Updated 6/4/10
Dr. Dennis R.
DeLong currently operates the consulting firm, Going Places Consulting, which he and his wife Deborah began in 2003. In late May 2010, Dr. DeLong resigned his postion as Dean for the Center of Graduate and Continuing Studies at Caldwell College in NJ - a position he began July 1, 2007. In this role, which continued a 35+ year career in higher education, he was responsible for undergraduate adult (degree completion) students, graduate programs in Business, Education, Pastoral Ministry and Psychology, as well as traditional continuing education activities.
In June of 2005, Dr. DeLong
resigned his position as Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean
of the School of Graduate and Continuing Education at Marist College, to devote
more time to other pursuits. During the period between the Marist
and Caldwell positions, he operated, Going Places Consulting, In this role he wrote grants for local municipalities and developed and taught
part-time for SUNY Empire State College (ESC), Kaplan University and Marist
College. All of Dr. DeLong's recent teaching has been online. For ESC, he is
teaching a graduate course, Analyzing Public Policy. For Kaplan he has taught
an UG course, Social Problems; and for Marist, a graduate course, Research
Methods and Statistics. He also supervises an occasional Master's thesis for
ESC graduate students.
In late 2006, Dr. DeLong also completed a science fiction novel which is entitled: Encounter With the Trigorian Extraterrestrials. He is currently seeking a publisher for the novel. In addition, Fall 2006, Dr. DeLong was licensed by NYS as a real estate salesperson and accepted an affiliation with Prudential Rand Realty in Briarcliff Manor, NY . He assisted buyers and sellers in Westchester, Putnam and Southern Dutchess Counties, but terminated this activity in June 2007 to devote full-time energy and time to the Caldwell position.
Dr. DeLong
was born in Oxford, N.Y., a small town in Chenango
County about 35 miles North of Binghamton. He was raised on a large
dairy farm which his family operated in the Oxford area and attended and
graduated from elementary and secondary school at Oxford Academy and Central
School (OACS). He earned a BA in Secondary Social Studies from SUNY College
at Cortland and attended graduate school at the University at Albany
(Rockefeller College of Public Policy) earning an MA and Ph.D. in Political
Science.
From 1973-1978, Dr. DeLong
served as Assistant Professor of Political Science at the SUNY College at
Plattsburgh where he taught a variety of courses on national and state
politics. During this time he also provided election analysis for WPTZ-TV - the
NBC television station in the North Country. 1978-1981, Dr. DeLong was the
"Professor-in-Residence" with the NYS Assembly Intern Program in
Albany providing academic guidance each legislative session to 120-140
undergraduate interns from over 50 colleges and universities in NYS.
Fall
1981, Dr. DeLong came to SUNY Empire State College (ESC) as a Mentor in public
affairs and to administer the Albany Semester Program - an intern program which
places students from throughout the SUNY system in NYS agencies. In 1982, Dr.
DeLong was named by ESC as Director of its Albany-based, Public Affairs Center
and in 1986 he was promoted to the position of Dean of the College's Capital
District Regional Center also located in Albany. In 1992, ESC restructured its
administrative operations and created regional deans. Dr. DeLong was asked to
assume the Dean, Eastern Region position based in Syracuse. October 1, 1996,
Dr. DeLong became Dean of Graduate Studies for ESC, based in Saratoga Springs.
Dr. DeLong has written a
number of articles and professional papers on nontraditional learning,
internships and public policy in NYS. He has taught part-time in ESC's graduate
program in policy studies since its inception in 1985 and also served as an
adjunct professor at the University at Albany, the College of St. Rose and with
Russell Sage College. In 1989, Dr. DeLong received an Outstanding Alumni award
from the University at Albany in recognition of his career success.
January 1999, Dr. DeLong
commenced service in a staff role in Academic Affairs Office with the
Connecticut State University System Office in Hartford. January 2000, he was
promoted to Deputy Chief Academic Officer and in July 2001 was named Interim
Chief Academic Officer (CAO). With CSU, Dr. DeLong assisted the Chancellor in
providing system-wide coordination and oversight for the CSU Board of Trustees.
The CSU System is comprised of Central, Eastern, Southern and Western
Connecticut State Universities and currently enrolls over 35,000 students. Dr.
DeLong assisted the CSU universities in adopting distance learning, performance
indicators and in the development of a number of new innovative academic
programs, including CSU's first fully online Master's
programs and its first doctoral programs. He also played a lead role in
securing external funding to assist CSU on several initiatives.
September 2001, Dr. DeLong
moved to California to assume the position of Dean, University College for
Chapman University in Orange, CA (in Southern California, 25 miles SE of Los
Angeles). He served as the Chief Executive Officer for Chapman's
non-traditional operation which enrolls 7000 students annually. University
College (CUC) has over 31 locations in California, Washington State and
Arizona. Dr. DeLong was responsible for all aspects of CUC's operations, including educational services,
marketing and a budget which exceeds $50 million annually.
Dr. DeLong came to Marist College in September 2003. In the Asst. AVP and Dean position, he was responsible for graduate and continuing education programs on and off Campus, including extension sites at Fishkill, Goshen and Kingston, NY as well as at Sullivan County Community College in Monticello and Ulster County Community College in Stone Ridge. Dr.DeLong provided oversight to the operation of the BA in Integrative Studies Major and, in collaboration with the Schools offering the programs, the following graduate programs, Master of Business Administration (MBA), MA in Communications, Master of Public Administration (MPA) , M.A. in Educational Psychology, M.A. in Psychology, M.A. in School Psychology, M.S.in Computer Science - Information Systems (MS IS)and M.S. in Computer Science - Software Development. The MBA, MPA, MA in Communications and MS IS are available fully online.
Dr. DeLong is married to the
former Deborah Davis, a graduate of Empire State College. Deborah also has completed
graduate courses at Central Connecticut State University and Marist
College. Dr. DeLong and his wife currently reside in Ossining, NY.
Since August 1, 2005 Deborah has been serving as Director of Housing for rhe Department of Planning with Westchester County.
Dr. DeLong and Deborah continue to be active in the mid-Hudson region.
Until June 2007, Dr. DeLong was a member of the Board of Governors of the
Dutchess County United Way and, January 1, 2007, become Chair of the
Dutchess County Workforce Investment Board on which he has served since
2003. As WIB Chair, Dr. DeLong also served "ex officio" on the
Board of Directors for the Dutchess County Economic Development Corporation. He
resigned from these roles, effective June 1, 2007, to enhance his ability to
engage with the Essex County, NJ communities near Caldwell College.
Deborah continues service on the Board of Trustees for the NYS Rural Housing
Coalition. Dr. DeLong and Deborah have three grown children - Robert, Andrea
and Tami and six grandchildren.