Dean for Academic Affairs

Bowdoin College • Brunswick, ME

23d

About The Position

Bowdoin College, one of the nation’s oldest and finest institutions of higher education, seeks a visionary leader, skilled administrator, and distinguished scholar as its next dean for academic affairs (“dean”). At a critical time of institutional transition, the dean will play a key role in helping Bowdoin realize its ambitious long-term plans. A highly selective, residential liberal arts college, Bowdoin’s mission is to engage students of uncommon promise in an intense, full-time education; exploration of their creative faculties; and development of their social and leadership abilities. Bowdoin’s reputation as a preeminent liberal arts college rests on the excellence of its faculty, students, and staff; intimate size; strong sense of community; and connections to the people, history, and natural beauty of Maine. Reporting to the president, the dean is the chief academic officer of the College. The dean serves as a champion for and personally embodies scholarly excellence; inspires, leads, advocates for, and supports the faculty; manages an efficient administrative enterprise; partners with the president and other senior leaders; and represents the College, its academic programs, and educational mission to external and internal constituencies. The dean supports the College’s faculty governance structure and is responsible for faculty hiring and mentoring, reappointment, promotion, and tenure. In addition to thirty-one academic departments and programs, the dean oversees the College’s library, museums, research centers, and field stations, as well as the registrar’s office, the Office of International Programs and Off-Campus Study, student fellowships and research, health professions advising, special academic programs, and the Center for Learning and Teaching.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a champion for and personally embodies scholarly excellence
• Inspires, leads, advocates for, and supports the faculty
• Manages an efficient administrative enterprise
• Partners with the president and other senior leaders
• Represents the College, its academic programs, and educational mission to external and internal constituencies
• Supports the College’s faculty governance structure
• Responsible for faculty hiring and mentoring, reappointment, promotion, and tenure
• Oversees the College’s library, museums, research centers, and field stations, as well as the registrar’s office, the Office of International Programs and Off-Campus Study, student fellowships and research, health professions advising, special academic programs, and the Center for Learning and Teaching.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed