About Us
Elevating operational efficiency by applying practical, workable solutions to complex problems that are unique to academe
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Practical solutions
Start what has stalled while keeping your administrative engine running with optimal operational efficiency.
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Context driven
We recognize that all problems and situations at any institution exists in contexts that must be understood before administrators can make informed decisions.
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Informed decisions
We believe that every subject or challenge has a history and that no academic, corporate, government or non-profit entity can afford to not have the historian around the table.
Workable Solutions
Elevating Operational Efficiency
Start what has stalled while keeping an administrative engine running with optimal operational efficiency.
Practical Solutions
Context Driven
Detached (but Data) Decisions
Start what has stalled while keeping your administrative engine running with optimal operational efficiency.
University Executive. Professor. Scholar. Author.
Meet our Founder and Chief Pracademician
Dr. Rolundus R. Rice, also known to students and parents as “R³,” applies practical, workable solutions to complex problems that are unique to academe.
Dr. Rice holds the unique distinction of rapidly progressing from high school dropout to GED recipient to earning the Doctor of Philosophy degree from a Research 1 university. He was the first high school dropout and GED recipient to receive the Ph.D. from Auburn University since the school was founded in 1856.
Rolundus R. Rice (R³)
Founder and Chief Pracademic Officer
Dr. Rice is in his fourth year as Chief Operating Officer/Vice President for Student Affairs at Tuskegee University.
His portfolio at the fourth-ranked Historically Black College and University (according to US News & World Report) include, through direct and dotted-line reporting, campus dining (specifically a record revenue generator with Chic-Fil-A); athletics; information technology; development and alumni affairs; admissions and recruitment; student health; counseling; Title IX; ADA Compliance; student conduct; student life; intramural sports and fleet management, respectively.
Scholarly Contributions
A CPO and Scholar for All Seasons
Dr. Rice’s book, Hosea Williams: A Lifetime of Defiance and Protest, was published by the University of South Carolina Press in 2021. This book is the first scholarly biography on one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest lieutenants and organizer of Bloody Sunday and the subsequent Selma to Montgomery March.
The esteemed Vanderbilt professor and MSNBC contributor, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, wrote that Rice’s “Pathbreaking book rightly establishes Hosea Williams as one of the most colorful and creative personalities to emerge in the pitched battle to make America a just nation.
Featured Article
Read Rolundus R. Rice’s article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dr. Rice was admitted into the AGB Institute for Leadership & Governance’s Pathway to the Presidency program that is designed for innovative, adaptive leaders who have a passion for higher education, a drive to serve as a college or university President, and commitment to shaping the future of the sector. Click here to learn more about this prestigious fellowship.
University Leader and Author
Interview with Fox5 Atlanta
Dr. Rice was also identified as a subject-matter expert on the Civil Rights Movement who has been interviewed by CNN, The Atlanta Journal Constitution and The Montgomery Advertiser.
Interview
Beating the Odds: Dr. Rolundus Rice
Dr. Rice was interviewed on “Portia,” a nationally-syndicated talk show that aired on Fox 5 Atlanta. Watch to learn more about his personal life, including the obstacles he had to overcome, including raining a four-month old daughter after a devastating loss.
University Executive. Professor. Scholar. Motivator.
Dr. Rolundus R. Rice’s Profile
Learn more about Dr. Rice and his experiences.
Leadership Journey
Dean of Humanities & Fine Arts at age 33 → VP for Academic Affairs → COO at Tuskegee University…
Dr. Rice entered university leadership at age 33 when he was appointed Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at Talladega College in Alabama, reimagining curricula across English, History, Mass Media Studies, Music, and Art. His subsequent roles have spanned the full breadth of higher education administration.
- →Chief Diversity Officer
- →Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs / Dean of Graduate Studies
- →Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
- →Central Region Director of Adult Education, Alabama Community College System
- →SACSCOC Liaison
- →Vice President for Academic Affairs
Current Role — Tuskegee University
COO & VP for Student Affairs at the fourth-ranked HBCU per US News & World Report…
Dr. Rice is in his fourth year as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President for Student Affairs at Tuskegee University — the fourth-ranked Historically Black College and University according to US News & World Report. His portfolio spans a wide range of institutional operations through direct and dotted-line reporting.
Portfolio includes: Campus dining & Chic-Fil-A partnership · Athletics · Information technology · Development & alumni affairs · Admissions & recruitment · Student health · Counseling · Title IX · ADA Compliance · Student conduct · Student life · Intramural sports · Fleet management
Academic Philosophy
Every subject and challenge has a history. No institution can afford to exclude the historian from the table…
Dr. Rice is an academician at heart who believes that every subject and challenge has a history. To think historically, he argues, is to recognize that all institutional problems exist in contexts that must be understood before administrators can make informed decisions. He believes no academic, corporate, government, or non-profit entity can afford to exclude the historian from the table.
As a professor, Dr. Rice taught lower and upper division undergraduate courses including World History, United States History, The Civil Rights Movement, Martin and Malcolm, The Cold War, American Constitutional History, and American Religious History.
Publications & Media
Hosea Williams: A Lifetime of Defiance and Protest — University of South Carolina Press, 2021. Interviewed by CNN and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution…
Hosea Williams: A Lifetime of Defiance and Protest
“Pathbreaking… rightly establishes Hosea Williams as one of the most colorful and creative personalities to emerge in the pitched battle to make America a just nation.” — Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Vanderbilt University & MSNBC Contributor
Dr. Rice has been recognized as a subject-matter expert on the Civil Rights Movement, with appearances and interviews by CNN, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The Montgomery Advertiser.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy — History
Auburn University, 2015
First GED recipient to earn a PhD from Auburn University since its founding in 1856
Master of Arts — History
Alabama State University
Bachelor of Science — Business Administration
DeVry University
Magna Cum Laude
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