Executive Director, Center for Access and Success
This Executive Director, Center for Access and Success position is a 12-month administrative appointment with faculty rank and reports to the Associate Provost for Academic Excellence and Operations.
Reports include:
- Director of the Odyssey Scholars Program
- Assistant Director for First Generation Student Services
- Director of the Elon Academy
Responsibilities include:
- Advocating for and serving as a mentor for students supported by the Center
- Providing effective leadership and guidance to Center Directors as they navigate programmatic challenges and opportunities
- Working closely with community partners, local schools, parents, and students in PreK-16
- Managing the Center’s complex budget, which includes more than 200 endowed scholarships
- Researching the efficacy of the Center initiatives and sustaining active publishing in peer-reviewed journals
- Fundraising for Center initiatives through corporate and federal grant writing, as well as philanthropic giving
- Serving ex officio on various institution-level committees
- Representing Elon on several community boards related to educational access
- Guiding the development of the newly funded outreach initiative – Freedom Scholars
- Teaching 2-3 courses per year
Education Requirements:
The successful applicant must understand the complex issues related to educational access for PreK-16 students who have traditionally been marginalized, particularly students from low-income households. The successful applicant must hold a terminal degree and also demonstrate strong intercultural competence, viewing diversity, equity, and inclusion through a strengths-based lens; have a minimum of 5 years excellent leadership and supervisory experience; have had experience in K-12 education; demonstrated effectiveness in building teams, and working across diverse communities; be able to interact positively, and work with a wide range of stakeholders, ranging from donors and policy makers to PreK students and their parents; and be committed to working the “after school” hours (e.g., nights and weekends) routinely required of the role.
Additional Information:
Elon is a selective, mid-sized private university renowned as a national model for engaged and experiential learning. Students work closely with faculty who are dedicated to excellent teaching and scholarship. The curriculum is grounded in the traditional liberal arts and sciences and complemented by nationally accredited professional and graduate programs. Elon University’s success can be attributed to a stable team of strong leaders working within a collaborative, entrepreneurial culture in which new ideas are welcomed and frequently realized. Change is a constant, rooted in the university’s core commitments to excellence, student success through engaged learning, the teacher-scholar model, wise use of resources, and rigorous, flexible planning.
Today, Elon has just over 7,100 students –6,291 undergraduates and 826 graduate students –from 46 states, the District of Columbia and 3 U.S. territories, and 49 countries. Global engagement is central to Elon’s experience and the Institute of International Education has ranked Elon #1 in the nation for study abroad for 15 straight years. U.S. News & World Report ranks Elon among the top-100 National Universities, with a #1 ranking for excellence in undergraduate teaching excellence and #9 for innovation. In addition, Elon is the leader in the “Focus on Student Success” feature –the only college or university ranked in the top-20 in all eight categories of high-impact academic programs. Included are #1 rankings for study abroad and learning communities and top rankings for first-year experiences, senior capstone, and service learning. Elon employs more than 560 full-and part-time faculty and 1,000 full-and-part-time staff. Elon sponsors 17 NCAA Division I varsity sports and is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. University Commitment to Civic Engagement Elon has long been a national leader in service learning and civic engagement. In addition to the #2 ranking in service learning from U.S. News & World Report, the university is a consulting institution with NASPA’s LEAD Initiative on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement.
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