Director for Student Success & Academic Excellence
Salary: $75,076.00 – $84,867.00 Annually
Location: Kutztown, PA
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2025-0018
Division: Academic Affairs
Department: Student Success & Academic Excellence
Closing Date: 4/21/2025
Bargaining Unit: Management
Classification: 180
Job Summary
The Director for Student Success and Academic Excellence is a full-time, twelve-month management position in the Division of Academic Affairs reporting to the Associate Provost for Student Success and Academic Excellence. The Director is responsible for several major divisional initiatives related to student retention, persistence, and graduation as well as the university’s early alert system. The Director is responsible for establishing a departmental atmosphere open to meeting the reasonable expectations of students, faculty, and staff and ensuring high-quality services. The Director supervises four coordinators, a management technician, and one graduate assistant as well as sharing supervisory responsibility for an administrative assistant.
Minimum Qualifications
- This position requires a master’s degree from an accredited college or university
- A minimum of three years of relevant professional experience
- Direct experience with an early-alert system, retention initiatives, and assessment best practices in higher education
Preferred Qualifications
- An advanced degree in Student Affairs, Education Administration or related area
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion experience
- Supervisory experience
Supplemental Information
Applications & resumes will be accepted until position is filled, however; to ensure full consideration, application materials should be received no later than the end of day on April, 21, 2025.
The starting salary range for this position is $75,076 – $84,867.
All applications for this position must be submitted via our online application/resume system ONLY. Please do not fax, mail, or e-mail any documentation.
Successful interview, reference checks, background clearances (PA Criminal, Child Abuse Clearance & FBI Clearance), and demonstration of ability are requisite qualifications for all positions.
The University is very interested in hiring employees who have had extensive experience with diverse populations.
Kutztown University is an AA/EOE/member of the PA State System of Higher Education and actively solicits applications from women and minority candidates.
Non-Discrimination Statement
Kutztown University does not discriminate in employment or educational opportunities on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. To discuss a complaint of discrimination, please contact the Office of Social Equity, Old Main A-Wing, Room 02, by phone at 610-683-4700 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Kutztown University does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, including admissions and employment. Any inquiries regarding the application of Title IX at Kutztown University may be made to Bradley Davis, the University’s Title IX Coordinator, located in Old Main A-Wing, Room 02A, by phone at 610-683-4782 or by email at [email protected], or the Office for Civil Rights located in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Bldg., 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-1100, by phone at 800-421-3481 (TDD: 800-877-8339), by fax at 202-453-6012, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Kutztown University’s Sexual Misconduct, Anti-Discrimination, and Anti-Harassment policies can be found in The Key student handbook or online at https://www.kutztown.edu/about-ku/administrative-offices/social-equity.html.
To apply, please visit https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/kutztownedu/jobs/4897982/director-for-student-success-academic-excellence
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