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Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Life and Learning

Institution web site: http://www.iupui.edu/
Location: Indianapolis, IN 46202
Posted date: June 15, 2010

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) invites applications and nominations for the position of Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Life and Learning.   The position reports to the Vice Chancellor for Student Life and Dean of Students and maintains a strong collaborative relationship with the Dean of University College.  This position is responsible for providing leadership for several administrative units within Student Life.  In addition, and with input and direction from both the Dean of University College and Vice Chancellor for Student Life, the Assistant Vice Chancellor is responsible for ensuring collaborative efforts between Student Life and other campus units that will enhance student learning and success.

A unique and highly successful forty-year old partnership between Indiana University and Purdue University, IUPUI is Indiana’s premier urban research university and a core campus of Indiana University.  Its 21 schools and academic units offer degrees in more than 200 programs.  IUPUI enrolls 22,000 undergraduates and 8,000 graduate and professional students representing all 50 states and 122 countries.  Approximately 1,400 students live in residence halls, town homes, or campus apartments.   IUPUI has received the Carnegie Classification of a civically engaged institution in the areas of curricular engagement, outreach, and partnerships.  The institution recognizes students as partners in learning.  About 400 students study abroad and more than 4,000 participate in service learning.  Additional information about the University’s commitment to and leadership in the area of civic engagement may be found on its website at www.iupui.ed/civicengagement .

The Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Life and Learning oversees a Student Life staff of 6 direct reports in the areas of Campus Center, Housing and Residence Life, and the Office of Student Involvement with a total full time professional staff of 21. Primary responsibilities include:

•           provide senior level support, leadership, and supervision to the units reporting to this position in order to ensure each unit is well run according to best professional practices;

•           take a leadership role in both Student Life and University College in the development of strong and effective collaborations between the units in each area in order to increase student engagement and learning;

•           participate on committees within each area that supports such collaborations and/or serve the welfare of students in order to ensure effective and efficient delivery of programs and services.

•           in the absence of the Vice Chancellor, assume managerial and supervisory responsibilities for the Division of Student Life;

•           provide a leadership role in division-wide initiatives including diversity efforts which contribute to student learning, inclusion, and success; integration of the institution’s Principles of Undergraduate Learning into the work of the division; division efforts regarding students who are veterans, and ensuring the realization of the division’s professional staff development program.

The successful candidate will have a proven record of success in: creating bridges of collaboration between student life and other campus units that are specifically related to student engagement and learning;   applying best practices in the design and supervision of student life programs, services, and facilities; relating effectively with faculty and academic affairs staff; understanding of academic and student life programs related to the first year student experience; an urban institution with a high proportion of students living off campus;  articulating the vision, goals, and programs of a Student Life Division to other campus constituencies; scholarly dissemination of best practices in areas of responsibility.

In addition, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate  these qualities:  a strong student-centered philosophy and a willingness to engage fully with students; flexibility and openness to innovation;  data-driven decision making; excellence in problem solving and follow through; evidence of leadership at the regional or national level in the area of student/academic affairs collaborations; the ability to establish strong, positive relationships with all members of the campus community through superb oral and written communication skills, as well as a reputation as an open and inclusive individual.

A doctoral degree plus seven years of relevant higher education experience, or a master’s degree plus nine years of relevant higher education experience is required.

Application:  Interested individuals should send a letter describing their interest in and qualifications for the position, a resume, and contact information including email addresses for five references.  The packet should be sent electronically (Microsoft Word attachments preferred) to leadership@wspelman.com.  The subject line in the email should be AVCIUPUI.  Documents that must be mailed should be sent to William Spelman Executive Search, Stony Point Landing, 667 Midship Circle, Webster, NY 14580.

Confidential inquiries will be received at 585.787.9742.  Confidentiality will be maintained, and references will not be contacted without prior knowledge or approval of the candidate.  For full consideration, all materials should be received by July 9, 2010.  The process will continue until the position is filled.

Indiana University is an equal employment opportunity/equal access/affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services Visit www.wspelman.com

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Dean of the School of the Arts

Institution web site: http://www.vcu.edu/
Location: Richmond, VA 23284
Posted date: June 7, 2010

The VCU School of the Arts seeks a deeply experienced, imaginative and dynamic leader, with a strong entrepreneurial spirit, to advance the school’s position as the nation’s premier public school of the arts. It operates in the context of a distinguished urban, public research institution and one of Virginia’s largest universities.

