Nicole Holland (she, her, hers) joined CU Denver’s School of Education and Human Development in 2024 as the Director of Accreditation and Assessment.
Nicole has worked in higher education for the past 18 years, starting as a research analyst within Walden’s University Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. At the end of her tenure at Walden, Nicole served as the Director of Institutional Research. Nicole most recently served as the Director for Accreditation and Assessment at DU’s Morgridge College of Education.
Over the course of her higher education career, Nicole has gained experience in institutional data reporting, survey administration and reporting, accreditation support, state and federal compliance, voluntary reporting, and initiative / program evaluation.
As a member of SEHD’s Assessment Office, she and the team provide support in the areas of student learning assessment, continuous improvement, assessment data infrastructure, and external program quality.
Education, Licensure & Certifications
BA, Gustavus Adolphus College
MA, University of Minnesota
Resumes/CV:
Publications and Presentations
Publications
Burkholder, G. J., & Holland, N. (2014). Guest editorial: International perspectives on
retention and persistence. Higher Learning Research Communications, 4(2), 3-10. http://dxdoi.org/10.18870/hlrc.v4i2.208
Burkholder, G., Lenio, L., Holland, N., Seidman, A., Neal, D., Middlebrook, J., & Jobe, R.
(2013). An Institutional Approach to Developing a Culture of Student Persistence. Higher Learning Research Communication, 3(3), 16.19. http://www.hlrcjournal.com/index.php/HLRC/article/view/120
Presentations
Holland, N. & Burkholder, G. (2017, July). Predictors of Online Graduate Student Retention.
Poster session presented at the Distance Teaching & Learning Conference, Madison, WI.
Holland, N. & Burkholder, G. (2016, November). Retention Efficacy of Welcome Kits for
New Students. Presented at the Online Learning Consortium Conference, Orlando, FL.
Holland, N. & Gerlach, S. (2015, November). Higher Education Compliance: Solving the
Puzzle (so you don't have to). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Institutional Research in the Upper Midwest. Bloomington, MN.
Lenio, J., Jorissen, S., Jameson, C., Holland, N., Malone, K., Ribich, A., & Bach, A. (2014,
November). How We Conducted a Co-Curricular Review on Ourselves. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Institutional Research in the Upper Midwest. Bloomington, MN.