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Bristol Community CollegeEXECUTIVE SEARCH PROFILE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

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In recruiting a Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bristol Community College seeks a visionary, innovative and collaborative leader who is committed to providing excellence in academic programs and services to ensure that all members of the college’s diverse student body are successful in achieving their educational, career and personal goals. The successful candidate will have an impressive record of leading, inspiring, developing and empowering others to accomplish strategic goals and objectives. The Vice President will assume a leadership role in developing systems throughout Academic Affairs, strengthening the shared governance process and promoting transparency

and positive relationships with the college’s union leaders and the members they represent. With a deep understanding of and commitment to the mission of comprehensive community colleges and the students they serve, the Vice President welcomes the opportunity to work collaboratively with the Vice President of Student Services and Enrollment Management, other members of the President’s Leadership Team and faculty and staff college-wide to ensure that students receive what they need to succeed.

The Opportunity

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Bristol Community College has core values rooted in student success and lifelong learning. For more than 50 years, Bristol Community College has served as a leading resource for education and workforce development in the region.

The college offers a rich variety of degree, certificate and training programs along with flexible online offerings that lead to an associate degree, a career-ready certificate, or the ability to transfer to baccalaureate institutions throughout the state and country. The Center for Workforce and Community Education provides customized training for businesses and the community. The college also strives to put the needs of learners first with support services and career advancement opportunities that lead to student success by reducing barriers to educational access.

With locations in Attleboro, Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton, Bristol Community College is nestled in charming Southeastern Massachusetts - a great place to learn, grow, live and work. From city life to seaside, Bristol Community College locations

are in close proximity to bustling metro areas such as Boston and Providence and centrally located to the spectacular beaches and coastline of Cape Cod, Newport, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard and Block Island. The area is also home to fine dining, thriving historic districts and a short commute to New England ski areas.The college annually serves more than 11,000 credit students and 18,000 students who participate in noncredit activities. Bristol Community College is one of the largest employers in the region and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment with a rich diversity of beliefs, cultures, languages, abilities and lifestyles. Committed to enriching its educational experience through a supportive community, Bristol Community College actively encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply and achieve our vision to change the world by changing lives, learner by learner. Bristol Community College is a public community college accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). www.BristolCC.edu

The College

VisionBristol Community College changes the world by changing lives, learner by learner.

MissionAs the leading resource for education and workforce development in Southeastern Massachusetts, Bristol Community College promotes individual opportunity, sustainability of resources and the region’s economic growth. The college offers a strong foundation in liberal arts and sciences leading to transfer and careers, as well as comprehensive developmental education and adult literacy services, delivered in a learning-centered and supportive community. The college collaborates with business, industry, education and social service entities to maintain the relevance and the effectiveness of all programming, to support partners with workforce training and to find strength in its connectedness to community. The Bristol community values and respects diversity and strives to prepare well-rounded learners of all ages who are equipped to succeed and lead in our ever-changing world.

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Learning – Prioritize and promote a learner-centered educational

environment where all learners matter

– Reduce barriers to educational access to facilitate studentsuccess

– Provide support services and an accessible environmentthat foster student success

– Nurture commitment to lifelong learning and personalgrowth through general and career-specific education

Excellence – Practice the highest standards of teaching and learning

– Advocate and model teamwork, cooperation, collaborationand professionalism

– Improve institutional effectiveness through continuousassessment

– Encourage and promote initiative, creativity, innovation,leadership and outstanding performance

Integrity – Provide an accessible environment that fosters respect,

fairness, responsibility, trust and honesty within the collegeand with the community

– Uphold a governance structure that encourages shareddecision-making, responsibility, transparency and collegiality

– Provide stewardship and accountability to all constituents

Diversity – Embrace and address the evolving educational needs of the

diverse communities we serve

– Create opportunities to educate ourselves to betterunderstand diversity

– Cherish and celebrate the diverse life experiences,achievements and contributions of all members of ourcommunity in college culture

Community – Embrace and foster Shared Governance-Shared

Responsibility

– Provide access to cultural challenge and enrichmentopportunities

– Advance economic partnerships, workforce initiatives andemerging industries in our community

– Strengthen our community by collaborating witheducational, health, social service and businessorganizations

– Model sustainability in programming and facilitiesconstruction

Statement of Core ValuesThis Statement of Core Values outlines how Bristol Community College takes leadership through these shared beliefs that are the foundation for student success and the practice of lifelong learning

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The educated person is aware of the important concepts in the arts and humanities, the natural and social sciences and has knowledge of practical and technical skills. He or she never stops learning. The educated person has the ability not only to seek out information, but also to apply concepts to both eternal problems and everyday life. He or she seeks out knowledge and uses it to improve his or her life as well as the lives of others.The educated person has the necessary communication, computation and technical skills to exchange ideas, to analyze concepts and to solve problems. He or she can creatively explore the academic and the natural world with the self-confidence to question and to lead – while maintaining the self-discipline and responsibility required to serve and to share.

The educated person has achieved a sense of balance and strives to sustain body, mind and spirit. He or she has an appreciation for the world around him or her and the skills to make a positive contribution to it. He or she can evaluate his or her own thinking and change it, is open to diversity and embraces it and can manage or cope with change and conflict. The educated person creates a life that is not only personally and professionally rewarding, but also enriches and enhances his or her community.

The Educated Person

The Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) is a member of the President’s Leadership Team and college’s Chief Academic Officer. The VPAA provides professional and ethical leadership that fosters the highest of teaching, learning and academic service standards and student and institutional outcomes.

The VPAA is responsible for providing leadership and direction of the college’s academic/credit programs and services in alignment with the college’s mission, vision, goals and core values; collaborating with the President’s Leadership Team to advance the mission of the college and achieve its strategic goals, developing and empowering a diverse, collaborative and innovative academic leadership team; championing the development of a college-going culture in a region that has experienced low college attainment and leading and nurturing an organizational culture where professionalism, positive intent, employee empowerment, equity and accountability grows and thrives.

Duties and ResponsibilitiesAdministrative:

– Oversee the institutional accreditation (New England Commission of Higher Education), ensure the retention of regional and program accreditation, provide leadership for efforts associated with assessment and student learning outcomes

– Coordinate the systematic review of academic programs/services to ensure that they meet the needs of our students and communities recommend and implement new instructional programs and services

– Recommend academic faculty appointments including tenure, promotion, sabbatical, etc. to the President

– Collaborate with Student Services and Enrollment Management leadership to review, develop and sustain the college’s recruitment and retention strategies to meet current and future goals at all Bristol locations, including online learning

– Collaborate with the Center for Workforce and Community Education to develop and implement educational pathways and stackable credentials from non-credit to credit certificate and associate degree programs

– Collaborate with the college’s Development and Grant Development offices to identify strategic funding and fund-raising opportunities to support academic programming

– Build strategic partnerships with local K-12, institutions of higher education, community-based organizations and business and industry

– Participate in community, state and regional activities and organizations to promote and enhance the college’s relationships, effectiveness and brand

– Prepare and administer the Academic Affairs budget

The Position

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Leadership/Management – Provide leadership in all aspects of Academic Affairs, including

long-range planning, hiring and professional developmentof faculty and academic staff, budgeting, curriculum,assessment, accreditation and academic program/servicedevelopment.

– Lead, develop and implement an innovative, visionary andstrategic plan for Academic Affairs that includes measurablegoals and indicators of success and incorporates datacollection and analysis to support this work

– Provide leadership for the professional development offaculty, administrators and staff within Academic Affairs toachieve institutional goals

– Provide leadership for the ongoing enhancement andimplementation of the college’s learning outcomesassessment program to ensure the achievement ofcompetencies and learning goals

– Collaborate with all areas of the college to review,recommend, establish and implement academic standards,policies and procedures to foster integrated and inclusionarystudent success systems and models

– Foster strong and positive relations with unions, the Facultyand Professional Staff Senate and the Staff Senate to ensureon-going dialogue, shared governance and compliance withand support of collective bargaining agreements

– Provide leadership of various delivery models for instruction,including the use of technology, in face-to-face, web-enhanced, hybrid and online learning modalities.

