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Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Academic Initiatives Posted On August 24 2026 Hours Full Time Description Position SummaryThe Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Academic Initiatives is the colleges senior-most leader for institutional research assessment accreditation and strategic planning. Reporting directly to the President and serving on the Presidents Cabinet the Executive Director builds and leads the function that tells The Cooper Union the truth about itself how well it is serving students whether its strategy is working and where it should invest next.This is a hands-on executive role at a small distinctive institution. The Executive Director sets direction and also does the work - building the dashboard running the analysis drafting the accreditation narrative facilitating the retreat. Success requires equal fluency in data engineering and faculty governance and the credibility to be trusted by three deans with three very different disciplinary cultures.The Executive Director serves as the colleges Accreditation Liaison Officer to MSCHE and as the primary institutional steward for NYSED federal and external reporting obligations. Working in close partnership with the Chief of Staff the Executive Director connects the Presidents priorities to measurable outcomes ensures Cabinet and Board deliberations rest on sound evidence and cultivates a culture in which data is used to improve not merely to report.Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Planning and Institutional Strategy• Lead the development implementation monitoring and communication of the colleges strategic plan in partnership with the President Cabinet Board of Trustees faculty staff students and alumni.• Translate strategic goals into a defined set of institutional KPIs with baselines targets owners and reporting cadence maintain a strategic plan dashboard accessible to the community.• Facilitate Cabinet-level strategy sessions planning retreats and annual progress reviews produce clear candid progress reports that distinguish signal from noise.• Partner with the CFO and Cabinet to connect planning to budget and resource allocation so that strategic priorities are visible in how the college spends its money.• Provide analytic support for enrollment strategy pricing and financial aid modeling program portfolio review and scenario planning tied to the colleges long-term financial sustainability and its plan to restore full-tuition scholarships.• Conduct environmental scanning peer and aspirant benchmarking and market analysis to inform Cabinet and Board decision-making.Institutional Research Data and Analytics• Oversee the institutional research function which serves as the institutions authoritative source for official data establish and maintain a censusfreeze process a data dictionary and agreed definitions for core metrics.• Design and maintain dashboards and self-service reporting for Cabinet deans department chairs and administrative units prioritizing usability over volume.• Lead data governance convene a data governance group define system-of-record ownership establish access and privacy protocols and resolve conflicting numbers before they reach the Board.• Manage the institutional survey portfolio - student experience alumni outcomes employee engagement exit and graduating-student surveys and required climate assessments - including instrument selection administration analysis and closing the loop on results.• Respond to internal data and research requests with a defined intake process service standards and transparent prioritization teach colleagues to interpret and use data rather than simply delivering files.• Partner with IT and the Registrar on data architecture integrations and reporting infrastructure across the colleges student information learning management CRM and advancement systems.Accreditation Compliance and Academic Policies• Serve as Accreditation Liaison Officer ALO to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education maintain current expertise in MSCHE standards requirements of affiliation and policy changes and advise the President and Cabinet on implications.• Lead the colleges MSCHE cycle end to end - self-study design and governance steering and working groups evidence inventory writing and editing team visit logistics and follow-up reporting - including the Annual Institutional Update and substantive change submissions.• Coordinate and support specialized program accreditation with the schools including NAAB NASAD and ABET maintain a shared accreditation calendar build reusable evidence infrastructure align data requests and provide analytic and editorial support to faculty leading self-studies. Disciplinary content remains with the faculty process evidence and quality control sit with this office.• Own the colleges external reporting calendar and ensure accurate on-time submission of reports related to the followingo NYSED - program registration and amendments curriculum changes HEDSinstitutional data submissions master plan matters and Article 129-B climate survey obligations in coordination with the Registrar deans and General Counsel.o Federal - IPEDS as Keyholder or coordinator Clery-related statistical reporting support Financial Value TransparencyGainful Employment National Student Clearinghouse and College Scorecard data quality.o External and voluntary - Common Data Set guidebook and ranking surveys consortium and peer-exchange submissions.