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     Lunch with David Arendale
Biography David Arendale, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning within the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He also is an Affiliate Graduate faculty member in Higher Education with the Department of Education, Policy, and Administration of CEHD. In addition to teaching history and peer learning courses, Dr. Arendale investigates the history of postsecondary college access, learning assistance, and academic interventions that support improved student achievement and persistence. Among his roles in CEHD is Faculty Advisor for Outreach with the Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy. Dr. Arendale formerly served at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in several capacities including Senior Research Fellow for the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, National Project Director of Supplemental Instruction, and Interim Director for the Center for Academic Development. He served as President of the National Association for Development Education from 1996 to 1997. In 2000 Dr. Arendale was recognized by the American Council of Developmental Education Associations for induction as a Founding Fellow of the profession. For the past two decades Dr. Arendale has been extensively involved with programs related to college student success. He has made more than 300 keynote and concurrent presentations and conducted workshops at international, national and regional professional conferences related to the historical impact of postsecondary access, developmental education, and research-based practices that support increased academic access, achievement, and student persistence. Dr. Arendale has often conducted workshops to enable other institutions to start their own Supplemental Instruction programs. He has authored or edited more than 200 publications or video programs. Dr. Arendale serves on the advisory board for the National Center for Developmental Education and as Faculty Advisor for Outreach Activities with the Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Developmental Education, annual monograph of the Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, The Learning Assistance Review, and the Journal of Teaching and Learning. A student retention program co-developed by him at Highland Community College (KS) won one of the Noel/Levitz National Awards for Exemplary Student Retention in 1989. Professional involvement activities of Dr. Arendale with the National Association for Developmental Education include: national president, chapter president and newsletter editor, national and chapter conference co-chair, reviewer for various national and chapter awards and program certifications, content editor for the association web page, and member of several national committees. Dr. Arendale is a member of other professional associations including the American Historical Association, American Educational Research Association, College Reading and Learning Association, History of Education Society, and National College Learning Center Association.
   
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