Associate Provost for Academic Affairs

SUMMARY OF POSITION

The Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at FDU’s Vancouver campus is the senior academic leader for Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Vancouver campus (FDUV). The position works with the University Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs (UP) and the FDUV Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead the academic programs, policies, and structures that support faculty and students in Vancouver.

The position reports directly to the University Provost and indirectly (dotted line) to the Vancouver COO. It holds authority over FDUV program coordinators, faculty workload and course schedules comparable to that of a department chair, exercised in consultation with the FDU College Deans and department chairs.

The Associate Provost sustains and strengthens FDUV academic programs and policies, supports teaching, learning and scholarship, and guides program and degree approval processes with the BC Degree Quality Assessment Board (DQAB). The Associate Provost identifies new program opportunities, guides the development and review of existing programs, and represents FDUV among universities in British Columbia.

The position is a member of the University Provost’s Senior Staff and the FDU Vancouver senior leadership team.

Principal duties:

Academic Programs and Quality Assurance

· Provides academic leadership to FDUV programs, working with program coordinators and other Vancouver campus leaders

· Appoints and supervises FDUV program coordinators for renewable terms of two or three years, in consultation with the relevant Dean and department chair, and reviews their performance with the Deans. May end an appointment of the coordinator role (not the faculty), in consultation with the UP and the relevant Dean, where there are grounds to do so.

· Develops and leads annual orientation for FDUV program coordinators.

· Manages program proposals and monitors progress for submission to DQAB.

· Under the guidance of the UP, and with the Vancouver COO and relevant college Deans, leads the review and renewal of current FDUV programs. This includes ensuring compliance with DQAB policies and requirements and designing and delivering programs that support students’ career success.

· Identifies, establishes and grows new academic programs as appropriate.

· Supervises the Program Development Manager who assists with DQAB applications and supports the Compliance Officer’s work with the program directors who write them.

· Manages and leads the Integrated Learning Center (ILC), which supports students’ learning experience.

· Manages the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) that provides specialized training.

· Develops non-credit certificate programs at FDUV except such programs at FDU’s campuses in New jersey

Research and scholarship

· Fosters the research culture on the Vancouver Campus by encouraging and supporting faculty and students’ scholarship.

· Helps faculty prepare applications for external funding and build relationships with the Tri-Council agencies and other funding bodies.

· Monitors and publicizes research output, drawing on Vancouver faculty scholarly activity reports in Watermark (Faculty Success), and creates opportunities to share it.

Academic Policy, Integrity and Student Academic Support

· Applies and promotes FDU academic policies and initiatives that support academic integrity.

· Works with the FDUV Director of Student Services to respond to cases of academic misconduct.

· Oversees academic support for students, including academic risk support and English language support, and supervises the Integrated Learning Centre.

External Relations and Enrolment

· Works with marketing and recruitment staff at FDU and FDUV in support of enrolment goals.

· Raises the academic profile of FDUV among BC post-secondary institutions and builds relationships with local academic leaders, particularly in fields where FDUV has existing or potential degree programs

· Develops and manages articulation and pathway agreements with feeder and transfer institutions and identifies and develops academic partnerships.

Institutional Leadership

· Briefs the UP on strategic issues in academic affairs.

· Represents the UP on Vancouver-specific and university-wide committees and at meetings as appropriate.

· Convenes and chairs Vancouver-specific and university-wide task forces on academic affairs as the UP directs.

· Performs other duties as assigned by the UP.