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New Paltz, New York
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs

The State University of New York at New Paltz seeks an effective, visionary academic leader to serve as Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs.

We are a nationally recognized public comprehensive institution located in the heart of a dynamic college town, ninety minutes from New York City. A highly selective and diverse university, we enroll 6600 undergraduate and 1300 graduate students, employing over three hundred full-time faculty, with more than 100 undergraduate and 50 graduate programs.

We continue to gain national recognition: according to U.S. News & World Report, we are currently the sixth-ranked public comprehensive college in the North. New Paltz's mission and strategic objectives are supported by the core values of academic excellence, regional engagement, diversity, and innovation.

As a member of the President's Cabinet, the Provost is the chief academic officer with primary responsibility for:
* maintaining a rigorous and challenging curriculum;
* encouraging excellence in faculty scholarship and creativity;
* overseeing academic personnel decisions and resource allocation, including academic facilities planning;
* promoting excellence and innovation in teaching.

Reporting directly to the Provost are the Deans of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Fine and Performing Arts, Business, Science and Engineering, and Education, Graduate School, Library, and the Directors and Deans of Academic Advising, International Programs, Honors, Multicultural Recruitment, Center for Teaching and Learning, Sponsored Programs, and Undergraduate Research. The Provost fulfills a key role in university-wide matters, participates in system-wide academic initiatives and planning, and represents the university to appropriate external bodies. The Provost must maintain high academic standards in an era of budgetary restraint. The Provost performs other duties assigned by the President and serves as President when the President is unavailable.

Required qualifications for the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs position include an earned doctorate or other terminal degree and academic leadership experience as a Provost, Dean, Academic Vice President, or other senior administrator. Candidates must also demonstrate a distinguished record of teaching and scholarship appropriate for an appointment as a tenured Full Professor in one of the university's academic departments.

Desirable qualifications include:
* Extensive, effective planning and decision-making experience in curricular, personnel, and budgetary areas, with a record of increasing line responsibility in academic management;
* Collegial and transparent leadership that values shared faculty governance, accessibility, and commitment to diversity, coupled with the capacity to work in a faculty collective bargaining environment;
* Excellent communication skills, an ability to work with diverse constituencies, and experience in managing change;
* Understanding and appreciation of the mission and environment of a selective public, comprehensive university;
* Commitment to rigorous undergraduate and graduate education and to inclusive approaches to pedagogy, as well as a record of successful undergraduate teaching;
* Commitment to academic excellence in faculty scholarship and creative endeavors, undergraduate and graduate opportunities in research and creative activities.

The President and campus community seek to fill the position of Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs by July 1, 2012. The salary and benefits are competitive. Review of applications will begin January 17, 2012 and continue until the position is filled. All inquiries, nominations and applications will be held in strictest confidence and should be addressed to Lucy A. Leske and Jane E. Courson, the Witt/Kieffer consultants assisting SUNY New Paltz with this search, at ProvostNewPaltz@wittkieffer.com. Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged. Documents that must be mailed may be sent to: Witt/Kieffer, 2015 Spring Road, Suite 510, Oak Brook, IL 60523. The consultants can be reached by phone at (630) 575-6122.

SUNY New Paltz is an AA/EOE/ADA employer.