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Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
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Position Number: 5884751
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Position Type: Business - Finance

Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost

In a world changing at an ever-accelerating pace, the role of an urban university has never been more important or exciting. Intense global competition and monumental challenges present enormous opportunities to elevate the human experience. The University of Cincinnati (UC) is implementing Next Lives Here, its strategic direction, to lead urban public universities into a new era of academic excellence, innovation and impact. Next Lives Here builds on our past and envisions our role in defining the future. It is meant to disrupt academia's conventional ways of thinking and doing. Our vision embraces:

Academic Excellence: Accelerating and expanding student success.

Urban Impact: Positively transforming our community and society in measurable ways.

Innovation Agenda: Challenging existing paradigms, discovering the unknown and creating our future.

To meet our mission as a public university, we have adopted an aggressive growth mindset in education, discovery and creativity, and innovation that has placed UC on an unprecedented trajectory to positively impact society's Next leaders.

UC's Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, reporting to the University President, will be a scholar who champions academic priorities, fosters innovation and academic excellence, supports student success alongside scholarly achievement, promotes access, and advances UC as a leading public urban research institution. Next Lives Here has unleashed exciting opportunities for the Provost to shape UC and impact our region. The Provost will work collaboratively with the President, Deans and Faculty to reimagine our academic programs and will be responsible for liberating UC's creativity and passion through targeted resource investments. The Provost will be a key partner in research and innovation by supporting faculty scholarship and positioning UC to engage more intentionally with our business and surrounding communities through the emerging Cincinnati Innovation District. He/she will work closely with our Academic Health Center and the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs to enhance the impact of our clinical programs and improve health outcomes in the city and this region.

The next Provost will have the opportunity to build out the next phase of the strategic direction, while also supporting ongoing investments in Next Lives Here strategic priorities including:

Strategic Sizing: Recruiting and retaining increasing numbers of diverse students and enhancing the quality of academic programs.

Elevating the Future: Growing programs of excellence in the non-STEM disciplines to expand our knowledge over that which makes us human, thereby taking the arts, humanities, and social sciences at UC to the next level, which in turn increases our competitiveness and our ability to retain and attract the top creative and scholarly talent to UC.

Bearcat Promise: Equipping every student with tools and experiences to complete their degree and prepare them for a career and professional life after graduation.

CPS Strong: Strategically engaging and graduating Cincinnati Public Schools students.

Co-op 2.0: Expanding experiential learning opportunities to all students.

Next Graduate Scholars: Intentionally growing and enhancing PhD programs.

Digital Transformation: Modernizing core academic practice and business processes with personalized and advanced digital systems.

Digital Futures: Integrating research partnerships around a digital core to expand knowledge and create applied solutions to real-world problems.

Biosciences & Bioeconomy: Bolstering research and innovation in the life sciences and biotechnology through advances in engineering, computing and information sciences.

The ideal candidate will display the following important qualifications and attributes:

Substantial, relevant senior leadership experience at an academic institution or academically oriented research institution.

Service as Dean, Senior Vice Provost, Vice President, Provost, President or position with an analogous scope of responsibilities and line authority.

Eligible for tenure as a Full Professor in one of our colleges and has a terminal degree from an accredited institution on the basis of their academic record of scholarship, teaching, and service.

Commitment to access and success, along with a track record of creating an environment that is equitable, inclusive and free from discrimination.

The full position profile can be accessed at https://greenwoodsearch.com/current-opportunities/.

Additional information about the University of Cincinnati may be found at: https://www.uc.edu/

APPLICATION AND NOMINATION PROCESS

Greenwood Asher & Associates is assisting the University of Cincinnati in this search. Applications and nominations are now being accepted. Inquiries, nominations, and application materials should be directed to Greenwood Asher & Associates. Application materials should include:

a letter of interest that addresses specifically how the candidate's experiences and qualifications intersect with UC's qualifications, attributes and listed strategic priorities as presented in the EVP and Provost Profile

A current resume/curriculum vitae

We strongly encourage submitting application materials as PDF attachments. The search will be conducted with a commitment of confidentiality for all candidates except those who are invited to participate in campus forums. Initial screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until an appointment is made. For best consideration, applications and nominations should be provided by January 28, 2025.

Please direct inquiries, nominations, and application materials to:

Julie Schrodt, Senior Executive Search Consultant

E-mail: julieschrodt@greenwoodsearch.com

Andriel Dees, J.D., Vice President for Executive Search

E-mail: andrieldees@greenwoodsearch.com

The University of Cincinnati is fundamentally committed to ensuring equal opportunity for all by providing an environment free from discrimination and harassment. The university reaffirms its policy that discrimination and harassment on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, military status (including veteran status), national origin, parental status (including status as a nursing mother and status as a foster parent), pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by law (collectively, protected class) are prohibited in any of its activities, programs, admissions, or employment.