Dr. Mark R. Harrington

Senior Assistant Provost & Professor

Departments

Loyola City College
Academic Affairs
Student Success Center

Expertise

Education

Bio

Dr. Mark R. Harrington

Senior Assistant Provost, Student Success
Professor, Loyola City College
Loyola University New Orleans

Ed.D., Higher Education Leadership - Regis College
M.S., College Student Personnel Administration - Canisius University
M.S., Sport Administration - Canisius University
B.A., Counseling & Health Psychology - Emmanuel College
Certificate, Diversity & Inclusion - University of South Florida
Certificate, Educational Leadership - University of Oxford
Certificate, Mission Integration - University of San Diego

Awards and Recognition

Academic Excellence Award: Outstanding Doctoral Student
Regis College

Best Conference Paper Award
International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research (IOSSBR) Global Conference

Class Leadership Award
Emmanuel College

College Student Personnel Administration Community Development Award
Canisius University

Distinguished Service to the Profession Award
College Student Personnel Administration-New York State (CSPA-NYS)

Eminence in Mentorship Award
College Student Personnel Administration-New York State (CSPA-NYS)

Ignatian Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Jesuit Student Affairs
Jesuit Association for Student Affairs Administrators (JASPA)

Jennifer Grace Ford Campus Leadership Award
Emmanuel College

Leadership in Action Award
Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society

The Magis Award for Excellence in Leadership
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) | Student Success Network

Mission Integration Award
Association of Student Affairs at Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASACCU)

Scholarship Excellence Award
Jesuit Association for Student Affairs Administrators (JASPA)

Select Presentations and Publications

Harrington, M. (2024). Meeting in the middle: Faculty perspectives on the state of graduate preparation and entry to the profession. About Campus, 29(1).

Harrington, M. (2023, October 23-26). From pilot to full implementation: Utilization of pilot programs to showcase impact on student success to gain leadership support and initiative funding [Conference session]. The National Symposium on Student Retention, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Harrington, M. (2023, October 15-17). Creating and implementing student success initiatives with an equity-minded lens [Conference session]. The College Student Personnel Association of New York State (CSPA-NYS) Annual Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States.

Harrington, M. (2023, October 15-17). Strategy and student success: Using data and a retention predictive model to shift from a reactive to a proactive campus [Conference session]. The College Student Personnel Association of New York State (CSPA-NYS) Annual Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States.

Halligan-Avery, E. & Harrington, M. (2023, April 1-5). Connecting students to mental health resources leveraging the cloud [Conference session]. National Association of Student Personnel Administrators National Conference, Boston, MA, United States.

Harrington, M. (2022, October 24-27). Reimagining a campus-wide retention committee: Developing an effective working retention committee based upon our retention predictive model [Conference session]. The National Symposium on Student Retention, San Diego, CA, United States.

Harrington, M. (2022, October 24-27). Stay golden, griffins: SOARing into a comprehensive and inclusive student success and retention model [Conference session]. The National Symposium on Student Retention, San Diego, CA, United States.

Harrington, M. (2022, October 16-18). Leading divisional renovation: Assessing, innovating, and partnering to build a culture of student success [Conference session]. The College Student Personnel Association of New York State (CSPA-NYS) Annual Conference, Binghamton, NY, United States.

Harrington, M. (2022, July 14-16). Go forth and set the world on fire with a career in higher education and student affairs [Conference session]. National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States.

Harrington, M. (2022, July 10-13). Re-envisioning student success and retention in American higher education: Creating student-centered environments of belonging, support, and persistence [Paper presentation]. International Round Table Symposium, Oxford, England, United Kingdom.

Harrington, M. & Wilson, A. (2022, June 20-22). Bridging the great divide: From professional preparation to supervisor expectations [Conference session]. National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Conference, Niagara Falls, NY, United States.

Harrington, M. (2022, March 15-16). The academic impact of support programs and systems for students placed at-risk during the transition to college [Paper presentation]. International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research (IOSSBR) Global Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Harrington, M. (2022, February 16). Reimaging institution-wide student success and retention: Using data, assessment, and conversation to create an inclusive and best-practices model [Conference session]. WNY Advising Annual Conference, Virtual, NY, United States.

Harrington, M. (2022, January 28). Mission Grammar School utilizes the 7 themes of Catholic social teaching as a map to ensure scholars are on the road to college! The Boston Pilot.

Harrington, M. (2021, October 18–21). Improving student achievement in higher education: Implementation of a strategic support system to increase student persistence and academic success [Conference session]. The College Student Personnel Association of New York State (CSPA-NYS) Annual Conference, Virtual, NY, United States.

Harrington, M. (2021, September 24). Five Years of Campus Improvement at Mission Grammar School. The Boston Pilot.

Harrington, M. (2018, February 23–25). Building effective campus partnerships for first year student success [Conference session]. Association for Orientation, Transition and Retention in Higher Education (NODA) Conference, Burlington, VT, United States.

Harrington, M. (2016, April 27–29). Leadership and mission: Understanding the relationship among leadership orientations and mission perception of executive administrators in Catholic higher education [Poster presentation]. New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO) Annual Conference, Portsmouth, NH, United States.

Harrington, M. (2015, May 29). Our Lady of Perpetual Help -- Mission Grammar School at 125. The Boston Pilot.

Harrington, M. (2013, July 23–26). Best practices for mission integration: The 1804 Society [Conference session]. The Association of Student Affairs at Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASACCU) National Conference, Washington, DC, United States.

Harrington, M., Kohler, C., & Troup, R. (2010, March 21–24). Jesuit pedagogy as a framework for programming and assessment [Conference session]. The American College Personnel Association (ACPA) National Conference, Boston, MA, United States.

Harrington, M. (2010, February 26–28). Living a life for and with others: The importance of servant leadership for a better tomorrow. [Keynote address]. The Buffalo Youth Convention, Buffalo, NY, United States.

*Forthcoming publications and presentations