in the Philadelphia area...
in Malvern, Pennsylvania
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Malvern is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,998 at the 2010 census. The main road through the borough is King Street, although the borough is also bordered by Paoli Pike on the south, and is near US 30 on the north. The primary cross street is Warren...
.
A graduate of Webster University
Webster University
Webster University is an American non-profit private university with its main campus in Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Webster University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools...
in St. Louis, Missouri (1967), Manning earned his M.S. in Counseling and Student Personnel from Shippensburg University (1976) and his Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from The Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
(1982). He is a graduate of Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
’s Institute for Educational Management (1989) and in 2006 was an invited participant at the Oxford Round Table
Oxford Round Table
The Oxford Round Table is a series of interdisciplinary conferences organized and run by a California-based educational organization, incorporated until recently as a for-profit and a not-for-profit corporation in Kentucky, and currently as a not-for-profit in Illinois and England and Wales.The...
, University of Oxford, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Manning has overseen a decade of institutional growth and transformation for Stevenson University. After assuming the presidency of Villa Julie College, he took steps to establish a strategic plan for the institution, institute its first faculty governance plan, develop its first formal capital campaign strategy, and enhance its reputation through marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
and public relations
Public relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
. He also expanded its Board of Trustees and established the college’s first President’s Advisory Council. He led the institution through its transition to university status and name change to Stevenson University in June 2008.
A professor of psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
at Stevenson, Manning has spent his entire career focused on what constitutes effective learning. In 2001, he introduced the concept of Career Architecture at Stevenson. Career Architecture is a process to help students more effectively outline career plans. Manning encouraged the development of Learning Beyond and a co-curricular transcript. Both programs are designed to expose Stevenson students to experiential learning
Experiential learning
Experiential learning is the process of making meaning from direct experience. Simply put, Experiential Learning is learning from experience. The experience can be staged or left open. Aristotle once said, "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." David A...
.
According to Manning, experiential learning is the most effective form of education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
. He has spoken and written frequently about the effectiveness of education in the health professions. He believes that the emphasis on theory, practice, and mentoring
Mentoring
Mentorship refers to a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person....
is the most effective form of training. As such, Manning and his colleagues at Stevenson have sought to redesign the learning environment to incorporate these elements.
Manning was instrumental in the creation of the Office of Learning Beyond and Career Planning. This comprehensive facility offers advice on careers and also focuses on experiential learning, internships, and service-learning
Service-learning
Service-learning is a method of teaching, learning and reflecting, frequently youth service, throughout the community. As a teaching method, it falls under the philosophy of experiential education...
. This office plays a critical role in assisting students in creating effective and meaningful educational outcomes.
He established the institution’s second campus in Owings Mills, Maryland
Owings Mills, Maryland
Owings Mills is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Baltimore. The population was 20,193 at the 2000 census. Owings Mills is home to the northern terminus for the Baltimore Metro Subway and to Owings Mills Mall....
, a move critical to transitioning the former commuter college into a residential university. The university opened its first residence halls in 2004. Manning focused on growing the 100-plus acre Owings Mills campus by adding additional residences, a student community center, a dining and student center, the Brown School of Business and Leadership, and the Caves Sports and Wellness Center, which is expanding with a new 60000 square feet (5,574.2 m²) gymnasium to open in the summer of 2010. In June 2009, Manning announced that Stevenson would be adding football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
to its roster of NCAA Division III sports programs.
In addition to facilities, Manning has focused on adding undergraduate academic programs that enhance the university’s career-focused mission as well as expanding Stevenson’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies, which offers accelerated onsite and online bachelor’s and master’s degrees for working adults and career professionals in areas such as nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
, forensic studies, forensic science, criminal justice
Criminal justice
Criminal Justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts...
, business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
and information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
, and paralegal
Paralegal
Paralegal is used in most jurisdictions to describe a paraprofessional who assists qualified lawyers in their legal work. This is true in the United States and many other countries. However, in Ontario, Canada, paralegals are licensed by the Law Society of Upper Canada, giving paralegals an...
studies. In March 2009, Manning approved a university restructuring plan for the formal creation of the university’s six schools led by deans: the Brown School of Business and leadership; the School of Design; the School of Education; the School of Humanities and Social Sciences; the School of the Sciences; and the School of Graduate and Professional Studies.
Manning’s presidency has played a pivotal role in building Stevenson University’s reputation as a national leader in career education. U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
’s America’s Best Colleges ranking named Stevenson a “Best Value” college in 2005. Stevenson was named one of just 77 national “Top-Up-and-Coming Schools” and one of the nation’s “Great Schools, Great Prices” in the 2010 edition of America’s Best Colleges.
Manning was recognized as a Maryland Innovator of the Year by The Daily Record
Daily Record (Maryland)
The Daily Record, published in Baltimore, Maryland, is a statewide business and legal newspaper. The paper publishes 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year, except for certain holidays.-Corporate history:...
in September 2003 for the creation of Stevenson’s Career Architecture approach to undergraduate education. In 2007, he received the Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
Entrepreneur of The Year Award in the education category in Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. In 2010, Manning contributed the whitepaper “Doing More with Less: Transforming a Program through Technology” to President to President: Views on Technology in Higher Education, Volume II published by SunGard
SunGard
SunGard is a multinational company based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, which provides software and services to education, financial services, and public sector organizations. It was formed in 1983, as a spin-off of the computer services division of Sun Oil Company, during a period of low crude oil...
Higher Education and the Council of Independent Colleges
Council of Independent Colleges
The Council of Independent Colleges is an association of nearly 600 independent, liberal arts colleges and universities and more than 70 higher education affiliates and organizations that work together to strengthen college and university leadership, sustain high-quality education, and enhance...
(CIC); and “Leadership and Change” to Presidential Perspectives: Economic Prosperity in the Next Decade, 2010/2011 published by Aramark
Aramark
Aramark Corporation, known commonly as Aramark, is an American foodservice, facilities, and clothing provider supplying businesses, educational institutions, sports facilities, federal and state prisons, and health care institutions. It is headquartered at the Aramark Tower in Center City,...
.
In addition to his role as president, Manning has served on numerous education, business, and civic boards including the Council for Independent Colleges Presidential Forum Group; Greater Baltimore Committee Board of Directors; Independent College Fund of Maryland Board of Trustees; Maryland Business Roundtable for Education Board of Directors; Maryland Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors; and the Maryland Independent College and University Association Executive Committee, Budget Committee, Capital Projects Committee, Executive Committee, and Task Force on Public Policy (Chair, 2002–2003). He also served as Co-Chair of the United Way of Central Maryland’s 2009 Campaign.
In February 2011, Manning was appointed to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Founded in 1976, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities is an organization of private US colleges and universities...
(NAICU), representing NAICU Region II member institutions from Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, New Jersey, and New York. He was also named a 2011 "Influential Marylander" by the editorial board of the Daily Record (Maryland)
Daily Record (Maryland)
The Daily Record, published in Baltimore, Maryland, is a statewide business and legal newspaper. The paper publishes 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year, except for certain holidays.-Corporate history:...
business and legal newspaper.
External links
- Stevenson University Home Page
- Official Kevin J. Manning Biography
- Kevin J. Manning Inauguration Address
- “Doing More with Less: Transforming a Program through Technology” by Kevin J. Manning, Ph.D., President to President: Views on Technology (2010)
- “Leadership and Change” by Kevin J. Manning, Ph.D., Presidential Perspectives: Economic Prosperity in the Next Decade (2010/2011)
- "Is higher education leading to gainful employment" by Kevin J. Manning, Ph.D., The Baltimore Sun, October 13, 2010