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Berea College is hiring a Dean of Academic Pathways and Partnerships. The Dean provides leadership for curricular pathways, enrollment management, and academic supports, collaborating with academic departments and student offices to enhance the student experience from enrollment through career or graduate school placement. The role oversees the Registrar and Library, manages curriculum design and course offerings, and fosters partnerships to support student success and academic innovation aligned with Berea's mission.

Highlights

Lead design and development of academic programs, degree pathways, and certificates.
Supervise the Registrar and Director of Library Services.
Collaborate on course offerings and enrollment management with data-informed strategies.
Chair and serve on committees focused on curriculum, academic policy, and student success initiatives.
Partner with campus programs to integrate career readiness and experiential learning.
Required terminal degree in an academic discipline and 8+ years of higher education leadership experience.
Experience with curriculum development, student advising, and data-driven decision making.
Strong understanding of shared governance, equity, and inclusion in higher education.
Ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders and maintain confidentiality.
Berea College provides a full tuition, housing, food, and fees scholarship for students as part of its mission.

Dean of Academic Pathways and Partnerships Full Description

Dean of Academic Pathways and Partnerships

Location

Berea

Job Type

Full-Time

Division

Provost

Department

Academic Vice President-Office

Opening Date

10/30/2026

FLSA

Non-Exempt

Salary Grade

TBD

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Please note that references provided at the time of application for staff positions will not be contacted until the applicant has been offered the position.

Description:

The role of Dean of Academic Pathways & Partnerships provides institutional leadership for curricular pathways, course offerings and enrollment management, and the academic supports that help students thrive in their academic programs. Overseeing a student’s academic experience from enrollment at the College to their eventual career or graduate school acceptance, the Dean collaborates with the Academic Affairs leadership team, academic departments, and student-facing offices to ensure Berea’s curriculum is responsive to the needs of our students and of a mission-oriented liberal arts college.

The Dean reports to the Provost and supervises the Registrar and the Library. Working with academic departments, the Dean designs and stewards degree pathways that promote timely completion while preserving the breadth of a liberal arts education. The position pairs curricular vision with data-informed judgment, tracking enrollment trends, course viability, and student progression. The Dean will also build partnerships on and beyond campus as Berea strives to connect the curriculum to dual enrollment programs, experiential learning opportunities, the Work College Program, and strong career and graduate school outcomes. As a collaborative leader, the Dean advances academic innovation while honoring shared governance and Berea’s mission of educational access and excellence.

Your Key Responsibilities:

1. Curricular Leadership & Innovation (50%)

Lead the design, review, and development of academic programs and degree pathways, including majors, minors, concentrations, certificates, interdisciplinary courses, stackable credentials, and microcredentials, in partnership with academic departments, supporting timely completion while preserving Berea’s liberal arts mission.
Use data-informed approaches to evaluate curriculum effectiveness, equity gaps, and student progression patterns and identify opportunities to improve curricular efficiency and integrate interdisciplinary learning.
Oversee institutional processes for curriculum approval and revision and evaluate and improve approaches to transfer credit, independent majors, and summer courses.
Supervise the Director of Library Services, providing leadership and support for the Hutchins Library.
Partner with Experiential Learning Labs, the Work College Program, Internships & Career Development, and other campus programs to embed career readiness competencies across curricula.

2. Course Viability and Enrollment Management (25%)

Supervise the Registrar, providing leadership and support for the Registrar’s Office and its functions.
Collaborate with academic departments to optimize course offerings and scheduling, including course rotation, consolidation, or redesign, with attention to enrollment, faculty workload, curricular sustainability, and efficient use of institutional resources.
Partner with Institutional Research and relevant offices to monitor enrollment trends and forecast curricular needs.

3. Committee Leadership and Student Success Initiatives (15%)

Serve on and/or chair key institutional committees related to curriculum, academic policy, and student success.
Partner with the NEST: Student Success Central and work closely with committees focused on retention, persistence, and graduation outcomes to align curricular practices with institutional goals.
Facilitate collaboration among faculty governance bodies to ensure transparency and shared ownership of curricular decisions.
Contribute to strategic planning efforts that advance student achievement and academic innovation.

4. Faculty Collaboration and Support (10%)

Serve as a resource and liaison among faculty, departments, faculty governance, and Academic Affairs leadership on curricular design, innovation, policy, and direction, fostering collaboration and ensuring faculty perspectives inform institutional academic priorities.

What You'll Bring:

Education required to ensure success in this position:

Terminal degree in an academic discipline

Experience required to ensure success in this position:

8+ years’ experience administrative/leadership experience in higher education.
5+ years’ supervisory experience.
8+ years of significant experience teaching at the collegiate level.
Demonstrated experience in curriculum development, program review, and/or assessment
Strong understanding of student advising and mentorship practices in a small liberal arts college context
Experience with data-informed decision-making related to curriculum and student success
Academic administrative or leadership experience at the institutional level
Direct experience engaging issues of access, equity, and inclusion in higher education

Special skills, knowledge and abilities:

Understanding of and ability to function in the distributed authority structure of shared governance as it is constituted at Berea College
Strategic thinking and systems-level perspective on curriculum and student success
Knowledge of the challenges, trends, and emerging developments in the higher education landscape
Exemplary analytical and problem-solving skills
Collaborative leadership and strong interpersonal communication skills
Ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders, including faculty, staff, and students
Commitment to Berea College’s mission of educational access and excellence
Ability to maintain confidentiality

License, certification, or registration necessary:

Physical requirements:

Ability to navigate campus/public buildings and grounds
Ability to travel independently by car and/or plane

Environmental conditions:

Professional office environment with interruptions and noise due to frequent visitors, students, staff and faculty
Occasional travel required for meetings, conferences, etc.

Ability to operate the following vehicles or equipment:

Standard office equipment: computer, fax, phone, etc.

Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 44 states and U.S. territories and more than 60 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides every enrolled student with a fully funded degree that covers 100% of tuition, housing, food, supplies, and fees without loans, for all four years. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only 10 federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus, building professional skills in a real-world learning environment. Washington Monthly ranked Berea College the #1 Best College for your Tuition and Tax Dollars, 2025. Berea also ranks #1 in educational access by The New York Times, 2023 and #1 for lowest educational debt by U.S. News and World Report, 2025 and 2026. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2026.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 17,000) lies 40 miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.

Employer

Berea College

Address

101 Chestnut St.
Berea, Kentucky, 40404

Website

http://www.berea.edu/

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