PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–College of Phoenix is proud to share that McCeil Johnson, J.D., vice chairman of Accreditation and Regulatory Compliance, has been chosen by College Skilled and Persevering with Schooling Affiliation, UPCEA®, the affiliation for faculty and college leaders in skilled, persevering with, and on-line schooling, to serve on the UPCEA Board of Administrators’ Variety & Inclusive Excellence Committee for a one 12 months time period.
“McCeil is an distinctive and dedicated chief, and has made immeasurable contributions to our college,” states John Woods, Ph.D., provost and chief tutorial officer. “Choice for the UPCEA Variety & Inclusive Excellence Committee honors McCeil’s management and expertise, and deepens her experience for the good thing about the scholars we serve.”
The UPCEA Variety and Inclusive Excellence Committee exemplifies UPCEA’s dedication to inclusive excellence and actively helps the UPCEA Variety, Fairness and Inclusion imaginative and prescient assertion and core ideas: looking for institutional members from all sectors of upper schooling; welcoming all particular person members of all identities and lived experiences; recruiting numerous company companions who share the values and targets of accelerating entry to greater schooling; providing content material and programming reflective of its dedication to variety and inclusion.
“On behalf of UPCEA’s management and extra particularly, our Governance and Nominations Committee, we’re excited to have McCeil serve on the Variety and Inclusive Excellence Committee,” states Julie Uranis, Ph.D., Sr. VP of On-line and Strategic Initiatives at UPCEA. “McCeil brings a wealth of information to one of the crucial essential management teams inside the affiliation.”
In her present function as College of Phoenix’s vice chairman, Accreditation & Regulatory Compliance, Johnson offers management and administration for the College’s institutional and college-specific accreditation and regulatory initiatives, together with institutional, programmatic, state boards, and different regulatory features. Hailing from Des Moines, Iowa, Johnson accomplished her schooling on the College of Iowa, the place she earned a Bachelor’s diploma and a Grasp’s diploma, and accomplished her Juris Doctorate on the College of Iowa Faculty of Regulation.
“I’m excited to be chosen to work with UPCEA concerning its Variety, Fairness, and Inclusion initiatives throughout greater schooling, and I’m thrilled to have the chance to construct relationships with different professionals throughout greater schooling with the purpose of accelerating entry and constructing numerous groups for skilled growth,” shares Johnson. “As Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledged, ‘A person has not began residing till [s]he can rise above the slender confines of h[er] individualistic considerations to the broader considerations of all humanity.’ I welcome the chance to take part on this worthy and worthwhile endeavor.”
Johnson is lively in variety, fairness, inclusion and belonging work, and is acknowledged as a frontrunner and material skilled speaker. She was appointed in fall 2021 to the College of Iowa Faculty of Regulation Alumni Variety, Fairness and Inclusion (DEI) Council, and this fall was elected to function Vice Chair of the Council. Johnson has been serving as a speaker on the Ladies in Automotive circuit since March 2021, giving displays and steering on how ladies can empower themselves and their voices in a male-dominated {industry}.
Earlier in 2022, Johnson was chosen to take part within the Black Management Academy Administration Accelerator provided by McKinsey & Firm, a six month program serving to contributors improve purposeful organizational information, develop a management mindset, develop their cross-industry peer community, and offering secure area and time to replicate and share views on private journeys as a Black chief on the earth at this time.
Dedicated to skilled integrity and progress, Johnson is a member of quite a few skilled associations along with UPCEA, together with Affiliation of Title IX Directors (ATIXA); Council on Larger Schooling (CHEA); Society of Company Compliance and Ethics (SCCE); College Danger Administration and Insurance coverage Affiliation (URMIA); Larger Studying Fee, Peer Assessment Corps (HLC Peer Reviewer); and the On-line Studying Consortium (OLC).
UPCEA evaluations establishments offering on-line schooling and identifies whether or not they meet seven completely different Hallmarks of excellence. In 2021, College of Phoenix was acknowledged by UPCEA in reaching recognition throughout all seven.
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