Assistant Dean for Assessment and Program Outcomes - 3592

An earned doctorate or appropriate terminal degree in an academic discipline from a regionally accredited institution is preferred. A master's degree is required.

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The College of Health Sciences is comprised of five (5) academic units dedicated to the practice, pedagogy, and promotion of health and wellness. The College's mission reflects a commitment to collaborative, interdisciplinary, and culturally responsive education grounded in rigorous academic standards. Through this approach, we mentor and empower students to achieve their educational goals and to thrive as professionals long after completing their programs. The College of Health Sciences fulfills its mission by embracing a shared core value: a collective professional responsibility to prepare competent, ethical, and compassionate health and human services professionals through a sustained commitment to excellence in teaching.

The primary purpose of the Assistant Dean for Assessment and Program Outcomes is to provide collegewide leadership for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of a comprehensive assessment and program evaluation system across the College of Health Sciences. The position ensures that academic programs consistently assess student learning and program effectiveness, use data to inform improvement, and demonstrate alignment with institutional goals and accreditation expectations.

Working within a distributed responsibility model, the Assistant Dean supports and guides faculty, department chairs, and program directors by establishing standardized assessment frameworks, strengthening assessment capacity, and ensuring the quality, sustainability, and meaningful use of assessment practices. As a member of the Dean's leadership team, the position also serves as a strategic advisor, synthesizing outcomes data to inform planning, decisionmaking, and longterm academic effectiveness initiatives.

The Assistant Dean for Assessment and Program Outcomes provides strategic leadership for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of a comprehensive, college-wide system of assessment and program evaluation across the College of Health Sciences.

This role is responsible for establishing coherent, standardized frameworks for assessment, strengthening faculty and program-level capacity, and ensuring that academic programs demonstrate measurable student learning, program effectiveness, and alignment with accreditation and institutional expectations.

Working within a distributed assessment model, the Assistant Dean partners with department chairs, program directors, and faculty-who retain responsibility for discipline-specific assessment-to provide expert guidance, structure, and oversight. The position emphasizes system-building, faculty support, and quality assurance, ensuring that assessment practices are meaningful, sustainable, and consistently applied across all CHS programs.

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Applicant Instructions: Please attach cover letter of interest, current CV and a list of at least three professional references with contact information.

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This position is subject to the successful completion of an employment background check. An employment background check includes a criminal background check, employment verification, reference checks, license verification (if applicable) and credit history check (if applicable). In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. New employees are paid only by direct deposit to the financial institution of their choice. Candidates claiming Veterans Preference must attach a copy of their DD-214 as a part of the online application process.

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