As a member of the President's Cabinet, the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty oversees the educational mission of Westminster College and serves as the liaison between the faculty and the President.
Responsibilities include:
- Planning, implementing, and assessing academic programs and policies
- Overseeing preparation of budgets for academic programs and serving as an advocate for financial needs for academic programs
- Overseeing recruitment, development, evaluation, and retention of faculty personnel
- Overseeing all accreditation activities
- Overseeing Office of Institutional Research and related institutional research activities
Founded in 1851, Westminster College is a private, selective, coeducational, residential, undergraduate college with a curriculum based on the liberal arts with an emphasis on developmental experience. The College is dedicated to teaching excellence and an education centered on key values (integrity, fairness, respect, and responsibility) that prepare our graduates to become leaders of character. The student enrollment is approximately 1000, and the student/faculty ratio is 14:1.
Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech on campus in 1946, and in recent years George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, Ralph Nader, and Lech Walesa have participated in the College's international lecture series. Prominent on campus are the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library, the monumental sculpture "Breakthrough," created from sections of the Berlin Wall, and the recently completed Wallace H. Coulter Science Center.
The College is located in Fulton, Missouri, a community of 12,000 residents that is approximately 25 miles from both Columbia and Jefferson City.
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. A comprehensive benefits package is provided including health and life insurance, a fully vested retirement package, generous vacation and holidays, and tuition waiver benefits