"Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education"

Job Details

Indiana University Northwest, one of nine campuses of Indiana University, is seeking a dynamic, innovative, and fairness-focused leader as the Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education located in metropolitan Northwest Indiana, approximately 30 miles southeast of Chicago and 10 miles from the Indiana Dunes National Park. At Indiana University Northwest, the Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education serves as the chief academic and administrative officer of the college, providing visionary leadership and strategic direction. The Dean is responsible for overseeing academic programs, faculty affairs, budget management, and ensuring compliance with accreditation standards (if any) across disciplines in the Arts, Sciences, and Education. This role plays a critical part in advancing the campus’s mission of academic excellence, innovation, student success, and community engagement. The Dean exercises broad responsibilities for all aspects of the academic, student, and external community dimensions in coordination with faculty and other university leaders. The Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education reports to the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

The IU Northwest College of Arts, Sciences, and Education provides students premier undergraduate and graduate education through on-campus, hybrid, and online programs (in collaboration with other IU regional campuses).

The position is a twelve-month appointment that will include a tenured faculty appointment in one of the academic programs offered in the College.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Provide strategic leadership for the newly formed College of Arts, Sciences, and Education, fostering a culture of academic excellence, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as a key member of the Campus’s academic leadership team, contributing to campus-wide planning and policy development.
• Develop, manage and oversee the College’s budget, currently totaling $11 million, including preparation of annual budget requests, regular monitoring of revenue and expenditures, and ensuring effective allocation of resources to support academic priorities.
• Advocate for funding and resources to support faculty, staff, and programmatic needs.
• Collaborate with Deans from other regional campuses to develop and sustain collaborative academic programs.
• Provide leadership for the exempt and non-exempt staff in the College.
• Represent the college to external stakeholders, including alumni, donors, community partners, and accrediting bodies.
• Cultivate revenue generating opportunities, including but not limited to grants and donor relationships.

Academic Excellence

• Ensure the academic excellence of programs within their units.
• Manage faculty personnel processes and recommendations within the College, as well as oversee management of personnel issues to include recruitment, performance management, development and advancement, in support of teaching, research and service.
• Make faculty administrative appointments within the College, ensuring appropriate onboarding, mentoring, and annual review.
• Manage the development and retention of faculty and staff.
• Serve as point person for college in accreditation processes (campus and discipline-specific).
• Support effective implementation of program reviews or disciplinary accreditation processes and policies for relevant programs.

Student Learning and Success

• Supervise curriculum development, program evaluations, and the implementation of academic policies; ensure curricula and program portfolio aligns with regional needs and strategic priorities of the institution.
• Establish vision, guidance, and expectations for the enrollment management work of the school leaders, including but not limited to program marketing, student recruitment and retention.
• Participate in student recruitment, retention, and success initiatives, including supervision of student services and support programs.

Required Qualifications

An earned doctorate or other appropriate terminal degree, with credentials meriting appointment at the rank of full Professor in a discipline offered in IU Northwest’s College of Arts, Sciences, and Education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Progressive academic administrative experience.
• Strong evidence of managerial experience directly supervising faculty and staff.
• Demonstrated commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching and research.
• Experience/familiarity with accreditation in the disciplines found in the College of Arts, Sciences and Education.
• A record of distinguished scholarship.
• Understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing higher education today.
• Financial acumen and proven abilities in budgetary and financial management.
• A track record as an effective and influential leader with a style built on respect, communication, collaboration, and fairness.
• A reputation for integrity, transparency, accountability, and enthusiasm.
• Interpersonal skills that enable effective relationships with all stakeholders, including other University leaders, alumni, advisory boards, and regional campus Deans.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

This search is being managed by IU’s Executive Recruiting team. For questions related to this search or to nominate a candidate for this role, please email exesrch@iu.edu. Emails to this inbox are treated as confidential.

Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring.

Go to https://hr.iu.edu/_docs/exec-search/iun-case-dean-prospectus.pdf to view the complete prospectus.

Procedures for Candidates

The confidential review of applicant materials will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Upload application materials which include a curriculum vita and letter describing your interest in and qualifications for the position. This letter should be no longer than 4 pages and should address the following topics:

• Student Success:Discuss your experience with ensuring student success as defined by achievement of learning outcomes, graduation rates, and post-graduation career success.
• Academic Excellence:Discuss your approach to facilitating faculty excellence in teaching, research and service, as well as fostering a collegial culture for all.
• Transformative Research and Creativity:How have you supported impactful faculty research and creative activity in all of its forms? What might be your strategy for expanding opportunities for students to engage in research?
• Service to State and Beyond:How do you plan to lead, collaborate, and develop academic programs that address state workforce needs, economic development priorities, and community challenges? Discuss your experience in partnering with local and regional agencies to align program offerings with industry demands and public service requirements.
• Financial Acumen:Discuss your experience with managing budgetary allocations that directly impact academic excellence and student success, and your ability to identify alternative funding streams such as grants and other revenue generating streams.