Position Summary & Description

Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and Academic Search invite candidates and nominations for a visionary leader to bring energy and focus in serving as the next Dean of the Eberly College of Business. Reporting to the newly appointed Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Lara Luetkehans. The new Dean will provide leadership for all matters of the College concerning faculty and staff, curriculum, budget development and management, facilities oversite, resource development, evaluation of programs, and the initiation of new programs and initiatives. The new Dean is expected to begin work in the summer of 2023.

Applications will need to include:

• a cover letter expressing your interest in the position and addressing how you meet the qualifications described in the search priorities section of this profile;
• a current curriculum vitae;
• a list of five professional references (including each person’s name, title/institution, email address, phone number, and a brief description of their professional relationship to you). These references will not be contacted without your prior permission.

Nominations
Nominators are encouraged to send a letter of nomination and, if possible, the nominee’s curriculum vitae, to EberlyDean@academicsearch.org. All nominations are confidential.

Academic Search is assisting the Eberly Dean Search Committee in this process. All inquiries, nominations, and applications will be held in the strictest confidence. To learn more about this opportunity, nominators, nominees, and applicants may schedule an appointment with Academic Search Senior Consultant Kate Nolde or write her at kate.nolde@academicsearch.org or schedule a time to speak to Senior Consultant Dianne Kenney.

Position Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• 
  Terminal degree in one of the disciplines within the Eberly College of Business
• Record of scholarship, teaching, and service commensurate with the rank of Professor at IUP
• Proven administrative leadership abilities, including human capital management, fiscal management, strategic planning, external engagement
• Track record of commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Strategic, future-oriented, and innovative leader
• Commitment to and support for shared governance
• Experience with AACSB accreditation
• Experience with curriculum assessment and design

Desired

• Commitment to consensus-building and transparent and collaborative leadership and communication style
• Demonstrates a passion for student success and the student experience
• Experience growing enrollments
• Visible and accessible faculty leader
• Experience evaluating and reshaping curriculum to meet current and future student learning needs
• Ability to develop community relationships and new funding sources
• Bias for action and a record of setting and surpassing goals
• Excellent listener, strategic thinker, and problem solver
• Experience with and appreciation for the accreditations process(es)
• An appreciation for all disciplines within the Eberly College of Business
• Experience teaching and/or leading in a union environment

Special Instructions to Applicants

Indiana University of Pennsylvania is committed to equal opportunity for its students, employees, and applicants. The university provides equal educational and employment rights to all persons without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, genetic information, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military/veteran's status, or any other status protected by law. Each member of the university community has a right to study and work in an environment free from any form of discrimination.