Robert Alan Casto, PhD

7271 Landon Drive

Thomasville, Pennsylvania 17364-8401

Value Added Services for Higher Education, LLC

www.valueaddedservices4HiEd.com

RCasto3@comcast.net

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Professional Experience

2006-Present.       Chief Executive Officer, Value Added Services for Higher Education, LLC, Thomasville, PA. 

2006-2010            House Bill 66 Consultant for the Ohio Board of Regents, Columbus, Ohio assigned to the Career-Technical Credit Transfer initiative (CT)².

1999-2006.           Vice President for Academic Affairs (retired), James A. Rhodes State College, Lima, Ohio.

1992- 1999.          Special Assistant to the President, James A. Rhodes State College, Lima, Ohio.

1980-1992.           Chairperson, Respiratory Care Programs, James A. Rhodes State College, Lima, Ohio.

Education

1998.               Doctor of Philosophy, Higher Education Leadership, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

1986.               Master of Science in Education, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.

1975                Bachelor of Science in Allied Health Professions, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

 Special Accomplishments and Selected Achievements

·         Consultant, Ohio Board of Regents, Columbus, Ohio.  Worked with a team of persons to develop 16 transfer pathways for students moving from career-technical adult education programs to institutions of higher learning.

·         Twelve years in college classroom as associate professor of respiratory care.

·         Senior administrator on a team to procure a $1.4 million Wright Project Grant (Third Frontier Grant) to establish and the Advanced Commercialization Center.  Rhodes State College was the first two-year college to serve as the lead organization for a Third Frontier Grant in the state of Ohio.

·         Chief architect and author of a multimillion-dollar nursing expansion project aimed at satisfying the nursing shortage in west-central Ohio.

·         Procured funding, local political and business support, and approvals for off-campus learning laboratories in northwest Ohio.

·         Developed initial curriculum, brokered business and industrial support, and secured Board of Regents’ approval for a unique nationwide two-year academic program in concrete technology.

·         Developer of multiple academic programs.

·         Authored college strategic plans, mission rewrites, capital equipment planning models, and tactical action planning processes.

·         As a House Bill 66 Consultant, facilitated the development of processes and procedures needed to determine equivalent technical course work taught by career-technical institutions (secondary and adult) and two- and four-year colleges and universities.

·         Developed electronic portfolio systems to assess diversity and writing abilities of senior students.

·         Developed learning assessment processes which included development of learning outcomes for multiple majors and programs.

·         Fostered core general education skills and abilities in diversity, communication, and critical thinking.

 Select Professional Service and Activities

·     First Vice President and Secretary, Board of Trustees, Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center of Lima and Allen County, Ohio.

·         Accreditation site visitor/consultant evaluator for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

·         President.  The Ohio Council of Chief Academic Officers for Two-Year Colleges.

·         Authored the first Board Member Handbook for the Ohio Association of Community Colleges.

·         Member of multiple panels and committees of the Ohio Board of Regents.

 Select Workshop/Convention Presentations

·         September 2006 to July 2010.  Multiple presentations to college and university provosts, chief academic officers, career-technical superintendents, adult and secondary directors, teachers and faculty members regarding Career-Technical Credit Transfer (CT)².

·         June 2007.  “Educating Nurses and Physicians for the Future.” Robert Casto and Deborah Gavlik.  Ohio Hospital Association Annual Meeting.  Columbus, Ohio.

·         February 2007.  “Just the Facts: Ohio Career-Technical Credit Transfer Policy.  Robert Casto, Vicki Melvin, Charlotte Hatfield, and Marsha Leonard.  Ohio Department of Education Fifth Annual Career Technical Adult Education Policy Leadership Forum.  Columbus, Ohio.

·         April 2005.  “One Instrument-Multiple Applications: Getting the Most from an Electronic Portfolio.” Thomas Beery, Robert Casto, and Mathew Kinkley. 110th Annual Convention of the Higher Learning Commission. Chicago, Illinois.

·         April 2005.  “Preparation Process: A Three-Year Journey Prioritizing the Process and Impact of Continuous Improvement.” Cynthia Spiers and Robert Casto.  Pre-convention workshop. 110^th Annual Convention of the Higher Learning Commission. Chicago, Illinois.

·         June 2004.  “A Regional Solution to the Nursing Shortage.” Robert Casto, Earl Keese, Cherie Murphy, and Carol Schmidt. 16^th Annual Summer Institute of the Consortium for Community College Development. Cleveland, Ohio.