Assistant Provost for Undergraduate Excellence and Student Success
Location: Evansville, IN
Company: University of Southern Indiana
Category: Provost's Office
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Title: Assistant Provost for Undergraduate Excellence and Student Success
Division: Provost's Office
Department: Provost's Office
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary Range: Annual Salary
EEO Job Group: 1.1 C1
Position Summary
The Assistant Provost for Undergraduate Excellence and Student Success provides strategic leadership for institution-wide initiatives that advance undergraduate learning, persistence, timely degree completion, and a welcoming student experience. The role collaborates with academic and student affairs partners to design, implement, and assess high-impact practices; lead student academic success operations and services; and use data-informed decision-making to improve outcomes for all undergraduate students.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Provide vision, strategic planning, and operational leadership for academic student success initiatives aligned with institutional priorities.
- Design, implement, and continuously strengthen coordinated student success systems (e.g., advising, first-year experience, academic support, and research/honors experiences).
- Partner with deans, department chairs, faculty governance, and student affairs leaders to advance retention, persistence, progression, and graduation goals.
- Oversee campus-wide advising philosophy and practices; promote proactive and developmental advising; and support advising assessment and professional development.
- Guide first-year and transfer student experience efforts, including orientation-linked academic programming, learning communities, and common-course/student success seminar initiatives.
- Strengthen academic support and tutoring services through evidence-based practices, scalable delivery models, and targeted outreach to students at greatest risk.
- Provide leadership for accessibility and accommodation services to ensure compliance and a barrier-free learning environment in collaboration with academic units.
- Advance undergraduate research, honors, and other high-impact practices; expand access and participation; and reduce administrative and structural barriers to engagement.
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators; use data analytics to identify trends, evaluate interventions, and communicate progress to campus stakeholders.
- Develop and manage budgets for units within the portfolio; allocate resources strategically and ensure effective fiscal stewardship.
- Recruit, develop, supervise, and evaluate professional staff; foster a culture of collaboration, service excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Lead cross-functional committees and workgroups; support policy development and process redesign to improve the undergraduate experience.
- Represent the Provost’s Office on institutional committees and in external partnerships relevant to student success and undergraduate education.
- Pursue and support grants and external funding opportunities related to student success and teaching and learning innovation, as appropriate.
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of the mission of Academic Affairs.
Required Knowledge and Skills
- Earned doctorate or terminal degree from an accredited institution.
- Progressively responsible leadership experience in higher education with demonstrated impact on undergraduate student success, retention, advising, academic support, or related areas.
- Demonstrated ability to lead collaboratively across academic units and to work effectively with faculty, staff, and students.
- Experience using data, assessment, and outcomes measures to guide decisions and evaluate program effectiveness.
- Knowledge of student success best practices and relevant compliance expectations (e.g., accessibility and accommodations) in higher education.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and change-management skills.
Preferred Knowledge and Skills
- Experience leading multiple functional areas within an academic affairs/student success portfolio (e.g., advising, first-year programs, tutoring/learning support, honors/undergraduate research, disability resources).
- Evidence of success implementing campus-wide student success frameworks (e.g., proactive advising models, early alert systems, guided pathways, or completion initiatives).
- Experience with budgeting, resource reallocation, and operational scaling of student success services.
- Record of scholarship, teaching, or professional engagement related to undergraduate education and student success.
Functional Requirements
- Remaining in a stationary position at a desk or workstation for extended periods of time for the majority of assigned duties.
- Physical access to meetings, presentations and events that occur at on-campus sites such as meeting rooms and at various sites throughout the local and regional community.
- Extensive physical movement during some events to oversee activities, to make presentations, and to interact with attendees.
- Ability to use computers and computer systems (hardware and software) to set up functions, to enter data, to retrieve and process information and to create documents.
- Retrieval of information from written documents and from computer-generated reports.
- Effective problem solving and achieving critical outcomes, even under demanding conditions such as multiple priorities and short-notice deadlines.
- The presentation of a consistently professional demeanor always, even in difficult, negative, frustrating, or legally sensitive situations such as when handling complaints from students, parents, staff, faculty, or members of the community.
- Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills, along with interpersonal communication skills appropriate to cultivating productive relationships.
Regular Work Hours/Travel Requirements
- This position is typically a full-time, 12-month administrative appointment.
- Standard office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
- Frequent irregular hours including weekends and nights required to support student-facing initiatives and campus events.
- The Assistant Provost is expected to maintain a visible presence on campus and participate in institutional committees and key academic calendar activities.
About USI
The University of Southern Indiana is a public higher education institution located on a beautiful 1,400-acre campus in Evansville, IN. We offer employees exceptional benefits! Benefits for this position include:
- Affordable medical, dental, vision, life and short term and long-term disability insurance plans.
- Retirement plan where the University makes the total contribution equivalent to 11% of annual salary.
- Full tuition fee waiver for employees/75% for spouses and dependent children.
- Vacation and sick time
- Holiday pay
- Free access to Recreation, Fitness & Wellness Center.
- Access to on-campus University Health Center and Dental Hygiene Clinic.
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Search Committee Chair:
If you have questions about the open position, please contact Dr. Teri Beam, search committee chair, at tbeam1@usi.edu
Best Consideration Date:
For best consideration, please submit materials by April 26, 2026.
Pre-Employment Screening
A background check will be required for employment in this position.
Authorization to Work in the United States
USI will not sponsor an employment-related visa for this position.
Interview Accommodations
Persons with disabilities requiring accommodations in the application and interview process please contact the Associate Director of Human Resources, Constance Hermann, at or (812) 461-5363. Contacting the Associate Director of Human Resources is intended for use in seeking disability-related accommodations only. For general applicant inquiries, contact Human Resources at or (812) 464-1815.
EEO Statement
USI is an Equal Opportunity Employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities