Keith J. Jepsen

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E-mail: keith.jepsen@nyu.edu

Global Student Loan Corporation — July 2000 to present

President
Lead new company specializing in student loans for distance learners and for international students. (Related articles: "Global Lending", "Loans for International Students . . . ").

New York University — 1989 to present

Adjunct Professor of Higher Education
Teach the graduate course in Financing Higher Education, guest lecture in Foundations of Student Personnel Administration, Politics of Higher Education, and Enrollment Services in Higher Education, as well as direct independent studies in Higher Education and serve on doctoral committees.

Senior Advisor
Advise Dr. Lynne Brown, Dr. David Finney, et al. on general financial aid matters, U.S. Department of Education, and other government agencies.

Director, Office of Student Financial Aid (April 1989 to July 2000)
Directed staff of approximately 100 full and part-time professional, clerical, and student employees administering approximately $400 million in university, state, and federal financial aid programs. Listed by The New York Times (September 27, 1990) as the most expensive college in the U.S., NYU is also the country's largest private not-for-profit university with over 50,000 students. See also The New York Times front page story (March 20, 1995) about NYU's advancement over several years.

Boards and Committees
Chairman of the Board, National Student Clearinghouse;
Advisory Board for FastWEB;
Leadership Council of Citibank Student Loan Corporation;
Advisory group for Chase Manhattan Bank (SAGE — School Advisory Group for Education First);
National advisor to American Express Student Lending;
NYS Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) advisor.

Consultant to various higher education and government organizations and officials, including previous Senior Advisor to Secretary, U.S. Department of Education; Dr. Brian Fitzgerald, staff director national Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance; staff director National Commission on Responsibilities for Financing Postsecondary Education; Greg Woods, Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Department of Education for his Modernization Blueprint. Former National Chairman of Project EASI, a collaborative effort to reengineer the country's higher education finance delivery system.

Illinois State Scholarship Commission — 1981 to 1989

Chief Operating Officer (1983 to 1989)
Deputy Executive Director, C.O.O., of 500 person organization in three cities with annual operating budget of $23 million, administering 14 student financial aid programs, including scholarships, grants, loan guarantees, and secondary market services, totaling approximately $650 million per year.

Director, Scholarship and Grant Programs (1981 to 1983)
Managed operations of division administering 10 student aid programs totaling $120 million.

College Financial Assistance Corporation — 1984 to 1990

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Designed and implemented Student Financial Assistance Service for Sears Consumer Financial Corporation. Provided ongoing developmental, operational, marketing and evaluation services related to Sears national participation in student loan programs.

American College Testing Program, Inc. — 1972 to 1981

Assistant Vice President and Director,
Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG) Department (1977 to 1981)
Managed ACT's largest department (200 to 350 staff members seasonally) with an annual operating budget of approximately $13 million (40% of ACT's annual gross income), providing services to nearly 5,000,000 students and families, 7500 colleges and universities, 50 state scholarship agencies, and to the federal government.

Director of Operations,
Division of Student Assistance Programs (1973 to 1977)
Managed development and implementation of all major systems in student financial aid administration, particularly ACT's Student Need Analysis Service, providing services to approximately 850,000 students/families, 3500 colleges and universities, many state scholarship agencies, several private foundations and special programs, and to the federal government.

Assistant Director, Financial Aid Programs,
Educational Services Division (1972 to 1973)
Monitored student financial aid customer services in ACT's marketing division, functioning as program specialist/trainer for ACT's field staff throughout the country.

H & R Block, Inc. — 1976 to 1977

Independent Consultant
Proposed and implemented a market research project for Henry Block, involving the design and market evaluation of a student financial aid application preparation service. Wrote a several hundred page manual which was used to train H & R Block employees in the preparation of all student financial aid forms brought to their offices.

Indiana University — 1971 to 1972

Instructor (Spring 1972)
Designed and taught experimental course "1980 and Beyond" in Indiana University's College of Arts and Sciences.

Academic Advisor (Academic Year 1971-72)
Performed counseling and academic advising activities in Indiana University's University Division.

Illinois State University — 1966 to 1971

Instructor (1969 to 1971)
Taught Philosophy of Education in College of Education.

