Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs

Clarke University seeks a visionary, integrative, and mission-centered leader to serve as Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs (VPASA). Reporting directly to the President and serving as a member of the President's Cabinet, the VPASA provides executive leadership for the integration of academic and student affairs, advancing a holistic, systems-based, and continuously improving approach to student learning, formation, and success now and in the future. This role unites academic affairs and student affairs in a coherent, student-centered ecosystem grounded in the charism of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) and informed by Clarke's Catholic identity. The VPASA serves as a principal partner to the President; a visible champion of integrated learning across generations, contexts, and communities; and a trusted steward of faculty excellence, student success, and institutional effectiveness through evidence-based decision-making and continuous improvement. Organizational Context The VPASA leads a reimagined division intentionally designed to make Clarke's mission operational and a distinctive differentiator. Central to this structure are a commitment to active and experiential learning, a Dean of Faculty, Dean of Academic Affairs, and Dean of Student Affairs reporting to the VPASA, and an integrated, data-informed student success framework. Direct reports include: The Dean of the Faculty The Dean of Academic Affairs The Dean of Student Affairs University Registrar The Executive Assistant for Academic and Student Affairs The VPASA is expected to steward this model with foresight, clarity, disciplined execution, compassion, and a systems perspective that aligns strategy, assessment, and improvement across the institution in support of long-term agility and resilience. Key Responsibilities Mission and Executive Leadership - Advance Clarke's BVM Catholic identity and heritage through policy, practice, and culture - Serve as a strategic partner to the President - Model values-based leadership that integrates mission, academic quality, student success, and organizational performance Academic Affairs - Provide executive oversight of curriculum development, assessment of student learning, and accreditation as the University's Chief Academic Officer - Supervise and support the Dean of Faculty, Dean of Academic Affairs, Dean of Student Affairs, and University Registrar - Ensure academic qual