Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 10, 2001
JIM OTTEN has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Argosy
Education Group, Inc., since March 2000. From 1995-2000, he served as
Regional Vice President at DeVry Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, overseeing a
group of college campuses with a combined student body of more than
10,000 students. Dr. Otten has served as President for two degree-
granting independent colleges: Brown Institute in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, in 1995, and the Katharine Gibbs Schools in Boston,
Massachusetts, from 1991-1995. From 1985-1991, he served as Regional
Vice President of Bryant & Stratton Inc. in Buffalo, New York, a degree
granting, independent system of colleges. Dr. Otten also served as
Manager of Business Development at ITT Education Services, from
1980-1985, as well as Assistant Professor at Purdue University from
1976-1978. He received his doctoral degree in Philosophy from the
University of Rochester, MBA in Marketing from Indiana University, MA in
Philosophy from Bowling Green State University and a BA in Philosophy
from the University of Cincinnati. Profile
of Argosy?
Dr. Otten: Argosy Education Group owns and operates Argosy University,
which is a national university with 12