Assistant Director of Student Financial Aid (1968 to 1971)
Responsible for office operations as well as administration of the federal, state, and campus student assistance programs.

Intern, Office of the Vice President, Student Affairs (1967 to 1968)
Revolved through offices of Dean of Students, Housing, Student Activities, Student Union, and Student Financial Aid.

Assistant Instructor (1966 to 1967)
Served as instructor's assistant for computer course in Business School.

Formal Educational Experience:

• Ed.D., Indiana University, 1971-74 (Higher Education major, minors in Counseling, Psychology, and Business Administration).

• M.S., Illinois State University, 1967-68 (Guidance and Counseling).

• B.S., Illinois State University, 1963-67 (Business major, Mathematics minor).

• University of Iowa, course work in Computer Programming, Statistics, Management Systems and Business Administration.

• Public Service Institute, Silver Spring, Maryland. "Federal Government Contract Proposal Preparation and Administration."

• University of Minnesota, "National Institute of Financial Aid Management."

• University of Iowa, "Management by Objectives."

• University of Iowa, "Improving Employee Productivity."

• Westinghouse Education Department, "Problem Solving/Decision Making."

• University of Wisconsin, "How to Manage by Results."

Publications:

• Enrollment Management Report. "Loans for International Students To Join Program For Distance Learners." (August 2002).

• "Global Lending." The Greentree Gazette (November 2001).

• "Confronting New Challenges of Student Aid Delivery." 2000 Student Aid Delivery Modernization Conference sponsored by AACRAO and HEWI. Washington, D.C. (October 18, 2000).

• "Campus Initiatives." 1999 Student Aid Delivery Modernization Conference sponsored by AACRAO and HEWI. Washington, D.C. (November 30, 1999).

• Discussion of Modernization Blueprint. Audio and video of Town Hall meeting hosted in Washington, D.C. by NCHELP — The National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs (September 24, 1999).

• Using Aid (and the Aid Office) to Secure (and Retain) Enrollment. Citibank Leadership Council conference. New York, NY (January 12, 1999).

• "High-Tech Phraseology You Should Know." The Greentree Gazette (January 1999).

• "Modernization of Student Loans." Conference sponsored by NASFAA, AACRAO, and HEWI — "The Coming Revolution in Student Aid Delivery: Reauthorization and Reinvention Initiatives and Implications for Student Services." Washington, D.C. (November 2, 1998).

• How Families Pay for College. Legislative Staff Conference hosted by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (cIcu). Hyde Park, NY (October 22, 1998).

• "Incubating A Global Financial Aid Strategy." The Greentree Gazette (March 1998).

• "Direct Loan and FFEL: One School Compares Student Satisfaction with the Programs." NASFAA Journal of Student Financial Aid, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Spring 1997). Summary available from ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education: Choose "Search ERIC" and select "Keyword" for settings: ERIC number — ED403852, or Author — Jepsen.

• "Direct Lending: How to Improve Implementation." Report prepared under contract to the National Commission on Responsibilities for Financing Postsecondary Education. 47 pages. New York, NY: New York University (March 1993). Summary available from ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education: Choose "Search ERIC" and select "Keyword" for settings: ERIC number — ED372674, or Author — Jepsen.

• "Financial Stability Among Basic Grant Applicants — A Study of the Feasibility of a Prior Year Income Basis for the BEOG Eligibility Index." Report prepared for the United States Office of Education under contract to the American College Testing Program (December 1978). Contract HEW 100-77-0101.

• "A Study of the Effectiveness of Optical Mark Reading (OMR) in the BEOG Application Processing System." Report prepared for the United States Office of Education under contract to the American College Testing Program (August 1978). Contract HEW 100-75-0067.

• Computer Decision Making in Student Financial Aid Administration. Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University (1974).

• "Student Expenditure Patterns." NASFAA Journal of Student Financial Aid, Vol. 3, No.3 (November 1973).

• "Financial Aid Decisions Made by Computer." College Management, Vol.8, No.8 (October 1973).

• "Do More With Less: Computer Packaging — One Possibility." NASPA Journal, Vol. 10, No.2 (October 1972).