Associate Professor or Professor/Chair, Leadership Studies and Adult Education

The Chairperson of the Leadership Studies and Adult Education Department reports to the College of Education Dean and serves as the chief administrative and academic leader of the department. In addition to the general oversight of the department, he or she will be responsible for strategic planning; budget development, management and allocation; recruitment and retention of faculty and students; faculty, staff, and student development; management and improvement of curricula; evaluating faculty performance for the allocation of awards; fundraising; interacting with other department and university leaders to represent the goals of the department. The chairperson must be a collaborative and visionary leader willing to work in a team atmosphere to increase recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of students in all degree programs.