Associate Dean Academic Quality, Accreditation, and Compliance, Jefferson College of Nursin

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The Associate Dean for Academic Quality, Accreditation, and Compliance provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for academic quality assurance, accreditation, regulatory compliance, and continuous program improvement across all programs within the College of Nursing. This role holds primary accountability for the design, implementation, and performance of the College’s academic quality infrastructure.

The Associate Dean ensures that all academic programs meet and exceed standards established by specialized accreditors, state regulatory bodies, and institutional accrediting agencies, including the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing (and other state boards of nursing), Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA), and Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).

• Lead all initial and continuing accreditation processes across undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs
• Serve as primary liaison to accrediting and regulatory bodies (e.g., CCNE, BON, COA, MSCHE)
• Oversee preparation of self‑studies, substantive change reports, annual reports, and site visit coordination
• Ensure compliance with all applicable accreditation standards and regulatory requirements across programs and sites
• Establish and maintain a proactive accreditation calendar and readiness infrastructure

• Own and operationalize the College’s Systematic Evaluation Plan (SEP), including authority over design, implementation, and enforcement
• Establish, approve, and monitor program outcomes thresholds (e.g., licensure, certification, completion, employment, and progression metrics)
• Require and oversee action plans for any outcomes that fall below established benchmarks
• Ensure systematic, ongoing evaluation of mission, curriculum, resources, and outcomes consistent with national expectations for program quality and improvement
• Lead root cause analysis and continuous quality improvement initiatives across programs
• Ensure documentation is audit‑ready and defensible across all accrediting and regulatory reviews

• Lead institutional alignment of curricula with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials (2021) competency‑based framework
• Oversee curriculum mapping, gap analysis, and progression validation across all programs
• Ensure that competency‑based education principles are consistently applied across curricula, supporting measurable and transferable student competencies
• Partner with program directors to ensure curricular rigor, coherence, and compliance

• Hold primary accountability for ensuring academic equivalence across all instructional locations and delivery modalities
• Establish and enforce standards for consistency in curriculum implementation, evaluation methods, grading practices, and student learning experiences
• Ensure that outcomes, course expectations, and assessment strategies are equivalent regardless of site or modality
• Monitor and evaluate cross‑site performance data to identify variation and implement corrective actions
• Ensure that expansion to new instructional locations maintains full compliance with accreditation and regulatory expectations

• Ensure compliance with all state board of nursing requirements, including curriculum approvals, reporting, and program changes
• Oversee compliance for distance education and online programs across all states in which students are enrolled
• Ensure that programs meet requirements for state authorization, out‑of‑state clinical placements, and licensure eligibility
• Establish processes to verify that students enrolled from other states (e.g., California) are eligible to complete clinical experiences in their home state and meet that state’s Board of Nursing requirements
• Maintain up‑to‑date regulatory intelligence across jurisdictions and ensure program alignment with evolving requirements
• Oversee submission of…