Dr. Patricia Fairchild
Education:
Ed.D., Boston University. Human Resource Education. Dissertation developed a multi-method model for conducting a statewide needs assessment of roles and responsibilities of postsecondary education as perceived by students, business/industry, public agencies, and funding sources. Major area of study was the dichotomy of workforce readiness versus workforce requirements.
M.S., University of Nebraska at Omaha. Vocational Education and Adult Education.
B.S., University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Education/Vocational Education.
Experience:
Dr. Fairchild has thirty years of experience in the supervision of faculty and staff and all levels of program development at the regional and statewide levels. She has extensive experience in managing federal grants and statewide programs: planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs and courses; curriculum development; developing multi-million dollar budgets; the management and supervision of distance delivered learning; developing data bases for subsequent knowledge-based decision making; developing and maintaining high quality faculty and staff through supervision, recruitment, employment, retention and evaluation. She served on numerous dissertation committees at North Carolina State University.
Employment Titles:
Vice Chancellor for Workforce Development, Houston Community College. Deputy Director of Wake AHEC , (Area Health Education Center) and Division Director of Regional Education Services, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, housed at Wake Medical Center. Director of the Statewide Office of Vocational/Technical Education, University of Alaska. Training Director, Alaska Mutual Bank. State Program Supervisor, Wyoming State Department of Education, Vocational Programs Unit. Department Head/Instructor, Iowa Western Community College.
