Dr. Lake is currently Assistant professor and program director for the Community College Leadership (CCL) doctoral program at National-Louis University in Chicago. Illinois.  She served on the planning committee for the doctoral program and has been program director since the admission of the first doctoral cohort in Fall 2006.   

Rebecca has spent her professional adult life involved in college administration, academia, health planning, hospital and health care administration and nursing.  Before coming to NLU, Rebecca was dean and vice-president in an Illinois community college.  



Her Ed.D. is in Adult and Continuing Education (ACE) program from National Louis University where she pursued a special interest in globalization, as well as community college leadership and administration. For her research, Rebecca traveled around the world interviewing presidents of colleges and universities regarding the factors they employ when making decisions. 

Dr. Lake teaches these courses:

• CCL 600 Introduction Seminar
• CCL 601 History and Philosophy   
• CCL 603 Globalization and Community Colleges
• CCL 610 Paradigms of Research
• CCL 615 Research: Dissertation Concept Paper

EDUCATION

EdD    National Louis University,                       2005
Chicago, Illinois.         

MS      Masters of Science, University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin.                                        1980

BSN    Bachelors of Science Nursing, Slippery Rock University,
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.                               1978



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2006 to present  
  
• • Assistant Professor Faculty and Program Director, National-Louis University,  Chicago, Ill.
  • Community College Leadership Doctoral Program
  • Teaching courses: History & Philosophy of Community College           
  • Education; Globalization and Community Colleges; Research Methods.
  • Advising doctoral students, and serving as dissertation chair. 
    
• 2005 to present
• • Adjunct Faculty,   DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Department of Educational Policy Studies and  Research.
  • Course: Educational Research: Purpose, Issues, and Methodologies.
• 2003-2004   
  
• • Acting Vice-President,  Morton Community College, Cicero, Illinois       
  • Operational and financial management of all college departments. Management of college curricular offerings, construction projects, human resources activities and grant oversight.
• 2000-2004    
  
• • Dean, Careers and Workforce Development, Morton Community College, Cicero, Illinois       
  • Responsibility for day-to-day operations of 12 career degrees and certificate programs, the Business Development Institute, Continuing Education, and Community Service programs. Author of     all Illinois required community college annual reports: The Results Report, the Accountability/Program Review Report, from 2000 through 2004.     
  • Perkins, Tech Prep and Education-to-Career College representative to Illinois Community College Board.
• 1998-2000      
  
• • Assistant Dean, Nursing & Health Careers/Public Service Programs
  • Triton Community College, River Grove, Illinois       
  • Responsibility for day-to-day operations of nursing programs. Facilitated expansion of Health Resource Center simulation/computer lab. Planned annual educational programs. Streamlined college-wide admission history & physical process.
• 1997-1998   
  
• • Director, Associate Degree Nursing program
  • Triton College, River Grove, Illinois     
  • Responsibility for program administration including staffing, budgeting, and planning. 
• 1991-1997   
  
• • Faculty;   Chair of Admissions, Progression, Promotion Committee Ravenswood School of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois
  • Coordination of all Admission, Progression, and Promotion committee activities. Streamlined student admission process. Taught didactic and clinical nursing courses at all three levels. Development  new courses at all levels including assessment tool for each including first level basic nursing, community and home health, geriatrics, medical/surgical second level and critical care/trauma third level. Developed, coordinated, and maintained multiple clinical sites.
• 1988-1991      
  
• • Administrator, Concord Surgical Center, Chicago, Illinois               
  • Responsibility for all center daily operations. Directed successful JACHO accreditation site visit. Negotiated contracts with HMO’s and Insurance companies for surgical services.
• 1984-1988   
  
• • Midwest Regional Director,  Chicago, Illinois.  
  • National League for Nursing,  New York, New York
  • Coordination of 14 state associations; extensive State, Regional and Federal legislative involvement. Speaker and publisher on variety of health care and nursing topics.
• 1982-1984      
  
• • Vice-President Nursing, Mercy Hospital, Altoona, Pennsylvania                      
  • Responsibility for all day- to-day operations and management of the nursing department and the hospital School of Nursing. Annual budget of $5 Million and 350 employees.  Planned, developed, construction over-sight of new hospital Out-Patient Surgery Department.  

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES  
 
Council for Study of Community Colleges,  CSCC 50th  Annual Conference,  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 4-5, 2008.  Severing on program committee; proposal reviewer. 

International Leadership Association, Leadership: Impact, Culture and Sustainability.  Vancouver, BC Canada    November 1-3, 2007.  Proposal reviewer for education interest group. 
   
Community College Review  July 2007.   Manuscript reviewer.  

Council for Study of Community Colleges, CSCC 49th Annual Conference,  Tampa Florida, April 11-14, 2007.  Program committee member; Proposal reviewer, presentation moderator, and             presenter.

