Associate Provost in the Office of Academic Affairs
Associate Provost
The Associate Provost fulfills responsibilities as assigned by the Provost. This is a full-time administration position, evaluated every four years by the faculty. S/he is a member of the President’s Cabinet, attends Board of Trustees meetings, and is an integral member of strategic planning initiatives.
The Associate Provost bears the following specific responsibilities:
- Maintains faculty salary information
- Performs faculty salary modeling
- Updates salary budget to reflect staffing changes, promotions, and raises
- Hires part-time adjunct faculty in consultation with the Associate Dean, department
chairs, program directors, and school directors
- Oversees part-time salary budget
- Issues adjunct faculty contracts
- Generates the annual Units Report and maintains Banking System data (in coordination with Chairs and Directors)
- Works with the Academic Affairs team to review course enrollments, loads, and scheduling
- Manages the academic budget for permanent equipment, in consultation with the Chief Information Officer
- Serves ex-officio on the Undergraduate Research Advisory Committee (URAC) and supports experiential learning initiatives, including John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference and the Center for Engaged Learning
- Coordinates all-University honors programs including Presidential Scholars, Research Honors, and Dean’s List programs, oversees the selection of the Lincoln Laureate, and provides supporting structure for grants/scholarships and post-baccalaureate opportunities for students (Fulbright, Rhodes, Marshall, and others)
- Contributes to the oversight of academic standards of the University
- Addresses student academic concerns
- Manages cases of academic dishonesty and disqualification from the University
- Participates with the Registrar in hearing cases of academic disqualification
- Works with the Director of Financial Aid on merit award eligibility
- Represents Academic Affairs on the Financial Aid Policy Committee
- Contributes to compliance with external regulations
- Works with the Director of Academic Advising & Coordinator of Disability Services to meet ADA requirements
- Serve as the Title IX Deputy Coordinator for Academic Affairs
- Serves ex-officio on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
- Serves ex-officio on the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Oversees editing the Academic Affairs portion of the University Catalog
- Assigns and oversees space in academic facilities
- Office space
- Troubleshooting classroom space conflicts
- Serves as Academic Affairs administrative representative to the Capital Projects Committee
- Furniture and renovations of classrooms
- Instructional technology updates
- Renovations
- New buildings
- Supervises the Administrative Specialist, IV position
- Performs other responsibilities as assigned by the Provost & Dean of the Faculty
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