Academic deans are responsible for a college, school, program or service. These administrators are responsible for developing, implementing, and assessing objectives, strategies, and policies for each area of responsibility. Duties include participating in planning for the University, and the development, maintenance, and revision of the college curriculum; preparing and managing departmental budgets; recruiting, retaining, and professionally developing faculty and staff; managing departmental employees and recommending personnel actions including tenure, promotion, and continuance; and developing, monitoring, and chairing advisory boards. Colleges within the University represented by an academic dean include arts and sciences, business, education, communication and fine arts, and health and human services.
The Graduate School, University College, distance learning programs, international programs, and library services within the University are also led by academic deans. The Dean of Enrollment Management reports directly to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Student Services and supports the efforts of academic deans to build strong academic programs.
Associate deans are responsible for managing the development of curriculum (on the respective specific campuses); assisting the deans in faculty hiring; recommending personnel actions including tenure, promotion, and continuance evaluations; supervising chairs and/or directors of the college; and managing departmental employees on the respective campuses. The associate dean is the dean’s key academic and administrative officer for the college on a respective campus with the responsibility for coordinating academic programs, research and service activities, as well as the development, implementation, and assessment of the curriculum, and for assuring that the administrative and academic objectives are met according to the dean’s specifications. The associate dean is responsible for preparing and managing campus-specific departmental budgets.
301.3 Department Chairs and Directors
Department chairs and directors are responsible for managing the administrative affairs of the department through scheduling classes, assigning teaching duties, and supervising departmental faculty and staff; providing leadership through coordinating departmental planning and curriculum evaluation and reform; mentoring and evaluating faculty and recommending personnel actions including tenure, promotion, and continuance; developing departmental resources through student and faculty recruitment and retention as well as providing an appropriate atmosphere for grant and contract activity; and representing the department on the campus and in the community.
The Graduate School is the academic unit responsible for administering and directing graduate study in accordance with the stated mission and goals of the University. The Graduate School monitors all policies and procedures relative to graduate admission, retention, and completion; graduate faculty; and graduate curricula and degrees. The Dean of the Graduate School administers the program of graduate studies. The Dean of the Graduate School is guided by the Graduate Council in the administration of the graduate degree programs, and reports directly to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost. The Graduate Dean works with department chairs, deans, associate provosts, vice chancellors, and off-campus directors to coordinate and administer the various graduate degree programs offered by the University.