Colleen Hanycz

Colleen M. Hanycz
29th President of La Salle University
Assumed office
2015
Preceded by Michael McGinniss
Principal of Brescia University College
In office
2008–2015
Preceded by Theresa Topic
Succeeded by Susan Mumm
Personal details
Alma mater St. Michael's College, Dalhousie University, Osgoode Hall Law School

Colleen M. Hanycz is a Canadian academic who is currently the president of La Salle University. She served as principal of Brescia University College from 2008-2015 and was appointed president of La Salle University in 2015. She was the second lay person principal in the history of Brescia, a Catholic school and Canada's only women's university, and she was the first layperson president at La Salle.

Early life and education

Hancyz earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto. She completed her J.D. at Dalhousie University. Hanycz earned her LL.M and Ph.D. at Osgoode Hall Law School while working as a securities litigator in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and then as assistant dean and associate professor of law at Osgoode.[1]

Brescia University College

In 2008, Hanycz left her teaching and assistant dean position at Osgoode to become Brescia's Principal, succeeding Theresa Topic. At Brescia, Hanycz led a strategic plan that resulted in an increase in Brescia's enrollment, student, faculty, and staff retention, and consolidation of academic programs. While she served as president, she taught in Brescia's women's leadership program and continued in the LL.M. program at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. Under her leadership, Brescia saw a 60 percent jump in enrollment to 1,500 full-time equivalent students.[2]

La Salle University

In 2015, Hanycz became the first female university president of La Salle University.[3] She was appointed to La Salle at a transitional time, inheriting a large deficit, prior mismanagement, and lower enrollment.[4] In 2015, La Salle had a smaller a freshman class of 725, which was below its target. The 2015 freshman class was about 16 percent less than the 2014 freshman class of 860.

University Affairs held an exit interview for Hanycz after the announcement was made that she would be leaving Brescia for La Salle in April 2015. Hanycz stated, "I think La Salle is facing some of the same challenges that Brescia was facing in 2008. I'd like to think that I have some value to add to that based on what I have learned."[5] Hanycz led similar consolidating initiatives at La Salle that she underwent with Brescia. La Salle downsized its student life programs and consolidate academic programs at the university, something known as "program prioritization," which was controversial for students, staff, and faculty members.[6] Hanycz hoped that cuts and downsizing would lead to important cost-saving and cost-prioritizing measures.[7] Ultimately, through a new branding campaign and a "tuition reset," La Salle saw near-record enrollment and an increased national profile. Under Hanycz, La Salle University tuition rates decreased by 29 percent, citing college affordability in her home country of Canada.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Colleen M. Hanycz, Ph.D., Named 29th President of La Salle University :: La Salle University :: Philadelphia, PA". Lasalle.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  2. ↑ "La Salle U. names Canadian woman president". Philly.com. 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  3. ↑ Hertzler, Lauren (March 16, 2015). "Catching up with Colleen Hanycz, La Salle's first female president". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ "La Salle lays off staff in wake of shortfall - philly-archives". Articles.philly.com. 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  5. ↑ http://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/exit-interview-with-colleen-hanycz/
  6. ↑ https://billypenn.com/2016/02/08/la-salle-shrinks-buyouts-programs-to-shrink-or-close-as-consultants-converge/
  7. ↑ http://clubs.lasalle.edu/collegian/2016/02/15/cuts-made-lasallian-values-maintained-february-11-2016-issue/
  8. ↑ http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20160928_A_29_percent_tuition_cut_caps_renaissance_at_La_Salle.html
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