Vice President for Advancement. This position is held by a full-time faculty member who serves as a part-time administrator and carries a two-thirds teaching load. Duties include overseeing online course scheduling and course/program development, recruitment and hiring of adjunct faculty, and compiling of enrollment reports. The Virginia Wesleyan University Global Dean also oversees the CIC Online Course Sharing Consortium (Acadeum). They work with the University’s online educational partner to develop new online program initiatives, and work with the office of institutional research to maintain monthly reports on the above programs and additional non-credit learning opportunities.
Academic Council The VPAA, four school Deans, Batten Honors College Dean, Dean of Virginia Wesleyan Global Campus, AVPAA, and Assistant VPAA make up Academic Council, which meets weekly and attends to the management of the academic program, including curriculum, budget, recruitment and retention of faculty and staff, management of facilities, scheduling, contingency planning, and other matters.
Department Chairs and Program Coordinators Departmental faculty select one of their members to serve as Chair for a three-year term, subject to approval of the VPAA and President of the University. Chairs, including graduate program directors, are selected by the VPAA to serve a three-year term, subject to the approval of the President of the University. Chairs are responsible for overseeing curriculum, facilitating teaching schedules, overseeing instructional budgets, supervision and evaluation of adjunct faculty members, requests for new faculty positions, and program review and assessment. Program Coordinators work with faculty from different departments to oversee curriculum and ensure course offerings that support the interdisciplinary program. They serve as a point of contact for the program and coordinate assessment and program review efforts. Both Chairs and Program Coordinators manage the departmental/programmatic advising process and ensure that advising is available year round.
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