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Academic Career & Executive Search (ACES) Selected by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University for Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Student Affairs College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Search

(September 2024, WEST HARTFORD, CT) Academic Career & Executive Search (ACES), a leading higher education focused executive search firm, has been selected to recruit the next Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Student Affairs in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T). Jennifer Muller, Managing Partner, will be leading the search.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join America’s largest HBCU as the Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Student Affairs, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. This well supported leadership position is ideal for a leader who enjoys a multi-faceted role that involves both collaborative and independent work across many areas. The Interim Associate Dean will have leadership experience and demonstrated ability to handle confidential information in the strictest manner, and deal with a diverse population of students at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels, faculty and staff. The successful candidate must demonstrate energy, teamwork, cooperation, inclusive decision making, and genuine interest; and a commitment to improve academic achievement of students in the College; many of which are first-generation, Pell-eligible students. The Interim Associate Dean will report to the Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. This is a minimum 14 month assignment with an opportunity to apply for the permanent role. Candidates will be presented as they apply. Desired start date October 2024.

With award-winning faculty, intensive research programs, and community-focused initiatives, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is the nation’s largest historically black university with a fall 2023 enrollment of 13,885 students.  N.C. A&T is an 1890 public land-grant, doctoral higher education institution and one of 17 constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina System. N.C. A&T is a strong and growing doctoral, research university currently designated “R2 / high-research activity” in the Carnegie Classification for Institutions of Higher Education. Its growth and development have set it on a course to attain the “R1 / Very High Research Activity” designation – one of several exciting institutional goals that N.C. A&T is pursuing. The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) enrolls more than 1,900 students and has more than 130 faculty members.  CAHSS houses the Departments of Criminal Justice, English, History and Political Science, Liberal Studies, Journalism and Mass Communication, and Visual and Performing Arts.

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Contact Jennifer Muller, Managing Partner, at 860-740-2600 or Jennifer@ACESrch.com, or visit https://acesrch.com/.