Assistant Provost Student Success

Assistant Provost for Student Success

Reporting to the Provost, the Assistant Provost for Student Success provides broad‑based leadership, planning and oversight to advance the academic mission of the College. The Assistant Provost for Student Success strategically advances the priorities of Academic Affairs through collaborative partnerships with faculty, staff, and students, maintaining the institution’s commitment to sustainable academic quality. The primary responsibility is to support the success, retention, and persistence of students and successful outcomes following graduation through a culture of academic engagement.

The incumbent will often collaborate with the offices they supervise as well as with partners in Student Affairs, Enrollment Management, and the faculty.

• Provide strategic leadership for and foster collaboration among the Advising and Academic Success Office, the Registrar’s Office, the Levin Library, and the Faculty Center for Professional Development to enhance coordinated support for student learning and success across all student populations;
• Partner with the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, the Dean of the School of Business and Technology, and the Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences and other institutional leaders in the development of holistic student support systems;
• Serve as the Senior Staff sponsor and a functional administrator of Curry 360 (Navigate 360) platform to support the student lifecycle;
• Using data in collaboration with the Assistant Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness, they develop, implement, and assess a strategic student success plan within Academic Affairs;
• Serves on the Team Graduate, the College's Student Retention and Success Committee;
• Manage institutional academic standards review processes related to academic concern, notice, separation, probation, and readmission for all student populations;
• Provides strategic oversight to joint initiatives with Admissions, Enrollment Management, Student Affairs, Student Financial Services, Admissions, Marketing & Communications, Institutional Advancement and academic departments to enhance academic culture and advance recruitment and student success efforts;
• Develops and disseminates academic information for students and families as part of the overall college communication plan;
• Responds to parents and students on behalf of the Provost and President, as appropriate;
• Assessment of systems, technological or otherwise, that support student success, retention and persistence, inclusive of leading implementation and training efforts;
• Leads new initiatives aimed at strengthening student success including the identification and implementation of enhanced protocols for student success, including, but not limited to connecting students’ academic interests with career outcomes;
• Recommends policies to achieve successful execution of measurable goals defined by Team Graduate, the Executive Team, and the Academic Leadership Group;
• Seek out opportunities for grants, partnerships, and other external funding opportunities to support student success initiatives;
• Collaborate with the Director of Student Transitions and Family Programs to lead campus‑wide planning efforts related to new student and family engagement;
• Lead campus‑wide planning efforts related to first‑year experience in partnership with the First Year Experience workteam;
• In partnership with faculty and Student Affairs colleagues, standardize peer mentorship programs and efforts across the College;
• Develop programming and relationships to foster a sense of academic belonging and confidence among students;
• With a multitude of colleagues across campus, support the launch and assessment of the Labor Center for Advancing Healthcare Opportunities, an expanded academic support center for adult learners, inclusive of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) support;
• In collaboration with Provost, Deans, and Faculty, enhance the value of the curriculum by leveraging the AACU High Impact Practices.

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