As a research professor at Arizona State University Main, Tempe, Arizona, de los Santos has an academic assignment in the Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Education and research and development responsibilities at the Hispanic Research Center in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
From 1978 through October 1, 1999--more than twenty-one years--de los Santos served as Vice Chancellor for Student and Educational Development at the Maricopa Community Colleges. In that capacity he was responsible for articulation, curriculum, faculty and student development, business and workforce development, international education, external resource development, institutional research, instructional/technology development, and facilities planning and construction management. He was also principal investigator for the Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center, funded by the National Science Foundation.
Currently de los Santos serves on the board of trustees of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute; the Multicultural Education, Training and Advocacy, Inc.; the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; the United States Open University; and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. He is a member of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and Advisory Committee to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's initiative with Hispanic Serving Institutions, ENLACE.
Dr. de los Santos has previously served on the Board of Directors for the American Council on Education, the American Association of Community Colleges, the American Association for Higher Education and the Partnership for Service-Learning. He also was a member of the Board of Trustees for Educational Testing Service, the College Board, and the American College Testing.
Dr. de los Santos earned the Associate in Arts degree from Laredo Community College, Texas, and three degrees from the University of Texas at Austin-the bachelor's degree, a master of library science degree and the Ph.D.