Supervised: Admissions & Recruitment; Registrar; Financial Aid; Adult
                  Studies; Conducted Academic Appeals; Coordinated Summer
                  Sessions

Executive Director, Center for the Study of College Student Retention (see above),
July 1995- October 1998.

Associate Vice President for Student Services, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, March 1994- June 1995.

Supervised: Admission, Recruitment & Records; Athletics; Assessment;
                  Counseling including Transfer Office; Financial Aid; Health
                  Services including Services for Students with Disabilities;
                  Student Affairs; Job and Career Center

Director of Admissions, Westchester Community College (SUNY), Valhalla, NY, June 1978- March 1994.

Director of Admissions, Cayuga Community College (SUNY), Auburn, NY, March 1975- June 1978.

Acting Director of Admissions, October 1977- January 1978
Assistant Director of Admissions, March 1975- September 1977

Dissertation: "The Evaluation Of A Pre/Post Admissions/Counseling Process At A Suburban Community College: Impact On Student Retention."

M.A. Glassboro State College, (Rowan University) Glassboro, NJ, Advanced Elementary Education, 1973.

Thesis: "An Investigation Of Teacher-Student Personality And Its Effect On Student Grade Performance."

B.A. Glassboro State College, (Rowan University) Glassboro, NJ, Elementary Education, 1971.

Certification

State of NH, State Board of Education

Elementary Education K-8, Principal, Superintendent

State of NJ, Department of Education:

K-8, Supervision, Principal

Honors

Who’s Who in America
Who's Who in American Education
Who’s Who in the East
Honorary Member, Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, 1995.
Recipient, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service, 1992.
Honorary Member, Alpha Beta Gamma National Business Honor Society, 1988.

Teaching

Part-time faculty member Ph.D. program Walden University, 2005-

Adjunct Professor, Westchester Community College, Reading & Study Skills Department, College Success, 3 credits, Fall semesters 1990-1993.

Instructor, Westchester Community College, Freshman Seminar, six week course for first time freshmen, Fall 1985.

Recent Publications

Seidman, A., (ed) (2007). Minority student retention. The best of the Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Co.

Seidman, A., (ed) (2005).College student retention: Formula for student success. Westport, CT: ACE/Praeger.

Seidman, A. (2005). Where we go from here: A retention formula for student success. In College student retention: Formula for student success. ed. A. Seidman, 295-316. Westport, CT: ACE/Praeger.

Seidman, A. (2005). Minority student retention: Resources for practitioners. In Minority retention: What works? ed. G. H. Gaither, 7-24. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Seidman, A. (2004-2005). Commentary: Defining Retention. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 6(2), 129-136.

Contributor (Retention Definition) in DiStefano, A., Rudestan, K.E., & Silverman, R. (2003), Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning, Sage Publications, Inc.

Seidman, A. (1996, Spring). Retention revisited: RET = E Id + (E + I + C)Iv. College and University, 71(4), 18-20.

Seidman, A. (1995). Parkland college enrollment management model. Champaign, IL. Document presented to the administration of Parkland College. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 384 375).

Seidman, A. (1995, May/June). The community college: A challenge for change. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 19(3), 247-254.

Seidman, A. (1993, April/May). Needed: A research methodology to assess community college effectiveness. Community College Journal, 63(5), 36-40.

Seidman, A. (1992, April 27). How to judge community college effectiveness. Community College Week, 4(18), 5.

Seidman, A. (1992). Integrated admission counseling: Impact on enrollment. The Freshman Year Experience Newsletter, 4:6.

Seidman, A. (1992). Academic advising can have a positive impact on student enrollment. The results of an integrated admissions and counseling process on student enrollment. Colleague. State University of New York, 36-42.

Seidman, A. (1991). Managing enrollment for student satisfaction: An integrated admissions and counseling process. Honolulu, HI: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. Ed 355 983).

Seidman, A. (1991, Fall). What to consider when choosing a college. College Profile, 1(2), 1, 5.

Seidman, A. (1991, Summer). The evaluation of a pre/post admissions/counseling process at a suburban community college: Impact on student satisfaction with the faculty and the institution, retention, and academic performance. College and University, 66(4), 223-232.

Seidman, A. (1991). Faculty can make a difference in student persistence. Colleague. State University of New York, 21-25.

Seidman, A. (1989). Recruitment begins with retention: Retention begins with recruitment. Colleague. State University of New York, 40-45.

Recent Presentations

Workshops/Presentations/Consulting with organizations, colleges and universities regarding college student retention 2005 to present.

Plenary speaker, Educational Policy Institute, San Diego, CA, May 2008.

Keynote speaker, Faculty Development Day, Lehigh Carbon Community College, PA, January 2008.

Keynote speaker, Student Track '07, StudentSpace.com, San Juan, PR, September 2007.

Keynote speaker, Faculty Development Day, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA, September  2007.

Keynote speaker, Academic Support Center Conference, Lake City Community College, Lake City, FL, April  2007.

Keynote speaker, WV College Student Retention Conference, Charleston, WV, March 2007.

Invited speaker, Academic Impressions Retention Strategies for Online Student Services, Aspen, CO, September 2006.

Invited speaker, Brenden Burchard’s College Success Bootcamp, Orlando, FL, August 2006.

Central Piedmont Community College, workshop for Retention Committee and presentation to college community, Charlotte, NC, April 2006.

Escudo de SUAGM, Puerto Rico, workshop for Retention Committee, San Juan, PR, April 2006.

Invited speaker, Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges 39^th Annual Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, March 2006.

Invited speaker, Northeast Association for Institutional Research (NEAIR) 32nd Annual Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, November 2005.

Invited speaker, Technologic de Monterry, 5^th Congresso de Comunicacion y Mercadotecnia, Puebla, Mexico,  August 2005.

National/State/Local Volunteer Activities

Alternate State of NH, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP), Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 2008-

External Reviewer, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U. S. Department of Education, 2007.

Bedford, NH Community Television (BCTV) program The College Dr. about selecting and staying in college, 2007.

Examiner, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) U.S. Department of Commerce, 2005- .

Member NH Judicial Council. Nominated by the Governor of the State of NH, confirmed by the Executive Council, term to 2011.

Justice of the Peace, State of New Hampshire.

Instructor Trainer, American Red Cross 2004-

Instructor, American Red Cross, Adult, Child, Infant CPR, First Aid & AED, 1998- 1999, 2002-.

Member, American Red Cross, Greater Manchester NH Chapter, Preparedness Committee, 2002-

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling for the Elderly, 2006-

Candidate (twice) for the NH House of Representatives

Recent Activities

Interviewed for articles on retention by newspapers in North Carolina, Texas, California, and Alabama among others.

Appeared on Fox News Live Weekend, June 4, 2005.

Program Reviewer, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) 2006 & 2005 annual conferences, 2005 & 2004.

Member, Advisory Board, Cooperative Institutional Research Project (CIRP), UCLA, 2003- 2005.

Reader/Consultant, United States Department of Education, Upward Bound Grants, 1995, 2003.

Reader/Consultant, United States Department of Education, Ronald E. McNair Post baccalaureate Achievement Program Grants, 1998, 2002.

Member, Consulting Team, Alternate Model Self-Study Reaffirmation Committee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools for Thomas Moore College, KY, 1999.

Member, American Red Cross, Health & Safety Committee, Concord, NH Chapter, 1998.

Reader/Consultant, United States Department of Education, Student Support Service Grants, 1997.

Member, College and University Editorial Board (professional journal) of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 1992- 96, 97- 01.

Current Membership

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)