Tom Jackson Jr. (born December 18, 1959) is an American academic who is president of
California Polytechnic University Humboldt, where he started in fall 2019.[1] He is best known for overseeing the university's transition to a polytechnic.
Jackson was born December 18, 1959, in Seattle, Washington.[7] Jackson received his AA in general studies in 1982 from
Highline College, his BS in business management/personnel in 1985 from
Southwest State University, his MS in counseling/student personnel (CACREP) in 1987, and his EdD in educational management from the
University of La Verne in 1995.[8] Jackson attended Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management (IEM) in 2005.
Career
Jackson's career includes experience at colleges and universities throughout the United States including serving as President of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA).[9][10][11][12][13][14]
Top priorities for Jackson in leadership positions have been internationalism,[15][16] service to veterans,[17][18] and expanding education opportunities.[19]
Jackson was named the top "Rising Accounts of Higher Education Presidents to Follow on Twitter" by higher education blogger Josie Alhquist.[20][21] On Thursday April 24, 2024 the General Faculty of Cal Poly Humboldt passed a vote of “no confidence” in President Tom Jackson and his chief of staff, Mark Johnson, in a resolution that demands their immediate resignation because of their mishandling of student protests.[22]
Military service and community involvement
Jackson is a veteran[23] and serves as a member of the Rapid City Economic Development Corporation, First Interstate Bank's Advisory Board, Spearfish Economic Development Corporation, Spearfish Chamber of Commerce, and as a Board Member of Lead365.[24][25]
^American College Personnel Association.
"Seventieth President". American College Personnel Association. ACPA.
Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
^"Appointments, Tenure Decisions, and Promotions of African Americans in Higher Education". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 28 (28): 142–143. Summer 2000.
JSTOR2678733.
^"Appointments, Tenure Decisions, and Promotions of African Americans in Higher Education". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 11 (11): 138–139. Spring 1996.
JSTOR2963339.
^Hamrick, Florence A.; Rumann, Corey (12 November 2012). Called to Serve: A Handbook on Student Veterans and Higher Education. Jossey-Bass. p. xxv.
ISBN978-1-118-17676-4.