Carol Langlois, Ed.D.

Carol Langlois, Ed.D., is Vice Provost for Academic Operations at Golden Gate University. She brings more than 20 years of experience in higher education and education technology, with expertise in enrollment management and program development.

Dr. Langlois previously served as fractional Chief Academic Officer at ESAI, an education technology company focused on ethical AI in college admissions, where she led the development of academic tools and student engagement strategies. She has also worked as an independent education consultant, advising university and start-up leaders across the Bay Area. Her engagements included designing and launching the hybrid ASU Local model in Los Angeles for Arizona State University, which was later replicated in two other states.

Earlier in her career, Dr. Langlois was Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate Division at Mills College, and before that Dean of Graduate Recruitment and Enrollment. She led a campus-wide reorganization that created a shared administrative model for undergraduate and graduate programs, and she grew the graduate community from 27 to 40 percent of the student body in four years. At Hackbright Academy, as Vice President of Enrollment Management and Marketing, she grew the program from one cohort to three and negotiated its acquisition in 2016. She also directed the MBA and EMBA programs at the University of San Francisco’s Graduate School of Management.

Dr. Langlois holds an Ed.D. in Multicultural Education and Leadership from the University of San Francisco. Her work has long centered on recruiting and supporting first-generation college students.