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:
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.
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