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• Mehmet Dali Ozturk, Ph.D. is the Associate Vice President of Research, Evaluation and Development at Arizona State University Office of Education Partnerships (VPEP), which works with P-20, public and private sector partners to enhance the academic..

  Mehmet Dali Ozturk, Ph.D. is the Associate Vice President of Research, Evaluation and Development at Arizona State University Office of Education Partnerships (VPEP), which works with P-20, public and private sector partners to enhance the academic performance of students in high need communities. Dr. Ozturk oversees VPEP's research, evaluation and development efforts. Dr. Ozturk works closely with the ASU Provost’s Education Executive Work Group (EEWG), which provides guidance to all education-related units, divisions, colleges, and schools at the university-level with the sole purpose of securing resources needed to advance ASU’s goals for education research, teaching, innovation, and service. Dr. Ozturk has extensive evaluation and research experience in the field of education policy, planning and administration, and the development and use of technology in academic settings and for educational purposes. Dr. Ozturk received his Ph.D. in Education Policy, Planning and Administration from the University of Southern California (USC) . He also holds a Master of Arts in College and University Administration from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Measurement, Testing and Evaluation in Education from Hacettepe University. As a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of California-Berkeley , Dr. Ozturk's work focused on identifying, reviewing and assessing exemplary and promising strategies and programs designed to improve educational outcomes for underrepresented minorities in the U.S., especially in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math fields, at higher education institutions around the country. Dr. Ozturk gathered and produced information and strategies that helped institutions raise the academic achievement levels of their targeted groups. Dr. Ozturk's evaluation and research interests are broadly targeted at the topics of student access, academic success, evidence-based policy development, and the efficacy of university-school (P-20) partnerships in promoting systemic change. In addition, Dr. Ozturk has produced dozens of academic and scholarly research papers, publications & conference presentations. His most recent publication is entitled Global Competition: America's Underrepresented Minorities Will Be Left Behind, Teachers College Record (June 2007). Dr. Ozturk is a recipient of the University of Southern California's Outstanding International Leadership Award. Dr. Ozturk's hobbies include reading from pages of The New Yorker and The Economist to his baby daughter. Less

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