Kevin Pollock

Drawing on experience as a high school and junior high school teacher; university admissions, enrollment, and recruitment director; and community college student services vice president, Kevin is an advocate for college access and student service quality initiatives. Under his leadership, St. Clair formed high school partnerships for early college and middle college programs; joined Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, a national organization that helps community colleges identify strategies to improve student success, close achievement gaps, and increase retention, persistence, and completion rates; and was awarded a five-year TRiO Student Support Services grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help disadvantaged students succeed in higher education. Kevin has presented more than 70 sessions at conferences and colleges and written more than a dozen articles and book chapters on topics such as at-risk students, continuous quality improvement, mentoring, retention, strategic planning, and student success. He holds a doctorate in higher, adult, and lifelong education from Michigan State University.