– Promote the use of Open Educational Resources across thecollege

– Develop and support a culture of shared governance, trust,respect and transparency for all college constituents

– Perform other related duties as assigned

Challenges – The college has locations in Attleboro, Fall River, New

Bedford and Taunton. The Vice President for AcademicAffairs must take a leadership role to ensure that academicprograms and services are aligned with the unique needs ofeach location.

– As the college continues to change from the perspective ofits organizational structure, culture and expectations, theVice President must effectively manage this change andmodel the strong leadership that is required and expected atthe academic dean and director levels.

– Some members of the college community state they are oftennot aware of the official policy or procedure they should referto as they respond to certain situations. The Vice Presidentwill need to work collaboratively with individuals, college-wide and within the shared governance structure, to ensurethat policies, procedures and systems are strengthened andcommunicated effectively and timely.

The Position

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– Additional resources are required to supplement funding from the Commonwealth and tuition and fees from students. The Vice President must play an integral role collaborating with others to establish new and strengthen existing partnerships to secure additional resources for scholarships, programs, services and facilities.

Opportunities and Expectations – Lead the effort to develop strategic plans for each of the

college’s four locations and online

– Increase and strengthen initiatives to reach and serve adult learners and underrepresented groups

– Focus on closing the achievement gap that exists between groups of students

– Promote a culture of evidence that drives decision-making regarding programs, services, processes and the allocation of human, fiscal and physical resources

– Assist in promoting the college by seeking and taking advantage of opportunities to highlight the college’s uniqueness, successes and innovativeness

– Develop initiatives that promote diversity, inclusion and equity in all aspects of the college

– Increase the use of technology to promote student success, support faculty and staff and improve operational efficiency

– Work collaboratively with the Vice President of Student Services and Enrollment Management to meet the needs of students, faculty, staff and the communities the college serves

The Position

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Required Qualifications – Doctorate or appropriate terminal degree in an academic

discipline

– Progressive administrative experience in higher education, with at least five years of experience as an academic dean or senior executive with broad supervisory experience

– Demonstrated ability to work effectively with faculty, administrators and staff to enhance student success, promote faculty development and achieve institutional goals

– Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, consensus-building, organizational, technology, supervisory and interpersonal skills, especially in relation to academic planning and development of standards, policies and procedures

– Demonstrated record of recruiting, developing and retaining diverse faculty and staff

– Demonstrated record for the inclusion, recruitment and promotion of adjunct faculty to full-time faculty status

– Demonstrated commitment and experience with shared governance in a higher education setting

– Demonstrated commitment and leadership of diversity, inclusion, equity and social justice in higher education

– Demonstrated experience fostering strong relationships with unions, institutional senates and implementing collective bargaining agreements

– Demonstrated use of data collection, assessment and key performance indicators to foster and support innovation and continuous improvement

– Effective written, presentation and verbal communication skills

– Experience managing a large, complex budget – Demonstrated commitment to enhancing operational

performance, effectiveness and continuous improvement

– Demonstrated understanding of current teaching and learning concepts and experience teaching at the undergraduate college level

– Demonstrated leadership with regional and program accreditation

– Experience identifying, developing and growing successful and innovative academic programs

– Demonstrated leadership that has produced positive outcomes related to high-impact practices and the success of students who are first-generation, traditionally underrepresented/under-served/marginalized in higher education, adults returning to learning, English learners and those that require developmental education

– Demonstrated ability to promote an inclusive environment that recognizes the diversity and backgrounds embodied in our communities and reflected by our students and employees