VCUarts educates approximately 3,000 undergraduates and more than 200 graduate students, in undergraduate and graduate programs both in Richmond and in Qatar.  Students are taught by 125 full-time faculty members, more than 200 others who bring direct artistic experience into the classroom on a part-time basis and 50 administrative staff.  They are organized in departments and programs:  art foundation, art education, art history, cinema, communication arts, craft/material studies, dance & choreography, fashion design & merchandising, graphic design, interior design, kinetic imaging, music, painting & printmaking, photography & film, sculpture + extended media and theatre.  The school has an annual budget of $22 million; the budget for the program in Qatar is $38 million.  Its endowment of $8.5 million includes assets both permanently restricted and quasi endowment.  The more than 18,000 alumni include leaders in the arts and design across the country and abroad.

Reporting to the provost and vice president for academic affairs, the new dean, as chief executive officer, will have responsibility for providing leadership in educational, research, community outreach and fund development activities to sustain and enhance the outstanding reputation of the School of the Arts.  The dean will take the lead in shaping the future of the school, articulating a vision that defines its standard of excellence, the directions of its growth and the new and multi-disciplinary connections that are possible across the university and abroad within the design campus of Qatar’s Education City.

The university seeks a dean who will encourage a strong sense of collegiality internally, and be the voice of the school, championing its teaching, research, and creative agenda and its successes. The dean will assure continued focus on students, both undergraduate and graduate, encouraging their quality and their diversity and providing the services and the support to ensure their success.  With the faculty, the dean will be responsible for the recruitment and retention of the faculty and their development, assuring the school’s excellence. The university envisions the opportunity to shape new directions programmatically and to extend those now in place, building on existing strengths in the university and the school.  The dean will recognize, reward, facilitate, and actively participate in VCUarts’ scholarly and creative activities.

Additionally, the dean will be responsible for all matters relating to the management of the resources of the school, including its academic programs; its faculty, staff, and students; its facilities, and its budget.  The dean also will extend partnerships with the public and private sectors, including the VCUarts Pollak Society, expanding connections in support of the development of the school and leading that effort within the school and among its constituents, including its alumni.

The dean will be part of the senior leadership of the university, working with other senior officers and deans to realize the university’s promising and challenging future.

The university anticipates that the new dean will bring a distinguished record of academic and management success and a record of scholarly achievement; however, candidates whose leadership abilities and outstanding accomplishments in the arts and/or design could translate well to academia also are welcomed and will receive serious attention.  He or she will have demonstrated the ability to foster a climate where learning and artistic discovery flourish.  The dean will show the ability to balance strong academic and intellectual leadership with effective external relationship-building and resource development.

The search is currently underway and will continue until the position is filled.  Nominations are welcome.  Confidential inquiries may be directed to the Witt/Kieffer consultant supporting this search, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, at 212 686-2676. To receive full consideration, please electronically send nominations or a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and names and addresses of five references (who will not be contacted without permission) to VCUarts@wittkieffer.com by July 31, 2010.

Virginia Commonwealth University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, building strength through diversity.

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Academic Program Director, Student Learning, Academic Services, and Assessment

Institution web site: http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/
Location: New York, NY 10019
Posted date: June 4, 2010

Payroll Title/Level:      Higher Education Officer

Position Type:             Exempt

FLSA Status:

Salary:             $68,803 – $91,511

Notice Number:           Job ID: 2875

Position Description and Duties:

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, an urban public institution, is a liberal arts college with a specialized mission in criminal justice, forensic studies, public service and related areas. Located steps from Lincoln Center at the cultural heart of New York City, the College offers bachelors and masters degrees and participates in the doctoral programs of the Graduate School of the City University of New York. John Jay College is recognized for serving a broadly diverse student population. Under the leadership of its fourth president, Jeremy Travis, John Jay College is undergoing a transformation that includes unprecedented faculty hiring, new undergraduate majors and masters programs, and a new 600,000 square foot building ready for occupancy in 2011. With so many changes underway, the College offers to its many new faculty and staff the opportunity to shape the future of their institution.

The Academic Program Director for Student Learning, Academic Services and Program Assessment is a member of the Undergraduate Studies leadership team. The Director will contribute expertise on the assessment of student learning to UGS. S/he will participate in the planning and development of academic services for student success, including academic advisement, first-year experience, transfer services, and tutoring. S/he will have primary responsibility for the coordination of academic services across UGS and for the development and management of an academic monitoring system.

GENERAL DUTIES

- Directs curriculum development and operations of a College’s specialized academic program under executive oversight

- Designs, implements and monitors a comprehensive academic program development plan

- Administers all curricular, administrative, and financial aspects of the program

- Oversees program evaluation efforts and creates strategic plan to further develop program offerings

- Manages annual budget; develops proposals and other initiatives for expanded program support

- Cultivates and maintains strategic partnerships; serves as primary liaison to faculty and administrators to plan and execute programming activities

- May participate in faculty recruitment efforts

- Manages professional and clerical staff

- Performs related duties as assigned.

