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Dean - Student Retention and Completion
Job in
Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, 85201, USA
Listed on 2026-03-09
Listing for:
InsideHigherEd
Apprenticeship/Internship
position Listed on 2026-03-09
Job specializations:
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Management
Education Administration
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Design and launch the college’s first comprehensive retention and completion framework, including vision, goals, priorities, guided pathways, first-year momentum and success metrics, and strategic enrollment management.
- Experience developing and executing multi-year strategies related to retention, completion, or enrollment stabilization.
- Enhance organizational infrastructure for retention and completion, including staffing models, workflows, policies, and governance structures.
- A record of measurable impact on student success outcomes in a community college or access-oriented environment.
- Deep understanding of guided pathways, case-management models, and data-informed decision-making.
- Build and integrate early alert, case-management, and intervention systems that span advising, enrollment services, academic affairs, and student support units.
- Lead the development and implementation of early alert and proactive intervention systems, including coordinated academic and student support responses.
- Identify, pilot, scale, and institutionalize evidence-based practices that improve course success, persistence, completion, and transfer.
- Establish clear metrics, accountability structures, and assessment cycles to ensure continuous improvement and sustained impact.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration and partner with academic deans, faculty, student services, institutional research, enrollment management, and executive leadership to embed completion-focused practices into programs, pathways, and curriculum and align policies and practices.
- Use disaggregated student success data to identify equity gaps, guide resource allocation, and drive continuous improvement.
- Develop assessment plans and dashboards to monitor outcomes and communicate progress to campus stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Develop, mentor, and supervise high-performing teams and execute and scale initiatives aligned with retention and completion goals; manage associated budgets and grants.
- The ability to lead through change, align diverse stakeholders, and establish a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Translate data and outcomes into executive-level and accreditation-ready reporting.
- Represent the college in system-wide, state, and national student success initiatives.
- Serve as a campus leader and external representative for student success, retention, and completion initiatives.
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