Dr. John J. Hetts

Thought Leaders - October 9
Conversation focus: Reflections on lessons learned about systemic and structural paternalism and racism in education and more. You can find more details on the registration form.

Bio: John J. Hetts, Ph.D., is the Visiting Executive, Research, and Data for the California Community Colleges. He has a history of working on challenging local and system-wide research and data representation with nearly thirty years of experience in both instruction and research in higher education. Dr. Hetts leads the statewide Student Metrics Workgroup and is also a member of the Multiple Measures Assessment Project (MMAP) research team and the Cradle to Career Research Subcommittee, and is formerly a member of the AB705 Implementation Workgroup, the California Guided Pathways Advisory Committee, and the statewide Multiple Measures Subgroup of the Common Assessment Initiative. He is also a Complete College America Fellow and a California Educational Policy Fellow.

Previously, Dr. Hetts was the Senior Director of Data Science for Educational Results Partnership, which runs the statewide voluntary intersegmental educational system of data, CALPASS Plus. Prior to that, he was the Director of Institutional Research at Long Beach City College. He and his team members have won multiple awards for their work on predictive modeling and on MMAP. Dr. Hetts received his doctorate from UCLA in Social Psychology with a specialization in Measurement and Psychometrics and Political Psychology and holds a B.A. with Distinction and Honors from Stanford University.