Specific Responsibilities

- Oversee the academic labs and provide leadership for planning new and improved labs and staff development to optimize student academic success

- Monitor student progress across academic service programs

- Design and conduct comprehensive assessment activities for Undergraduate Studies in consultation with the College’s Director of Assessment

- Assess early warning systems and academic referral models. Plan systems with regard to the early recognition and systematic referral of students with academic difficulties. Work with administrators and faculty across the College toward implementation

- Advance innovative student-centered approaches to learning; collaborate with the Director of Academic Assessment and the Director of Center for the Advancement of Teaching to promote such approaches.

John Jay College, in compliance with the Clery Act, has made its Annual Security Report available for review. You can obtain a hard copy of the report by contacting the Department of Public Safety at 899 10th Ave. Room 530T, New York, NY 10019 or view it on-line by accessing the following web site: www. jjay.cuny.edu/CleryDisclosure2008.pdf

Qualification Requirements:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s Degree and eight years’ relevant experience required.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

A Ph.D. in Educational Psychology or comparable preparation is desirable. Experience teaching on the undergraduate level preferred. Experience in research design using quantitative methods strongly preferred. The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to diversity and student success, excellent oral and written communication skills, and outstanding interpersonal abilities. Experience in grantsmanship preferred.

How To Apply:           Please send a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references to the Search Committee for the Academic Program Director at:   ugsjobs@jjay.cuny.edu

The City University of New York is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Immigration Reform and Control Act/Americans with Disabilities Act Employer

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Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Institution web site: http://www.montana.edu/
Location: Bozeman, MT  59717
Posted date: June 1, 2010

Montana State University (MSU) Bozeman seeks applications and nominations for the position of Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA).

Founded in 1893, MSU Bozeman is one of the nation’s pre-eminent land-grant universities, ranked by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching among the top 96 research universities in the country (Research Universities, very high research activity). This flagship campus of the four-campus Montana State University system enrolls approximately 12,800 students and offers baccalaureate degrees in 61 fields, master’s degrees in 41 fields, and doctoral degrees in 20 fields. The portfolio of the Provost & VPAA encompasses nine academic colleges, numerous research centers, laboratories and institutes, multiple academic program units, international programs, the libraries, the Museum of the Rockies, and Extended University. The University’s faculty numbers 830 (FTE), and the overall student-to-faculty ratio is 16:1. The 1,170-acre campus is located in a spectacular setting in the heart of the Gallatin Valley in Bozeman, Montana, a culturally rich community of 50,000 people.

The Provost & VPAA is the second-ranking administrative officer of the University and is one of seven vice presidents reporting to the President. The Provost & VPAA exercises academic and administrative leadership over the University’s educational programs and budget, academic policy, academic appointments, and the generation of teaching, research, and creative activity in a vibrant campus community that emphasizes active learning and strong student/faculty engagement. The Provost & VPAA has 18 direct reports.

In its next Provost & VPAA, the University seeks a highly accomplished academic leader who has a deep understanding of the mission of a nationally-recognized land-grant institution; an unwavering commitment to student access and academic success in the context of high quality, research-intensive academic programs; and the ability to engage internal and external constituencies in thoughtful deliberation and action to enhance MSU Bozeman’s status as a premier land-grant university of the 21st century.

A search prospectus, with additional information about the University, the major attractions of the position, the key leadership agenda for the Provost & VPAA, and specific requirements, may be found at www.academic-search.com/search.html. Those considering becoming candidates are urged to visit this search website before submitting an application. In order to assure full consideration, applications must be received by July 6, 2010 and include a substantive letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and a list of at least five professional references with E-mail addresses and telephone numbers. All nominations, inquiries, and applications will be confidential until the President identifies a limited number of finalists for campus interviews, at which point the names and résumés of finalists only will become public. Nominations and applications must be submitted electronically in MS Word or Adobe PDF to:  msuprovost@academic-search.com

The search is being assisted by:

Bill Franklin, Ph.D.

Senior Consultant

Academic Search, Inc.

1825 K Street, N.W., Suite 705

Washington, D.C. 20006

bjf@academic-search.com

Office: (830) 249-1444

Julie Tea

Senior Consultant

Academic Search, Inc.

1825 K Street, N.W., Suite 705

Washington, D.C. 20006

Julie.Tea@academic-search.com

Office: (804) 550-2110

Montana State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual preference, marital status, age, religion, creed or political belief, mental or physical handicap, or status as a Vietnam era or disabled veteran in admission, access to or conduct of its educational programs and activities, nor in its employment policies or practices.

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