Diane Treis, Ed.D.

Dir., Acad. Programs and Student Learning Assessment, U of Wisconsin System Administration

Diane Treis, Ed.D., has more than three decades of public service in education, local government, and economic and community development. She currently serves as the Director of Academic Programs and Student Learning Assessment for the University of Wisconsin System Administration. In this role she provides consultation to UW System faculty and staff in the development of academic degree programs to meet current workforce and student demand. She serves as the principal system resource on matters relating to the assessment and credit award for prior learning and she has led major initiatives relative to the recognition of prior learning, credit transfer, degree completion, and other high impact educational practices at the system, state, and national level. Treis Rusk holds a Doctor of Education in higher education leadership, policy and organization from Vanderbilt University. She also has a Master of Science in human ecology and Bachelor of Science in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

For more information regarding the tools created to expand CPL opportunities as part of one university systems’ participation in the All Learning Count project, please contact the author at dtreisrusk@uwsa.edu.

Incorporating Post-Traditional Adult Learner-Centered Strategies into Enrollment Management Planning