Rick RantzRick Rantz recently retired as Dean, Academic Affairs at Allan Hancock College. His education background includes a teaching English as second language certificate, a master's degree in linguistics and bilingual education, and doctoral studies in higer education at Baylor University and the University of Houston. As a former K-12 teacher, he worked in California, Ecuador, and Argentina. At the higher education level, he has held executive positions at Feather River College, Sierra College, and Allan Hancock College. Rantz's research focuses on the digital divide, higher education leadership, higher education finance, collaborative learning, critical thinking, and bilingual immersion education. He is currently studying the impact of higher education curricula on culturally diverse and minoritized students and consults nationally on this topic. Read More Read Less