Preferred Qualifications

– Progressive, senior or executive level academic administrative experience within a multi-campus community college environment

– Full-time teaching experience at the undergraduate college level

– Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, innovative and entrepreneurial environment

– Experience implementing collaborative, transformational change within a complex organization

– Ability to promote the collection, use and governance of data to inform organizational decision-making in ways that positively impact student learning

– Demonstrated experience as a data-informed problem solver who has collaboratively implemented positive changes for students within a complex organization

– Ability to speak a language in addition to English

Qualifications

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Investment in Plant, Less Depreciation $53 million

Plant Replacement Insured Value $330 millionCost of Operating Physical PlantDeferred Maintenance

$5 million$5 million

Endowment/Foundation Assets $18,733,981 for FY 2018$20,551,172 for FY 2017

Operation Budget $71 million

Revenue Mix

Tuition/fees: 39%Local: N/AState: 37%Other 13%

Federal Grants 8 grants; 11%

Operating Budget per FTE $9,904

Tuition

$199 tuition per credit$170 college fee per credit$37 student support fee per creditTotal: $437 per credit tuition and fees

FTE Student Enrollment for Fall 2018:Total Headcount:% In Developmental Programs:

4,5747,21425.5% (1,838) of students are taking one or more remedial credits in Fall 2018

Non-Credit Enrollment Student

Diversity Statistics

Non-Credit Fiscal Year Activities (FY18) Personal Growth 9,408 (51.8%)Workforce Development 5,173 (28.5%)Academic Noncredit Activities 3,578 (19.7%)Total 18,159

Race/Ethnicity (Fall 2018) American Indian or Alaskan Native: 17 (0.2%)Asian: 158 (2.1%)Black or African American: 374 (5.0%)Cape Verdean: 265 (3.7%)Hispanic or Latino: 644 (9.0%)Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 5 (<0.1%)Non-Resident Alien: 2 (<0.1%)Two or more races: 416 (5.7%)White: 4,930 (68.3%)Unknown: 403 (6.0%)

Gender (Fall 2018)Male: 2,577 (35.7%)Female: 4,546 (63.0%)

Key Indicators

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% Of Graduating Students Who Enroll After Graduation

146 former graduates, currently enrolled for the spring 2019 semester

First Year Retention Rate First-time, Full-time: 60.2% (Fall 2017-Fall 2018)First-time, Part-time: 44.9% (Fall 2017-Fall 2018)

# Of Degrees Awarded Annually 1430 avg.# % Of Students Transferring to 4-year Institutions Annually 937

Number of Full-time Faculty:# Tenure Track Faculty; # Tenured:Number of Part-time Faculty:Faculty Diversity:

126Tenure Track – 48; Tenured - 78 47810.78%

Average Faculty Salaries:Starting Salary:

$64,787$44,874

Student/Faculty Ratio: 15 to 1 (Fall 2018)Library Volumes:Percent of Electronic Volumes:

58,860 print volumes50,180 digital volumes12,850 physical digital media and 23,200 virtual digital media84 academic databasesTotal physical collection: 71,710 itemsTotal digital items: 73,464

# Of Intercollegiate Sports Programs:Men:Women:

8 Intercollegiate sports programsMen – Soccer, Cross Country, Basketball, GolfWomen’s – Soccer, Cross Country, Basketball, Track and field.

Unions: Faculty, Staff, Administration, etc.

Faculty: Massachusetts Community College Council (MCCC)Staff: American Federation of State and County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)Administration: N/A

What is Outsourced: Bookstore, Technology, Security, etc.:

Bookstore, Food Services, Security all locations (partial), Vending, Child Care, Custodial in New Bedford and Attleboro

Board of Trustees: #; Elected/Appointed: 2 Elected / 9 Appointed

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Application ProcessRH Perry & Associates, an executive search firm, is supporting the college in this search. Review of Applications will begin April 1, 2019. To ensure full consideration, candidates are asked to submit:

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