APSCU Board of Directors
Arthur Keiser, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Keiser University
Arthur Keiser, Ph.D. is Chancellor and CEO of Keiser University,
Keiser Career College, and Southeastern Institute. These institutions
are comprised of 31 campuses located in the southeastern area of the
United States with approximately 18,000 students and 3,000
employees.
Dr. Keiser has served the higher education industry in various
capacities for over thirty one years. He is currently serving his
second term as a Board Member of the National Advisory Committee on
Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI). Dr. Keiser is
a Member of the Jacob K. Javits Fellows Program Fellowship Board.
He served as elected Chairperson and Board Member of the Accrediting
Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT).
Dr. Keiser was appointed by the Governor of Florida to both the State
Board of Independent Colleges and Universities and the State Board of
Independent Postsecondary, Vocational, Technical, Trade and Business
Schools. He has also served as President of the Florida Association of
Postsecondary Schools and Colleges (FAPSC) and is currently serving as
Chairperson on the Board of Directors of Association of Private Sector
Colleges and Universities (APSCU). Dr. Keiser was appointed
by Commissioner of Education Eric Smith in 2008 to serve as a Member of
the Florida College System Task Force. He is also a member of the
Board of Trustees of Pine Crest Schools. Dr. Keiser has served on
several others committees and various boards, too many to mention.
Dr. Keiser earned his doctorate in Higher Education Administration at
the Union Institute and University in Cincinnati Ohio. He wrote his
dissertation on Benchmarking in Private Career Schools: A Preliminary
Empirical Investigation in the Establishment of Quantitative Strategic
Indicators in this Specialized Postsecondary Education sector.
During his thirty one years of experience within the career school
industry, Dr. Keiser has been an outspoken leader, has given numerous
presentations, and published many articles and reports on various
subjects relating to the private career school sector.
Dr. Keiser resides in Parkland Florida with his wife Belinda and has
a twenty year old son Robert.
