Assistant Provost for Undergraduate Excellence and Student Success

University of Southern Indiana • Evansville, IN

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Provost for Undergraduate Excellence and Student Success provides strategic leadership for institution-wide initiatives that advance undergraduate learning, persistence, timely degree completion, and a welcoming student experience. The role collaborates with academic and student affairs partners to design, implement, and assess high-impact practices; lead student academic success operations and services; and use data-informed decision-making to improve outcomes for all undergraduate students.

Requirements

• Earned doctorate or terminal degree from an accredited institution.
• Progressively responsible leadership experience in higher education with demonstrated impact on undergraduate student success, retention, advising, academic support, or related areas.
• Demonstrated ability to lead collaboratively across academic units and to work effectively with faculty, staff, and students.
• Experience using data, assessment, and outcomes measures to guide decisions and evaluate program effectiveness.
• Knowledge of student success best practices and relevant compliance expectations (e.g., accessibility and accommodations) in higher education.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and change-management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading multiple functional areas within an academic affairs/student success portfolio (e.g., advising, first-year programs, tutoring/learning support, honors/undergraduate research, disability resources).
• Evidence of success implementing campus-wide student success frameworks (e.g., proactive advising models, early alert systems, guided pathways, or completion initiatives).
• Experience with budgeting, resource reallocation, and operational scaling of student success services.
• Record of scholarship, teaching, or professional engagement related to undergraduate education and student success.

Responsibilities

• Provide vision, strategic planning, and operational leadership for academic student success initiatives aligned with institutional priorities.
• Design, implement, and continuously strengthen coordinated student success systems (e.g., advising, first-year experience, academic support, and research/honors experiences).
• Partner with deans, department chairs, faculty governance, and student affairs leaders to advance retention, persistence, progression, and graduation goals.
• Oversee campus-wide advising philosophy and practices; promote proactive and developmental advising; and support advising assessment and professional development.
• Guide first-year and transfer student experience efforts, including orientation-linked academic programming, learning communities, and common-course/student success seminar initiatives.
• Strengthen academic support and tutoring services through evidence-based practices, scalable delivery models, and targeted outreach to students at greatest risk.
• Provide leadership for accessibility and accommodation services to ensure compliance and a barrier-free learning environment in collaboration with academic units.
• Advance undergraduate research, honors, and other high-impact practices; expand access and participation; and reduce administrative and structural barriers to engagement.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators; use data analytics to identify trends, evaluate interventions, and communicate progress to campus stakeholders.
• Develop and manage budgets for units within the portfolio; allocate resources strategically and ensure effective fiscal stewardship.
• Recruit, develop, supervise, and evaluate professional staff; foster a culture of collaboration, service excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Lead cross-functional committees and workgroups; support policy development and process redesign to improve the undergraduate experience.
• Represent the Provost’s Office on institutional committees and in external partnerships relevant to student success and undergraduate education.
• Pursue and support grants and external funding opportunities related to student success and teaching and learning innovation, as appropriate.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of the mission of Academic Affairs.

Benefits

• Affordable medical, dental, vision, life and short term and long-term disability insurance plans.
• Retirement plan where the University makes the total contribution equivalent to 11% of annual salary.
• Full tuition fee waiver for employees/75% for spouses and dependent children.
• Vacation and sick time
• Holiday pay
• Free access to Recreation, Fitness & Wellness Center.
• Access to on-campus University Health Center and Dental Hygiene Clinic.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees