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Laura
Palmer Noone
President of the University of Phoenix
As President
Of The University Of Phoenix, Dr. Palmer
Noone is the chief executive officer responsible for the largest private university
in the United States. Prior to Dr. Palmer Noone's appointment as President
in July 2000, she served for over six years as the Provost and Senior Vice
President for Academic Affairs. In this position, Dr. Palmer Noone was responsible
for the managing and development of nine bachelor's, master's and doctoral
level degree programs, seven schools, faculty governance, learning resources,
institutional research, academic press, and state, federal and accreditation
compliance. Before being promoted as the University's chief academic officer,
Dr. Palmer Noone served as the Director of Academic Affairs at the Phoenix
Campus for three years.
For the
past three years, Dr. Palmer Noone has served as a guest faculty lecturer
at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education's Institute for Education
Management and for the Management of Lifelong Education program. At the University
of Phoenix, Dr. Palmer Noone has served as faculty at the Phoenix campus,
having taught business, business law, ethics and communications courses, and
served as the area chair for the Senior Faculty. She was named the University's
Phoenix Campus Outstanding Faculty member in 1989. Dr. Palmer Noone has also
taught at Grand Canyon University and Chandler-Gilbert Community College,
both in Arizona.
Dr. Palmer
Noone's legal experience includes ten years service as an attorney-at-law
in general civil practice in Iowa and Arizona. Additionally she has served
as a Judge Pro Tem for the City of Chandler, Arizona. Dr. Palmer Noone continues
as an active member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar Association
of Arizona, and the Maricopa County Bar Association.
Among
her many activities, Dr. Palmer Noone serves as a member of the Board of Trustees
of the Florida Coastal School of Law, the Arizona Board for Private Postsecondary
Education, the Board of Directors of Digital Springs, Inc., the Arizona Task
Force on the Western Governor's University, and the Education Commission of
the States Steering Committee. Dr. Palmer Noone is also on the editorial board
of Future magazine and has served as a textbook reviewer for West Publishing.
Dr. Palmer
Noone is frequently requested as a guest and keynote speaker and has addressed
audiences across the country regarding for-profit higher education, non-traditional
education and modes of delivery, and the use of new technology in education.
Dr. Palmer
Noone received a Juris Doctor degree and Master of Business Administration
degree from the University of Iowa, and a Bachelor of Business Administration
degree from the University of Dubuque. She has just completed a second doctorate,
a PhD in Higher Education Administration, from The Union Institute.
