James Clotfelter

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JIM CLOTFELTER

Vice Chancellor Emeritus, Information Technology Services
Professor Emeritus, Political Science
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
[email protected]

Post-retirement

Volunteer executive director, North Carolinians for Redistricting Reform, Feb 2017 – Sept 2018, & supporter after that. The goal of this 501(c)(3) organization is a constitutional amendment mandating non-partisan standards for districting for Congressional and state legislative districts in North Carolina. See https://www.ncredistrict.org.

Jim Clotfelter was a Vice Chancellor at UNCG for 25 years, and a Political Science professor and program administrator at several universities. Throughout his career, he has been a leader in strategic planning, organizational development, organizational change, management of information technology, and accountability/metrics.

Education & employment:

  • reporter for Time magazine, the Atlanta and Durham (NC) newspapers (covering civil rights movement, other)
  • M.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison) and B.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill); Editor of The Daily Tar Heel at Chapel Hill and member of Order of the Golden Fleece at Chapel Hill
  • between 1969-77, faculty member at Emory University & Texas Tech, post-doctoral fellow at Duke University
  • at UNCG, Professor of Political Science after 1977 and Vice Chancellor for Information Technology Services from January 1991 to his retirement in July 2016

Political science & public service:

  • author of three books published by Harper & Row, University of North Carolina Press, and Holt, Rinehart, Winston, and a number of journal articles; consultant (public opinion research); director, Center for Public Service, Texas Tech, funded by nine federal/state grants; head of UNCG Department of Political Science
  • editor of quarterly publication of L.Q.C. Lamar Society, a Southern reform initiative in the 1970s
  • founder and chairman of North Carolina Child Care Corps (NC’s largest full-time AmeriCorps program during AmeriCorps’ first three years in 1990’s, operating in 15 NC counties) and director of NC Service Project, $2+ million in grants
  • founding member, NC Commission on Indigent Defense Services, 2000-08, and chairman of its budget committee (annual IDSC budget $110+ million)

UNCG Vice Chancellor for Information Technology Services (Chief Information Officer):

  • headed one of four divisions reporting to the Chancellor – under 5 Chancellors – central technology organization, staff of approx. 145 – and served on the Chancellor’s Council

Professional accomplishments include:

  • as teacher, a number of students who’ve made significant contributions to society
  • as administrator, created a first-class team to develop a client-focused, cost-effective Information Technology Services division through four-fold growth; developed new financial plans and organizational structure; improved student computing (e.g., SuperLab); improved administrative computing (e.g., full implementation of ERP, w/first Web student registration in NC, & effective priority-setting process for projects); improved networking and communication services (e.g., full wired and wireless buildout and refresh, campus-wide VoIP, significant increases in speed/resiliency); negotiation of major software and telephony contracts; significant collaborative initiatives with other universities; outsourcing where cost-effective (e.g., groundbreaking student/faculty/staff email/calendar); and took on additional responsibilities for Learning Management System, SLMS, classroom technology
  • responsible for University strategic planning for 15 years; led University Planning Council to move new Science building to top of facilities priority list; initiated UNCG’s data management/quality efforts; introduced detailed divisional metrics
  • community partnerships, e.g., leadership of community/UNCG efforts for successful 1993 NC higher education bond issue (Music building); and leadership of city/UNCG Spring Garden Street project creating new “front door” for UNCG
  • Chair of UNCG task force on protection of children, 2012-13