Kent Seaver has 25 years of experience in the fields of student assessment and academic success. He is presently the Director of Academic Operations at the University of Texas at Dallas for the Jindal School of Management. Kent has researched the impact assessment has on the current landscape of higher education, as well as the workforce placement impacts and advising successes related to their educational requirements. Kent has written articles dealing with assessment, student success and retention for the American Technical Education Association, AACRAO, NACADA, Educational Technology Insights and Military Advanced Education.