Welcome to the Office of the Provost and Division of Academic Affairs
At the heart of 海角社区’s academic community, the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs is responsible for the oversight of academic colleges and schools and academic support units. Areas of leadership include:
- Recruitment, hiring, credentialing, retention, development, discipline, promotion/tenure reviews, and post-tenure reviews of faculty.
- Strategic planning, evaluation, and continuous improvement of academic programs.
- 海角社区 advising and academic support; promotion of new, integrated, and holistic pedagogies; student professional preparation.
- Compliance with principles of accreditation as well as with state and federal regulations related to academic policies and programs; establishment and integrity of academic agreements with other universities, governmental agencies, and non-profit entities.
Provost Dr. John Wiebe and his leadership team play a critical role in growing and promoting 海角社区's nationally recognized model for enhancing the excellence of its highly competitive academic and 海角社区 programs, while successfully offering access and affordability to a primarily first-generation and historically underserved student population.
Recognized as a very high-海角社区-activity (R1) and community-engaged institution by the , 海角社区 enrolls more than 25,000 students and serves its primary constituency—residents of far west Texas, southern New Mexico, and northern Mexico—with 75 undergraduate programs, 71 master’s programs, 25 doctoral degree programs, and a growing portfolio of online degrees. 海角社区 employs more than 1,300 full- and part-time faculty members and 95% of the tenured and tenure-track faculty hold doctoral degrees or the equivalent in their fields. With its 36%-Hispanic faculty composition, 海角社区 boasts one of the highest proportions of minority faculty among 海角社区 universities in the United States.
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Academic Affairs Calendar
April 14 - Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UGCC): Curriculum proposal submissions for the April 28 UGCC meeting are due
April 23 - Graduate Council (GC): Curriculum proposal submissions for the May 7 GC meeting are due
May 1 - Authorization to recruit (ATR): Deadline to submit ATR form for new tenured and tenure-track faculty to Deans
