After a stint as Research Analyst at the National Survey of Student Engagement, he landed a faculty position at the University of Iowa. He is now a professor at North Carolina State University, where he teaches courses on quantitative methods and survey research, along with higher education courses on finance, organizational theory, and educational policy. Paul has an international reputation as an expert in the areas of survey methods, research design, college student access and success, and institutional research.
In January 2015, Percontor, LLC launched and began offering online, synchronous research methods workshops. At the same time, the team at Percontor began working on the RISC, convinced they could make a difference in higher education by providing colleges and universities actionable data on student success.