TCC Welcomes New Enrollment Management Team

8/13/2009 -

Dr. Fred Zuker Named New Dean, Dr. David Anderson Named Director of Enrollment Management

PASADENA, Texas – Texas Chiropractic College named Dr. Fred Zuker to the newly created position of Dean of Enrollment Management, while Dr. David B. Anderson was named the new Director of Enrollment Management, TCC President Richard G. Brassard, D.C. announced Monday.

“I am very excited to welcome Dr. Zuker and Dr. Anderson to the TCC family,” said Dr. Brassard. “Both gentlemen bring a wealth of knowledge and experience in higher education to the TCC family. With Dr. Zuker’s background in higher education administration and Dr. Anderson’s experiences as a chiropractor and admissions director at another chiropractic college, I firmly believe we have a winning team in place to further our growth in the 21st century.”

Dr. Zuker was selected following an exhaustive search begun in early spring by TCC. He has a lengthy and distinguished career in the areas of enrollment management, admissions and student life at six different institutes of higher education dating back to 1971, and most recently served as the President (2004-08), then Chancellor (2008), of Lambuth University in Jackson, Tenn.

Prior to his stay at Lambuth, Dr. Zuker spent nine years at the University of Dallas working as the Dean of Enrollment & Student Life (1995-2001) and the Vice President and Dean of Alumni & Student Life (2001-2004). He made his first move to Texas after serving as the Vice Chancellor for Enrollment at the University of California, Riverside from 1986 to 1994 and working as a private consultant in education from 1994 to 1995. Dr. Zuker also spent time on the West Coast from 1981 to 1986 as the Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.

Dr. Zuker began his career in college admissions at his alma mater, Duke University in Durham, N.C., in 1971 as an associate director of admission. He then moved to Tulane University in New Orleans, La., in 1977 to be an assistant director of admissions and was promoted to the position of Director of Admission in 1979.

Before recruiting students to Duke, Dr. Zuker earned his bachelor’s degree in 1967. He then had three years of active duty service in the United States Army before returning to Durham for his first admission job and to begin work on his M.Ed. in counseling, which he completed in 1975. He earned his Ph.D in counseling psychology, also from Duke, in 1982. In addition to his administrative positions, Dr. Zuker also worked as an adjunct professor of psychology at several of his stops.

Dr. Anderson spent more than 16 years at Palmer College of Chiropractic as the Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management after a successful stint as the Director of Clinic Finance and Marketing. During his time, he oversaw the enrollment of 2,758 students, exceeding the budget goals by 296. He additionally managed the redesign of a variety of college marketing pieces.

He left Palmer in early 2007 to join Activator Methods International, Ltd., in Phoenix, Ariz., as the organization’s Vice President for Operations. There, Dr. Anderson increased seminar attendance while providing oversight of seven departments and more than 200 instructors world-wide. Despite these successes, academia called him back to the fold and he returned to admission work with the University of Arizona.

A 1987 graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic, Dr. Anderson began his career in health care in 1978 when he trained as a field medic at the Fort Sam Houston Academy of Health Sciences in San Antonio, Texas. After his service in the Army, he attended Scott Community College in Bettendorf, Iowa and earned a practical nursing license. After beginning his career as a chiropractor and member of the staff at Palmer, Dr. Anderson added a master’s degree in Health Services Administration from the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Ill.

ABOVE PHOTO:  Texas Chiropractic College President Richard G. Brassard (center) with TCC’s new Dean of Enrollment Management Dr. Fred Zuker (left) and new Director of Enrollment Management Dr. David Anderson.