Daniel White Appointed as NJIT Associate Provost for Online Programs

NJIT is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Daniel White as the University’s new associate provost for Online Programs effective Sept. 1, 2021. Dan comes to NJIT from Temple University where he served as associate vice provost and founding director of the Office of Digital Education (ODE) from 2014 to 2021.

During this time, he led strategic online growth initiatives, established online quality assurance and distance education compliance protocols, built instructional and multimedia design teams, and oversaw the creation of a video facility. By bringing various university stakeholders together he managed to increase the number of online programs and certificates from 14 to 70. Also, Dan’s team recently oversaw the development of Temple’s online Information Technology and Engineering stackable graduate degrees and co-coordinated the launch of a Bachelor of General Studies degree for adult learner workforce development.

Prior to Temple, Dan served as the founding dean of Education Programs and First Year Experience for Southern New Hampshire University’s Global Campus from 2012 to 2014. At SNHU, Dan launched SNHU’s inaugural national teacher certification program, strengthened its award-winning new student orientation and retention program, hired and mentored the institution’s first fully online/full time faculty cohort, and established partnerships with the Landmark School (Dyslexia Education) and the Fort Bliss (TX) Sergeant Major Leadership Academy.

From 2005 to 2012, Dan was an associate professor of Educational Leadership and director of the Masters of Teacher Leadership (MATL) program at Roosevelt University where he taught pre-service teachers, school principals, and district superintendents. In 2007, Dan launched MATL Online, the institution’s first online program to heighten enrollment, professional adult learner access and the social justice profile. By 2010, MATL Online was nationally ranked, forged partnerships with the Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago City Colleges, Shimer College, and enrolled students from six states, Europe, and Southwest Asia. After earning his tenure in 2011, and while on sabbatical in the Netherlands, Dan worked with Dutch teacher educators to extend his focus to faculty members’ teaching practice.

Dan holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Foundations of Education from Syracuse University and a Master of Science in Social Science Education from SUNY Oneonta. He grew up in Syracuse and taught (and coached basketball) for the Syracuse City School District, where he attended high school and vocational school.

Please welcome Dr. White as the associate provost for Online Programs.