Associate Provost for Academic Affairs (Please use link in the job description to apply.)

Job Posting:

JR100716 Associate Provost for Academic Affairs (Please use link in the job description to apply.) (Open)

Department:

Academic Affairs, PM

Position Type:

Regular

Open Date:

01-16-2025

Close Date:

$170,000 - $200,000

Job Description:

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Reporting to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Associate Provost for Academic Programs (APAP) will join the Provost’s team to move Bowie State University forward in its mission to support excellence in teaching, learning, and research. In addition to its fundamental commitment to offering high-quality and affordable educational opportunities, the Office of Academic Affairs supports all faculty in their professional development as teachers and scholars, providing a foundation for an engaged, accomplished, and innovative academic community. The APAP will be a strong communicator and collaborator with all academic units as well as cross-divisionally to facilitate policy implementation, support operations, and represent the Provost’s office in a broad range of academic and administrative issues and university committees to support faculty, staff, and students.

Responsibilities:

The APAP’s portfolio of responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Assist the Division of Academic Affairs in developing the Academic Master Plan and operationalizing strategic plans to fulfill the university mission.
• Oversee academic planning and experiential learning initiatives, including new degree and certificate programs.
• Provide support for the development and implementation of academic policies and procedures according to best practices and knowledge of relevant software systems.
• Provide oversight in assessing and evaluating academic programs to ensure that programmatic learning outcomes are met.
• Assist the Provost and academic units with periodic program review.
• Oversee the process of developing Memoranda of Understanding in pursuit of potentially relevant external academic and experiential learning partnerships.
• Facilitate articulation agreements with community colleges and 2 + 2 partnership pathways.
• Provide oversight for scheduling of courses, working with Deans, Chairs, and Registrar.
• Assist the Provost with new faculty orientation and act as a resource for junior faculty members.
• Facilitate annual reports and other academic reviews as determined by the Provost.
• Oversee timely completion of annual curricular and programmatic updates to the Academic Catalogs, in conjunction with the academic units and Registrar.
• Assist the Division of Academic Affairs with funding strategies for academic programs and other academically relevant research initiatives.
• Collaborate with all colleges and the Graduate School to enhance the research enterprise.
• Collaborate with cross-divisional teams responsible for major university events, such as Convocation, Commencement, and awards and recognition ceremonies.
• Assist the Division of Academic Affairs with accreditation self-studies and reviews, including MSCHE and multiple disciplinary accreditations across the colleges.
• Supervise select non-academic administrative units, such as Career Services, Experiential Learning, and Continuing Education.

• Collaborate with the Office of Planning, Analysis, and Accountability (OPAA) and the Center for Academic Program Assessment (CAPA), and the Assistant Vice President (AVP) for Online Learning and Regional Centers.
• Undertake other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications:

The successful candidate must have earned a doctorate degree with a demonstrated record of academic excellence in teaching, scholarship/creative endeavor, and service appropriate for appointment as a tenured faculty member. A minimum of seven years administrative experience demonstrating progressively greater responsibility in academic leadership at an accredited institution of higher education, with a minimum of three years of administrative leadership in Academic Affairs.

Skills and Qualities:

• Demonstrated experience with higher education regional accreditation standards, disciplinary accreditations, and institutional self-study process.
• Deep knowledge of processes and procedures in academic affairs, including curricular oversight and new program development, assessment, and periodic program review.
• Demonstrated experience with using data and institutional research for analysis, reports, and projections, and knowledge of assessment of student learning and performance measurement.
• Deep commitment to participation in university shared governance.
• Demonstrated experience with faculty development and support for faculty in all stages of career growth, including assisting in the review, promotion, and retention of full- and part-time faculty of all ranks.
• Proven track record of strategic planning and implementation; organizational skills in complex project management; leadership of support staff; and highly collaborative teamwork in fast-paced environments.
• Proven track record and deep knowledge of best practices in online learning administration and pedagogy.
• Demonstrated commitment to reducing barriers to student and faculty success related to differences in dimensions such as race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, culture, and disability.
• Evidence of success with Friends and Fund raising.
• Successful experience in building or enhancing research.
• Outstanding communication skills, verbal and written, and commitment to serving a broad spectrum of constituencies through partnership, advocacy, and active engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to problem-solve individually and through teamwork, and generate solutions through innovation.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive materials, records, and personnel-related information.

Conditions of Employment:

• Not Currently Available

Additional Job Information:

Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.

Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including, but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in all areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students.

Equal opportunity of access to academic and related programs shall be extended to all persons. Bowie State University shall have as its firm objective equal opportunity in recruitment and hiring, rate of pay, all other promotions, training, retention and dismissals, for all employees and applicants for employment. The University will stress equal access for employees and applicants for employment to all programs and services provided by the University both on and off campus. The University will also provide equal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination with respect to women and members of minority groups in all its operations. In addition, the University shall promote equal opportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuing Affirmative Action Program.

The University makes, and will continue to make, reasonable accommodations to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the University's business.

In addition, employees and applicants will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, activities such as filing a complaint, assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance review or hearing, or opposing any act or practice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended.