1. |
Supervise directly and provide direction and leadership for academic
programs--specifically Act 101, Honors, Lancaster Partnership, PACE,
Upward Bound, and Cooperative Education. Oversee and coordinate planning,
budget, and program operation of each as well as evaluate the directors of
each program. |
2. |
Maintain communication with the Dean of Education with regard to the
relationships that have been established and must be enhanced among the
School of Education, the Lancaster School District, and the Lancaster
Partnership Program. |
3. |
Provide direction and leadership for academic support services,
specifically Academic Advising and Tutoring. |
4. |
Develop and coordinate a holistic enrollment management plan that
focuses on recruitment, retention, and graduation, which includes all
student groups (including freshmen, transfer students, graduate students,
traditional and non-traditional populations), and is particularly
sensitive to ethnicity, race and gender. |
5. |
Enhance the coordination of academic programmatic and administrative
services that impact retention. |
6. |
Manage the fiscal resources of the areas/functions reporting to the
position and ensure that all units are fiscally responsible. |
7. |
Serve as the Provost's representative on two key Faculty Senate
Committees (Undergraduate Course and Program Review Committee and the
General Education Committee). |
8. |
Supervise completion of five-year program reviews. |
9. |
Mediate disputes between faculty, staff, and/or students in
areas/functions reporting to the position when such disputes cannot be
resolved at lower levels. |
10. |
Perform as a member of the Academic Affairs administrative team
through serving on the Deans' Council, rendering counsel to the Provost,
and providing support for academic initiatives. |
11. |
Review graduation waiver requests and render decision. |
12. |
Promote the university's commitment to building an inclusive
University and monitor affirmative action guidelines within the
areas/functions reporting to the position. |
13. |
Assume other duties and responsibilities as directed by the President
and/or the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. |
14. |
Serve as Acting Provost in his or her absence, for example, at Faculty
Senate, Council of Trustees meetings, and SSHE functions. |
1. |
Direct the Office of Institutional Research |
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--Collect data and complete external (federal, state, and local) and
internal reports (Council of Trustees, PAC, Deans' Council, etc.).
--Collect data for and report student information (Admissions
histories, SAT and high school rank, etc.; Enrollment histories, QPA,
graduation, majors, student credit hour data for Common Cost Accounting,
etc.).
--Provide program review information.
--Complete surveys (includes all external surveys, Peterson Guides, US
News, Money magazine, NSF, etc.).
--Conduct statistical analysis (student evaluations; retentionl
placement techniques in mathematics, chemistry, and English; etc.).
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2. |
Coordinate a system of Management Information Services |
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--Oversee Degree Audit Reporting System (initial implementation,
maintenance of existing code, creation of new code for new programs and
requirements, training, etc.).
--Develop and coordinate a Faculty Load System (design faculty load
system, produce Snyder Report, FTE data for Common Cost Accounting,
overload, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction, etc.).
--Enhance the coordination of a Faculty Database (maintenance of
faculty data on the University personnel system, SSHE release0time
reports, temporary part-time faculty usage reports, etc.).
--Participate in activities related to Information Technology
(MUNIC--network, Campus-Wide Information Systems, Office Automation
Systems, etc.).
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3. |
Oversee Academic Affairs' budgets (Adjunct/Overload, Contracted
Maintenance and Repair, Individualized Study/Independent Study, Matching
Grants, Student Hours, University Lectureship, and prepares materials for
all Academic Affairs budgets for annual budget reviews). |
4. |
Supervise directly and provide driection and leadership for the
Registrar's Office and Academic Computing. Oversee and coordinate
planning, budget, and program operation of each as well as evaluate the
directors of each. |
5. |
Provide administrative leadership and support for the University's
outcomes assessment program and technology initiatives (including
computing). |
6. |
Serve as a member of the Administrative team for Meet and
Discuss. |
7. |
Perform as a member of the Academic Affairs administrative team
through serving on the Deans' Council, rendering counsel to the Provost,
and providing support for academic initiatives. |
8. |
Handle student complaints. |
9. |
Serve as the Provost's representative on two key Faculty Senate
Committees (Outcomes Assessment and Academic Policies). |
10. |
Coordinate Unviersity Undergraduate Catalog and Governance Document
revisions. |
11. |
Oversee student evaluation of faculty. |
12. |
Assume other duties and responsibilities as directed by the President
and/or the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. |
13. |
Serve as Acting Provost in his or her absence, for example, at Faculty
Senate, Council of Trustees meetings, and SSHE functions. |