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Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana University Bloomington (“IUB” or “IU Bloomington”)—the flagship AAU campus of Indiana University (IU) and among the nation’s most storied and historically significant public universities—seeks a dedicated, visionary, transparent, and collaborative Executive Vice President and Chancellor (Chancellor). Following a period of not having a Chancellor for IU Bloomington, the Trustees of Indiana University recently voted to re-install this campus leadership role; now, the campus will have a Chancellor and a Provost, a similar structure found on other distinguished R-1 campuses. The Chancellor will address strategic and operational leadership challenges across the IUB community while looking to the future of the University and the public higher education landscape. They will uphold, defend, and advance the scholarly and educational traditions of IUB, engage meaningfully with all campus constituents, build upon the University’s rich legacy, enhance its distinctive identity, and navigate its challenges toward an era of renewed eminence.
The Chancellor will join a flagship campus at a period of rapid change in public higher education and with serious challenges to resolve. IUB is united in its desire to seat a Chancellor with the wherewithal, skill, and determination to define and defend a powerful case for the role of public higher education, research, and service at the highest levels of scholarly and societal impact. The campus is home to 15 schools, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Hutton Honors College, and a myriad of research centers, institutes, museums, and other assets, which comprise the full scope of scholarly, creative, and professional inquiry and activity. These distinguished units represent strength in the humanities, languages, fine and performing arts, sciences, health, technology, business, education, public service, and global affairs. IUB continues to grow in students, faculty, and staff, with approximately 3,800 faculty, 6,400 staff, and 48,000 students.
The President’s role will continue as the strategic leader of the whole of IU, including all seven campuses, the medical school, and the regional centers, while the Chancellor will serve as the chief executive officer of the Bloomington campus. Under the new organizational structure, the IUB Chancellor will be responsible for community engagement; diversity, equity, and inclusion; enrollment management; finance and administration; research and creative activities; student life; and under the aegis of the Chancellor, the Provost will continue to oversee the deans, faculty and academic affairs, undergraduate and graduate education, and the centers and institutes, allowing further focus on the academic functions and mission of the IUB campus. The Chancellor will report directly to the President, serve as Executive Vice President on the President’s cabinet, and will have appointing authority over their own cabinet comprising the campus-based leaders of the functional areas outlined above. They will be a conduit for and champion of the unique needs of Bloomington as the flagship campus of a matrixed, geographically distributed, and highly variegated university. In addition, with three schools shared between the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses—the Kelley School of Business; Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering; and O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs—the Chancellor will work closely with their counterpart in Indianapolis to support and champion the shared programs for the benefit of the university as a whole.
At this moment in its long history, IU Bloomington seeks in its Chancellor a leader who can engage broadly and authentically with the campus community, partner closely with university leadership, and work collaboratively toward a bright future for the institution. The Chancellor must win the support of the community through a deep and demonstrated commitment to ideals of shared governance, respect for the campus community, free speech and freedom of expression and inquiry, and compassionate and transparent leadership. They will engage broadly with the IUB community to establish and advance a shared vision for IUB that upholds its identity as a great, enduring, public flagship AAU research institution. They will support faculty, staff, and students in growing and strengthening the research enterprise, enhancing the holistic student experience, and engaging meaningfully with the city of Bloomington and surrounding communities. In support of this work, they will partner with the President to grow and judiciously steward the campus’s financial resources.
The Chancellor will have an aptitude for long-range planning, a deliberate and iterative approach to change management, and the ability to communicate strategic efforts and initiatives clearly and compassionately to all constituencies. They will ensure that equity and transparency are the centerpieces of strategic decision-making, budgeting, and policymaking. Beyond campus, they will be an effective advocate for the institution to President Whitten, alumni, donors, foundations, community partners, and elected and civic leaders. They will have the requisite academic or professional record to qualify for tenure at the level of full professor, including an earned terminal degree.
Indiana University has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in the recruitment of the Chancellor of IU Bloomington. Please submit all applications, nominations, and inquiries in confidence through the firm’s website: https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/indiana-university-bloomington/chancellor.
Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status.
