Mark D’Amico
Mark D'Amico
Mark D’Amico is a Professor of Higher Education and former Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership at UNC Charlotte. Mark primarily studies community college transfer and noncredit education and has published more than 60 scholarly articles and book chapters. His work has been funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the John M. Belk Endowment, the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within NSF, the Gates Foundation, the Lumina Foundation, and the Strada Education Foundation.
Mark received the 2024 Cato College of Education Distinguished Faculty Award, and he is a recipient of the Barbara K. Townsend Emerging Scholar Award from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC), Excellence in Research and Excellence in Teaching Awards from the Cato College of Education, and the Distinguished Paper Award from South Carolina Educators for the Practical Use of Research.
Mark’s national leadership includes serving as Past-President of CSCC—an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges, current editorial board member and former Associate Editor of Community College Review, and on the editorial boards of Community College Journal of Research and Practice, and New Directions for Community Colleges. He also serves on the myFutureNC Advisory Board of Commissioners.
Prior to his faculty role, Mark served for nearly 15 years in administrative positions including Executive Assistant to the System President for Policy and Administration in the South Carolina Technical College System, Special Assistant to the President of Midlands Technical College, Interim Director of Admissions at Francis Marion University, and Assistant Director of Admissions at UNC Charlotte. Mark also held adjunct faculty positions in English, political science, and higher education at multiple universities and a community college in the Carolinas.
Research Interests:
Community college student success
Community college workforce education
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Charlotte Transfer Research Team Reports:
- North Carolina Transfer Student Voices: A Pilot Study Report
- Transfer Seeking Behaviors of North Carolina Community College Students
- Guiding Vertical Transfer: Perspectives of Community College Advisors
- North Carolina Transfer Enrollment Patterns: A Data Snapshot
- North Carolina Vertical Transfer Student Voices
- Transfer Trajectories: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study of Community College Transfer Student Experiences
- Predictors of Credential Completion and Transfer among Transfer-Intending NC Community College Students
- Rural Adults: Navigating Transfer and Life Experiences
- Pre-Transfer Experiences of Internationally Educated Community College Students
- First-Generation Students and Vertical Transfer: A Multi-Method Analysis of Transfer in North Carolina
- Community College Men of Color Aspiring to Transfer: Navigating Systems, Supports, and Societal Norms
- Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Transfer in NC: Patterns, Predictors, and Student Experiences
- Latine Transfer Student Experiences: Navigating Culture, College, and Connections
State Noncredit Data Project Publications