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At Palm Beach State College, you will discover a place where ideas come to life and the heartbeat of a county begins. By joining us, you will be exposed to professionals from across the U.S. and abroad who are the strivers, reinventors, explorers, and influencers dedicated to developing talent that fills the most needed workforce roles. As the Panthers, we embrace a community of belonging, caring, and connection for our students and employees.
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Reporting to the President as a member of senior management and serving as chief academic officer, the Vice President of Academic Affairs leads the design, execution, and continuous improvement of the College’s academic strategy. Oversees all aspects of academic affairs, including academic programs, curriculum development, faculty engagement and recruitment, academic budgets, policies and procedures, compliance, and accreditation. Guides academic planning, program expansion and viability, and resource allocation using data analytics.
Fosters an academic environment that is conducive to student access, learning, and success. Collaborates with student services to address student needs, increase enrollment, and maximize efficient and effective course scheduling.
- Provides leadership, direction, and policy formation for successful academic programs and services that are responsive to students and community to gain the skill sets and knowledge to meet evolving workforce demands.
- Facilitates strategic academic planning activities. Provides direct support for academic committees and project oversight, including defining the scope and objectives of major initiatives, establishing timelines, evaluating progress, and ensuring communication and completion of high-impact academic and institutional projects.
- Mentors academic deans, empowering them as individuals and professionals to ensure that the programs of the college meet high standards of quality including regional and professional accreditation.
- Lead the administration's active engagement with faculty, playing a critical role in the support and elevation of faculty in teaching, creative activity, professional development, and service. Recommends faculty contracts to the President in conjunction with the continuing contract process.
- Serves as chief academic policy, program, and accreditation officer for the college. Ensures compliance with the provisions of all applicable federal and state regulatory standards, principles of accreditation, and adherence to college policies and procedures. Evaluates, revises, and develops policies and procedures.
- Provides leadership for the academic accreditation and assessment processes to improve academic endeavors of the College. Monitors accreditation issues and ensures that the College seeks and retains accreditations for all academic programs.
- Manages department budget and makes recommendations regarding financial needs in support of responsible sustainable programs. Ensures fiscal responsibility for use of funds allocated for educational programs. Works cooperatively with the grants and foundation offices to secure funding for emerging programs, curriculum development, and improvement.
- Establishes mutually beneficial cooperation with area educational entities.
- Represents the college, at federal, state, and local meetings, seminars, or conferences as appropriate and at professional organizations within the state, taking a leadership role where appropriate.
- Recommends retention, improvement, or deletion of courses and programs using assessment of student learning, operational efficiencies and enrollment trends.
- Performs other job‑related duties as assigned.
Education and Experience:
- Doctoral degree
- 12 years of increasingly responsible related experience, including higher‑education academic administration, supervision of academic programs, and teaching experience in higher education
- Regional and programmatic accreditation and ensuring…
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