About the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs monitors the academic procedures and policies of the college, participates in curricular matters including the development of new programs of study and new academic departments,and provides support to the academic units for accreditation processes and reports. He advises and supports the Dean, performing additional duties as needed.

The specific duties of the position include:

• Creating and overseeing the expansion time line for new academic programs, departments, and schools in the college;
• Working with academic unit administrators to assemble and submit course schedules;
• Maintaining a database for contract initiation for part-time faculty, as submitted by academic unit administrators;
• Serving as ex-officio member of the College Undergraduate and Graduate Curriculum Committees;
• Monitoring admission standards across the academic units;
• Ensuring compliance with University academic policies in coordination with Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and the academic administrators;
• Assisting academic administrators in understanding and complying with all personnel procedures such as reappointment, tenure, promotion,and study leave requests and timelines;
• Overseeing the timetables and processes for accreditation across all academic programs in the college; and
• Serving as college representative on university committees as appropriate.