Bruce Stetar

Dr. Bruce Stetar has over 27 years of experience as an educator, filling roles in both the teaching and administration areas across a range of academic programs and divisions in the fields of Business, IT and Applied Communications. His academic disciplines are management and leadership, and his past research is on student core values as motivators. Dr. Stetar has also presented at numerous international conferences on topics including the future of higher educational, online education, competency-based education, quality assurance, accreditation, outcomes assessment, closing the loop, and the writing of accreditation reports. He is currently filling a leadership role as the Associate Dean/Academic Program Director for a cluster of undergraduate programs in the College of Business at Western Governors University where he helps to oversee the education for over 23,000 students in an online environment. Prior to entering academics, Dr. Stetar had successful careers in various businesses, working for over 15 years in the construction, finance and oil industries.

Prior to joining WGU, Dr. Stetar worked for Southern New Hampshire University as the Senior Executive Director of Online Business programs overseeing programs at the graduate and undergraduate level for over 43,00 students. Before that he spent 20 years working in educational institutions in two different countries. During his career he has been involved extensively in the development of curriculum at the college and university levels at the associate degree, bachelor’s degree and master’s degree levels.

Dr. Stetar has also been involved with ACBSP since 2007 and is currently Chair of its Board of Directors. He is also a past chair/member of the Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree Board of Commissioners, a past member of the AGB and is a Past Chair of ACBSP’s Region 8. He has chaired/served on numerous Site Evaluation Teams and has mentored numerous schools through the ACBSP accreditation process. He has also successfully authored three accreditation self-study reports and numerous quality assurance reports.

During his career Dr. Stetar has held numerous professional certifications, has been a recipient of the Louise McKinney Scholarship, and was a member of the U.S. National Dean’s List. He has also participated on several occasions in the bi-annual Education without Borders and Festival of Thinkers international conferences as a moderator. He has also chaired sessions at the annual OLC Innovate, Annual ACBSP and other conferences.