Applications and nominations for assistant/associate dean for the Schreyer Honors College are being accepted. The committee will start considering applications on June 1, and will continue until the position is filled. The position will be available on or after Aug. 1, 1998. The assistant/associate dean reports directly to the dean of the Schreyer Honor's College and is a senior member of the dean's leadership team.
The assistant/associate dean for the college is responsible for overseeing all matters pertaining to the honors curriculum, providing leadership for honors advising services, conducting college seminars for faculty and staff in all academic and campus colleges, and coordinating course development with the Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning. The assistant/associate dean also will assist the dean with strategic planning for the college, facilitate interactions between academic colleges and the Schreyer Honors College and represent the college at University functions and meetings concerned with undergraduate honors education and curricular matters. Such functions may include the annual Committee on Institutional Cooperation honors conferences, ACUE meetings, conferences on higher education, development visits, honors ceremonies, etc. Development of training grant applications and other special projects may be assigned as well.
Essential requirements include high energy and creativity, excellent communication skills, team spirit, and a vision for higher education, teaching innovations and honors education. Candidates should have an earned doctorate, the potential to serve in a tenured faculty position, and knowledge of current developments in honors and/or higher education. Desired qualities include experience in the advancement, assessment and promotion of academic programs as well as a demonstrated record of commitment to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary groups as well as with a diverse faculty, staff and student body.
A letter of application, a full curriculum vita and arrangement for three letters of reference should be sent to: Robert Secor, c/o Carol Gardner, The Schreyer Honors College, 214 Willard Building, University Park, Pa. 16802.