Heidi Anderson-Isaacson, EdD

Higher Education Leadership

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Program implementation
• Multicultural competence
• Academic integration
• Strategic planning
• Retention and persistence
• Crisis management
• Policy development
• Organizational change
• Assessment

BIOGRAPHY

Heidi Anderson-Isaacson is the vice president for Student Development and Success at Alverno College, where she led the department’s adaptive planning through the COVID-19 pandemic and the development of a visionary plan for student retention and on-time graduation. She also launched the Hispanic Serving Institution committee, designed to improve Hispanic student success through the streamlining of campus processes and development or coordination of programs and initiatives.

Anderson-Isaacson has extensive experience in residential life, student development and success, and conduct and compliance. Prior to Alverno, she served as interim director of residence life at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. She currently oversees Alverno’s Student Development and Success department, as well as Residence Life, Student Activities & Leadership, Campus Safety, the International and Intercultural Center, Counseling and Health Services, and Athletics. In addition, she has classroom experience in both undergraduate and doctoral education, and is an accomplished leader, author and presenter. Some of the topics she has presented on include Title IX, learning communities, student success, supporting at-risk students, mentorship, mediation, hiring practices, housing administration, and emergency procedures and protocol. She has also contributed chapters to several books and written several magazine articles.

Anderson-Isaacson earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., and a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minn. She also earned a Doctor of Education from the University of St. Thomas, where her research focused on the retention and success of students facing significant barriers to degree completion. She is a member of the Wisconsin Association of Colleges and Universities (WAICU) Senior Student Affairs Officer group, Title IX Officers group and Wisconsin Grants group; Higher Education Regional Association; and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).

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