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Assistant Dean for Student Success

The Assistant Dean for Student Success at Illinois Wesleyan University will be responsible for monitoring key enrollment-based data to ensure institutional retention, persistence and completion enrollment goals are met. Using best practices from research, the Assistant Dean will incorporate data-driven and trend-analysis intervention strategies toward student success for target students, particularly students at-risk of stopping out based on the data.   This leader will be expected to incorporate persistence, retention, and completion management best practices into the vision, strategy, and practices of the department.   This is a full time, 12 month, on-campus position.  Generous benefits include health, retirement, considerable time off and access to multiple tuition programs for employees and dependents.  

 

Responsibilities:

  • Programs:  Develops, directs and assesses institution-wide student success initiatives and services designed to increase student persistence, academic goal completion, and graduation rates. Collaborates with the Director of the Writing Center and other tutoring sites to develop supplemental instruction for high DFW courses.
  • Coordinates with appropriate offices to support probation, suspended, or leave students with clear pathways to success.
  • Policy:  Pursues changes to policies and practices that create access for students and promote student retention, persistence, and graduation, ensuring that the needs of all students are met.
  • Assessment:  Retention is a critical part of enrollment growth at IWU.  This position is responsible for evaluating and assessing outcomes of student success and retention initiatives based on mutually developed goals and outcomes.  Collaborates with admissions and institutional effectiveness to gather and use predictive analytics and assessment tools to identify trends, challenges, and opportunities related to enrollment and academic success, and develop strategies to address them.  Monitors enrollment reports that include incoming and overall student data to identify key trends for intervention.
  • Supervision:  The assistant dean will supervise Academic Advising, Accessibility Services, and the Center for Engaged Learning and collaborate across divisions to support student success and retention.  Oversees recruitment, management, professional development, and retention of direct reports and staff. Will develop a plan for tutoring and data collection on interventions.
  • On-campus partnerships and collaboration:  This position works collaboratively with academic affairs, student affairs, enrollment affairs, athletics, advising, financial aid, and other key offices that support retention efforts.
  • Committee work includes: convenes the Retention Leadership Team (Provost, VPSA, VPEM, AVP/Institutional Effectiveness); develops organizational structure involving collaborative partners to address strategic enrollment initiatives. Work closely with CETAL and the Thorpe Center in developing faculty development for changing demographics of students. 
  • Stays abreast of current research, trends, and best practices in student success, retention, and persistence and integrates them into departmental planning and programming.

Requirements: 

  • Masters required
  • 7-10 years of experience in student success, advising, and accessibility services preferred.  
  • Knowledge of current strategic retention strategies or student success initiatives is preferred. 



Application Information:

Please download the application at www.iwu.edu/human-resources/Positions.html. In addition, feel free to submit a cover letter, resume and contact information for three professional references. Review of applications will begin immediately; position is open until filled. Submit to:

 

Email:  hr@iwu.edu

Illinois Wesleyan University
Human Resources, Holmes 209
1312 N. Park Street
Bloomington, IL  61701
Fax:  309-556-1710

 

$75k

 

The final candidate will pass a pre-employment background investigation.

 

An overview of IWU benefits can be found here. Illinois Wesleyan University does not sponsor work visas at the time of hire or anytime during employment for this position. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and maintain work authorization throughout the employment term.

 

Illinois Wesleyan University is committed to recruiting, supporting, and fostering a community that values a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds among our outstanding faculty, staff, and students. We seek candidates who have a demonstrated commitment to contributing to and enhancing our community in these areas. Illinois Wesleyan University is an EEO Employer. Illinois Wesleyan University’s sexual misconduct policy may be accessed at www.iwu.edu/human-resources/SexualMisconductPolicy.html. Illinois Wesleyan University is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to promoting excellence through a variety of viewpoints.