Online Core Participant:  International Internet Forum on Open Course Content. UNESCO. International Institute for Educational Panning. Continuing Forum. October 24, 2005 – to present.   

Cooper University Hospitals, Camden, New Jersey.  Web content consultant,
    Project. January 2006 - March 2006. 
   
National Louis University. Community College Leadership Program Planning Committee, Summer 2005 – Spring 2006.   
    Authored six of the fourteen new courses: Introductory Seminar on the Community College System;  Community College Leadership and Governance; Community College Finance; Strategic     Planning and Management in the Community College; Accountability, Evaluation and Outcome Assessment; Students Affairs and Services in the  Community College.
 


Presentations
   Invitation:

American Institutes for Research.  February 2007, invited to join higher education delegation to Russia as part of the People to People Professional Ambassador Program.  Conference Date:             October 12 – 20, 2007. 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.  Invited to develop course as an educational strand of the  website. Globalization of Community Colleges . Carnegie Endowment for International P       Peace, April 2007, www.Globalization 101 

National Louis University Doctoral Research Forum, April 10,2005.
    Chicago, Illinois.
    Presentation Topic: Global Construction of Higher Education: How Presidents Make Decisions.  

Northern Illinois University Colloquium Presentation, February 5, 2005.
    DeKalb, Illinois.
    Presentation topic: Global Construction of Higher Education.

Oxford Roundtable, International Educational Conference, August 3-9, 2002.  
    Oxford, England.
    Conference topic: Concentration on Policy Issues Pertaining to Fiscal and Management Matters in Higher Education. 
    Presentation topic: Education technology: Costs and Potential.

Illinois State University,  Connections 2001 Conference.  March, 2001 and June, 2001, Springfield, Illinois.
Presentation topic: Integrating Curriculums. Is it Really Possible?


Submitted and selected for presentation: 

Council for Study of Community Colleges,  CSCC 49th Annual Conference,  Tampa Florida, April 11-14, 2007. 
    Roundtable Presentation:  Realistic and Relevant Doctoral Programs for Aspiring Community College Leaders; Thoughts Behind the Study.  

International Leadership Association, November 4, 2006. 
    Chicago, Illinois.
    Presentation Topic: Leadership in Higher Education: Global and Micro Patterns of Perspectives

First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, May 7, 2005.
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
    Panel Moderator: Globalization and Transnationalism.
    Presentation Topic: Global Construction of Higher Education: How College/University Presidents Around the World Make Decisions.

American Association for Higher Education, 2005 National Conference, Atlanta,
    Georgia, March 19, 2005.
    Presentation Topic: Global Construction of Higher Education: How College/University Presidents Around the World Make Decisions.

League for Innovation, March 17, 2002, Boston, Massachusetts.
    Presentation topic: Integrative Curriculums and Collaborative Teaching. 

League for Innovation, November 16, 2001, Anaheim, California.
    Presentation topic:  Nursing: Integrative Curriculum. 

League for Innovation, October 20, 2000, Chicago, Illinois.
    Presentation topic:  Distance Learning across States: Pennsylvania and Illinois.


Publications
Referred journals:

Lake, Rebecca S. (2006) How College/University Presidents Around the World Make Decisions.  Research in Comparative and International Education. Vol. 1., No. 1., p.64-74. 2006. 

Lake, Rebecca S. (2005)  Undertaking Global Research in Higher Education. International Forum of Teaching and Studies. Vol. 1., No. 1., Summer 2005.

Lake, Rebecca S. (1984).  Prospective Payment, P.A. Consultants, Vol. 1., No. 2., December.

Lake, Rebecca S. (1984). Legislator's Opinions about Nursing, Nursing and Health Care, Vol. 5., No. 4., April.

Lake, Rebecca S. and Mortenson, Larry (1983). Reducing Direct Hospital Cost in Nursing Units.  Hospital  January 6.

Lamper-Linden, Cecelia; Julas, Joyce; Lake, Rebecca. Developing Ambulatory Care Clinics: Nurse Practitioners as Primary Providers, Journal of Nursing Administration, Vol. 13., No. 12., December 1983.

Lake Rebecca; Lamper-Linden, Cecelia. Subject Bibliography: Legislative and Political Action, Nursing and Health Care, Vol. 4., No. 6., June 1983.



GOVERNMENTAL and REGULATORY EXPERIENCES

• Illinois Perkins Advisory Committee member, 2000 to 2004
• • Illinois Community College Board (ICCB)
• Nursing Accreditation Program Evaluator, 1999-2004
• • National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
• Food & Drug Administration, 1983-1986
• •  Federal Cardiac & Circulatory Devices Panel, Consumer Representative

  
AFFILIATIONS

• American Educational Research Association
• Association for the Study of Higher Education
• American Association of Community Colleges
• Council for the Study of Community College
• International Leadership Association
• National Council of Instructional Administrators