Derek V. Price, Ph.D., is Principal and Founder of DVP-PRAXIS LTD. Over the past sixteen years, his firm has evaluated projects funded by the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education, including the FITW Study that is the focus of this article, as well as private philanthropies such as Lumina Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Ford Foundation, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Price is a national leader in strategic thinking for institutional transformation and systems change and works on a broad range of policy and practice issues around postsecondary education and workforce development. Previously, he served as director of higher education research at Lumina Foundation and helped launch the national initiative, Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count.
Dr. Price holds a Ph.D. in sociology from American University, a master’s in Russian and East European studies from the University of Michigan, and a bachelor’s in comparative area studies from Duke University.
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