The Dean of the Graduate School provides strategic, academic, and administrative leadership for all graduate education at Clarkson. The Dean oversees admissions and enrollment, policies, programs, and initiatives that advance the quality and impact of graduate education across the University. The Dean works collaboratively with deans, faculty, staff, and students to enhance graduate student success, foster interdisciplinary and professional development opportunities, and strengthen the University’s reputation as a leader in graduate education.

Compensation for this role will consist of two months of summer salary, calculated according to the selected candidate’s current rate of pay.

Strategic Leadership and Administration
● Develop and implement a vision for graduate education aligned with the University’s strengths.
● Provide leadership for graduate admissions, recruitment, and enrollment management, ensuring data-driven decision-making and alignment with institutional goals.
● Oversee graduate program review and continuous improvement, and policy development and implementation.
● Lead efforts to expand graduate offerings, focusing on interdisciplinary, online, and certificate programs. Oversee graduate interdisciplinary programs.

Graduate Admissions, Recruitment, and Enrollment
● Oversee graduate admissions processes, including policy, review standards and processes, decision workflows, and systems management.
● Partner with the admissions team, marketing, and academic units to develop and execute recruitment campaigns.
● Analyze admissions and enrollment data to inform strategy, improve yield, and forecast future enrollment trends.

Graduate Student Success and Experience
● Champion initiatives that promote recruitment, retention, and timely completion of graduate degrees.
● Oversee teaching, research, and professional assistantship allocations and related policies/processes. Develop programs that prepare graduate students for career success.

Program Support, Policy and Compliance
● Work with graduate programs to assess and improve graduate program quality.
● Support faculty in mentoring graduate students and in developing innovative curricula. Oversee new program proposals.
● Serve as the institutional authority on graduate academic policies and degree requirements.

Partnerships
● Develop and support partnerships with industry, government, and other academic institutions to enhance research and professional opportunities.
● Integrate partner feedback on their graduate program needs into offerings.

Minimal Qualifications:
● Terminal degree (PhD or equivalent) and record of scholarly achievement appropriate for a tenured appointment at the rank of full professor.
● Significant administrative experience at the level of department chair or above.
● Demonstrated success in fostering both research-focused and professional graduate student education.

Preferred Qualifications:
● Experience using analytics to drive academic decisions, preferably related to admissions.
● Experience supporting domestic and international graduate student academic and professional development.

● Strong understanding of graduate education trends, accreditation, and assessment practices.
● Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.

The physical demands characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Health & Safety: All staff has a statutory responsibility to take reasonable care of themselves, others and the environment and to prevent harm by their acts or omissions. All staff is therefore required to adhere to the University’s Health, Safety, and Environmental Policy & Procedures.

DISCLAIMER: The above statements are designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, skills, and qualifications required of personnel so classified.

Special Instructions to Applicants: An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, Clarkson actively seeks and encourages applications from veterans and people with disabilities. 

All offers of employment are subject to the applicant successfully passing a background check (including, but not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, and criminal records