Associate deans
Associate dean for undergraduate studies
Areas of responsibility
- Academic staff ESS promotions and selective salary processes
- Accelerated programs (with AD for graduate studies)
- CLAS college group requirements
- Curriculum development for undergrad/grad (courses, programs)
- First-year programs and learning communities
- General education requirements
- Internal awards (CLAS teaching and Academy of Scholars)
- Student diversity, equity and inclusion (undergraduate)
- Student scholarships
- Student success for undergrad (grade appeals, student conduct, other services)
- Transfer, articulation, and pathway agreements
- Undergraduate academic advising
- Undergraduate assessment (with AD for graduate studies)
- Undergraduate course enrollments (with AD for graduate studies)
- Undergraduate enrollments (with associate director of student services)
- Undergraduate student recruitment
- Undergraduate student retention
Associate dean for faculty affairs and graduate studies
Areas of responsibility
- Academic Program Review (APR)
- Accelerated programs (with AD for undergraduate studies)
- Accreditation
- Adjunct and emeritus position requests
- Chair and director searches
- CLAS graduate programs/CLAS master's office
- Contract issues
- Course enrollments
- Faculty development and mentoring
- Faculty diversity and inclusion
- Faculty salary processes
- Faculty promotion and tenure
- Faculty renewals and retention
- Faculty searches and hiring (with AD for research)
- Graduate assessment (with AD for undergraduate studies)
- Graduate enrollments (with AD for undergraduate studies)
- Graduate faculty appointments
- Graduate student funding
- Graduate student retention
- Graduate student-teacher training
- Graduate student diversity and inclusion
- Graduate student recruitment
- Graduate student success (grade appeals, student conduct, other services)
- Graduate teaching assistants (GTA)
- Internal awards (Graduate School and Humanities Center)
- Liaison to Graduate School
- Liaison to centers and programs
- Negotiations
- Online courses and programs (with AD for research and space)
- Part-time faculty hiring
- Recruitment: undergrad and graduate including orientations
- Retirement and phased retirement
- Sabbaticals, leaves, modified duties
Associate dean for research, space and special projects
Areas of responsibility
- Humanities Commons
- Internal research awards (OVPR and provost)
- Liaison to Computer & Information Technology (C&IT)
- Liaison with FP&M Facilities Planning & Management
- Liaison to OEHS Office of Environmental Health & Safety
- Liaison to OVPR Office of the Vice-President for Research
- Med-Direct program selection of applicants (with Honors College and SoM)
- Museum development
- Portal to the community (with Michigan Science Center)
- Post-doc affairs
- Research support
- Aspects of promotion and tenure (with AD for faculty affairs)
- Extramural grant capture
- Award management (pre and post; with OVPR)
- CLAS Science Store
- Grant writing workshops for faculty
- Humanities, life, physical and social sciences
- Undergraduate research development
- Procuring research matching (with OVPR / Provost's Office)
- Publication subventions
- Research support Startup discussions STEM hires (with AD for faculty affairs)
- Safety issues Chemistry Safety Committee
- Space allocations and renovations
- Space strategic planning (with FP&M)
- Student recruitment college committee
- Student recruitment international efforts (with global engagement)
- Student recruitment focus groups (with Provost's Office)
- Student Service Fee allocations
- Special programs one-time funds, infrastructure development