• Lead the colleges academic policy work in partnership with the deans the Registrar faculty governance and General Counsel maintain the inventory of academic policies and a defined review cycle facilitate drafting and revision shepherd proposals through the appropriate faculty and administrative approval bodies and ensure that policies are current published internally. • Monitor regulatory accreditor and sector developments that carry academic policy implications - credit hour transfer and prior learning credit satisfactory academic progress academic standing and integrity grading leave and withdrawal and emerging questions such as generative AI in coursework - and bring forward timely recommendations to the President Cabinet and faculty governance.• Oversee the Institutional Review Board and human subjects research compliance.Assessment and Continuous Improvement• Lead a coherent sustainable faculty-owned assessment system for student learning at the course program and institutional levels - one calibrated to a studio- and project-based institution rather than imported wholesale from a large research university.• Partner with the deans and faculty governance to design and steward assessment of general education and the Humanities and Social Sciences curriculum.• Build and facilitate a program review process on a defined cycle integrating learning outcomes enrollment and completion data market and workforce context resource requirements and faculty self-appraisal into actionable recommendations.• Extend outcomes assessment to administrative and support units with a useful model that connects unit goals to strategic priorities.• Maintain the institutions assessment repository and evidence base so that accreditation reporting is a byproduct of ongoing practice rather than a periodic emergency.• Track and analyze post-graduation outcomes - employment graduate study licensure and registration pathways and alumni achievement - in partnership with Career Services and Alumni Affairs.Leadership Culture and Collaboration• Build lead and develop a small high-performing team establish the offices service model priorities and standards and shield it from low-value work.• Establish the office as a trusted neutral broker rigorous about method candid about uncertainty and willing to deliver findings leadership may not want to hear.• Partner closely with the Chief of Staff to align institutional priorities Cabinet and Board agendas and cross-divisional project execution. • Prepare data-driven briefings presentations and written analysis for the President Cabinet Board of Trustees and its committees and - as appropriate - accreditors regulators and external audiences.• Represent the President and the college at internal and external convenings as requested maintain active engagement with MSCHE NYSED AIR and relevant professional networks.• Advance a culture of evidence and continuous improvement through training documentation and consultation building data literacy across faculty and staff.• Handle sensitive and confidential institutional information with discretion independent judgment and integrity.• Other duties as assigned.QualificationsRequired• Masters degree in higher education administration educational leadership assessment and evaluation data analytics statistics social science or a related field.• Seven or more years of progressively responsible experience in institutional research institutional effectiveness assessment or strategic planning in higher education including direct substantive experience with regionalinstitutional accreditation.• Demonstrated success leading or playing a central role in a self-study reaccreditation or comparable major compliance effort.• Strong applied analytical skills including hands-on proficiency with data extraction cleaning and analysis and with a data visualization platform Power BI Tableau or equivalent.• Experience managing federal and state compliance reporting including IPEDS.• Experience designing administering and analyzing institutional surveys.• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to render complex quantitative findings intelligible and useful to non-technical audiences - faculty trustees and the public alike.• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with faculty governance and to earn credibility with academic leadership.• High professionalism discretion and sound judgment in handling confidential information.Preferred• Doctorate Ph.D. or Ed.D. in a relevant field.• Direct experience with MSCHE standards and processes and service as an ALO or on MSCHE evaluation teams.• Familiarity with NYSED requirements including program registration and state reporting.• Experience supporting specialized program accreditation particularly NAAB NASAD ABET or comparable professional accreditors.• Experience at a small private or specialized institution - art design architecture engineering or conservatory - where assessment must be adapted to studio portfolio and project-based learning.• Experience building an institutional effectiveness function from an early stage establishing data governance standing up dashboards and creating processes where none existed.• Familiarity with enterprise systems commonly used in higher education student information systems LMS CRM degree audit advancement platforms and the data flows among them.• Facilitation and change management experience with senior leadership groups and faculty bodies.Salary range 165000 - 180000 This is a non-union position. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Email materials to hrcooper.edu
Founded by inventor industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art architecture and engineering as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
My feelings my desires my hopes embrace humanity throughout the world" Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep."
From its beginnings Cooper Union was a unique institution dedicated to founder Peter Coopers proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills enrich their intellects and spark their creativity and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.
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