107.3 Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean

107.3 Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean

A. Background

The academic program at Furman is implemented through various academic administrators and twenty-four academic departments. All these efforts are coordinated through the office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean.

B. Policy

The Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean is the chief academic officer of the university and coordinates all academic aspects of the university operations.

C. Guidelines

1. The Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean is appointed by the President with approval of the trustees and is directly responsible to the President.

2. The following persons are directly responsible to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean:

a. Associate Academic Dean

b. Associate Academic Dean and University Registrar

c. Associate Dean for Summer Sessions / Director of Graduate Studies

d. Director of the Johnson Center for Engaged Learning

e. Director of International Education

f. Director of Libraries

g. Director of Continuing Education

h. Facility Coordinator of the Physical Activities Center

i. Academic Department Chairs

j. Director of Study Abroad

k. Director of Center of Collaborative Learning and Communications

l. Chairs, Academic Concentration Committees

3. The duties and functions of this office include but are not restricted to:

a. appointing faculty and administrative staff under his or her general supervision;

b. appointing department chairs;

c. providing effective orientation for new faculty, department chairs, and administrative staff;

d. reviewing and approving recommendations on tenure, promotion, salary increases, benefits, and related matters for faculty and appropriate staff;

e. reviewing, approving, and monitoring all academic budgets and other budgets under his or her general supervision;

f. reviewing and approving all recommendations for sabbatical leaves and other leaves for academic and/or scholarly purposes;

g. reviewing and approving requests for funds to support faculty travel and research and professional growth;

h. providing physical facilities for all academic and many academically related programs;

i. presenting candidates for degrees at commencement;

j. representing the university (with or in lieu of the President) at conferences of higher education associations;

k. supervising and coordinating all study abroad programs and faculty and student exchange programs;

l. coordinating appointments to administrative committees;

m. hearing appeals from the Faculty Appeals Committee;

n. working with faculty in the development and supervision of the curriculum;

o. acting as principal administrative resource person to the Curriculum Committee, the Academic Policies Committee, and the Faculty Status Committee; and

p. acting as principal academic resource person to the Board of Trustees, the Advisory Council, and the Parents' Council.

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