Director of Academic Cohorts

Director Of Academic Cohorts

The Director of Academic Cohorts provides strategic leadership, coordination, and assessment of cohort-based academic programs designed to enhance student learning, belonging, retention, and persistence to graduation. The Director oversees cohort initiatives across disciplines, with particular responsibility for STEM-focused retention cohorts. The Director also promotes the goals of Core Four by serving as a primary Pre-Health liaison supporting students pursuing careers in medicine and other health professions as well as supporting the experiential learning opportunities for cohorts such as the Global Insight Fellows and Hunsaker Scholars.

This position collaborates closely with faculty, academic departments, advising, student success units, and institutional leadership to align cohort programming with institutional mission, equity commitments, and student success goals. The Director plays a critical role in advancing retention, degree completion, and experiential learning opportunities for students, particularly in STEM and pre-health pathways.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Strategic Leadership & Program Development
• Oversight of STEM Retention Cohorts
• Pre-Health Advising
• Other Academic Cohort Student Engagement and Success
• Cohort-Based Experiential Learning Oversight
• Faculty & Staff Collaboration
• Assessment & Continuous Improvement
• Equity & Student Success
• Budget & Resource Management

Qualification guidelines include:

• Experience/Training/Education
• Knowledge and Skills
• Physical Requirements/Working Conditions