Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Success

Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Success

Location

LSCO Main Campus - Orange

Job Type

Staff

Job Number

202600064

Department

Ex VP Academic and Student Affairs

Opening Date

06/02/2026

FLSA

Exempt

• Description
• Benefits

LSCO is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including and as it pertains to pregnancy and wages), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, and/or retaliation.

If you have questions, please email the Human Resources department at HumanResources@lsco.edu or call 409-882-3905.

We value the safety of all members of the Gator Community at our beautiful campus on the Sabine River. LSCO publishes an Annual Security Report that provides information regarding campus Safety & Security, including topics such as crime reporting policies, information regarding programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking, the procedures the College will follow when one of these crimes is reported, and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes.

If you would like to receive a paper copy of the Annual Security Report, you can stop by the Clery Compliance & Title IX Office, located in the Ron Lewis Building, Room 222C, during regular business hours. You can request that a copy be mailed to you by calling 409-882-3910 or emailing rebecca.gentry@lsco.edu .

Click here to find the report on our website.

Job Summary

This is an executive administrative position in a leadership role reporting to the college president, responsible for the overall planning, operation, student learning, and assessment of the colleges academic affairs and student success departments. The provost/vice president of academic affairs and student success provides strategic leadership for the areas of curriculum, faculty development, distance learning, career and workforce education, and continuing education courses offered on LSCO campuses. This position is expected to work collaboratively on academic success initiatives to advance the pursuit of academic excellence that best supports student success, retention, and completion.

As chief academic officer, the provost/vice president of academic affairs and student success has primary responsibility for the leadership, management, strategic direction, policy development, and administrative oversight of academic programs and student success initiatives.

Duties/Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Provide executive leadership and supervision for academic affairs and student success within the college.

• Supervise the development and successful completion of strategic and operational plans for academic affairs and student success.

• Evaluate academic affairs and student success staff, programs, services, and activities to ensure all areas within the college are efficient and effective in meeting processes and procedures, while achieving college, TSUS, and statewide goals and objectives.

• Remain abreast of statewide rules and regulations governing academic affairs and student success for 2-year/community colleges and communicate updates to the executive team and appropriate academic personnel.

• Review, analyze, and report college-level data related to student success, program enrollment, persistence, and graduation at least once a semester.

• Monitor program viability using enrollment, completion, cost, and employment outcomes and report findings annually at the data summit.

• Resolve daily operational and long-term issues involving academic grievances as well as academic policies, procedures, and student success services.

• Provide leadership to ensure institutional efficiency, effectiveness, and achievement of the college's program enrollment, retention, and completion goals.

• Assist and collaborate with the president and the college's senior level executive team in prioritizing initiatives in accordance with the college's master plan, vision, and mission as well accrediting bodies.

• Coordinate the campus-wide academic planning process including the evaluation and development of processes, timelines, and procedures impacting all academic affairs and student success operations.

• Provide oversight for curriculum and program development, program review, and academic policies.

• Provide oversight for schedules of classes, catalogs, external reports, and college publications related to academic affairs and student success.

• Conduct, monitor, and review faculty and staff evaluations, development, mentoring, disciplinary and discharge actions, and promotions.

• Work closely with human resources on academic and student success personnel and policy matters.

• Provide oversight for the academic calendar, articulation and transfer agreements, class scheduling, catalog revisions, academic program handbook revisions, etc.

• Maintain positive relationships with area high schools, regional councils, institutions of higher education, Texas Education Agency, Texas Workforce Commission, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

• Ensure that SACSCOC accreditation and standards are met, and the college remains in compliance.

• Serve on ad hoc committees as well as projects of the Texas State University System office.

• Monitor all external agency policies, rules, and standards impacting all areas of the academic affairs and student success division and ensure college compliance.

• Develop, coordinate, and oversee budgets for a multitude of college departments within the academic affairs and student success division.

• Explore best practices in higher education, grant opportunities, and provides recommendations of strategic initiatives to the president. Priority projects include, but are not limited to:

• Expanding existing and launching new apprenticeships/internships

• Expanding and enhancing credit for prior learning opportunities across programs

• Tracking and improving retention, graduation, and completion rates

• Tracking and increasing graduate transfer and graduate employment placement

• Expanding program level accreditations to all eligible programs that the college offers

• Expanding grant opportunities and increasing grant awards

• Improving and refining academic scholastic probation and suspension programs

• Increasing the number of Open Educational Resource (OER) options available for students with an initial goal to ensure all general education core courses adopt/create OER options

• Ensuring stackable awards with an increase in embedded micro-credentials within the awards

• Supports dual credit pathway matriculation to LSCO programs

• Serve as the chief academic officer for the college.

• Work collaboratively with all departments of the college to support a student centric mission in a unified manner across all LSCO campuses and sites.

• Model collaborative leadership across academic affairs, student success, enrollment, and student services at all LSCO campuses and sites.

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS

• This is a highly visible executive position requiring a strong presence at the college and in the community, both before and after normal hours, and occasional weekends.
• Serves on regional, statewide, and institutional committees.
• Participates in community service activities and organizations.
• Attends ceremonial and student activities including commencements.
• Attends TSUS Board Meetings and other required system functions and committees.
• Engages in professional development activities, gives presentations, and moderates panel discussions.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum/Preferred Qualifications

Position Qualifications:

• Demonstrated leadership in academic and student affairs within a 2-year/community college.
• Notable achievements and successes related to academic and student success within a 2-year/community college.
• Technologic proficiency in applications that include, but are not limited to Excel, word, PowerPoint/presentation, etc.
• Solid understanding of SACSCOC accreditation standards and how to demonstrate compliance.

Education:

• Requires a minimum of a master's degree with current enrollment and at least two semesters completed in a doctoral or terminal degree program. Completing the doctorate or terminal degree from an accredited college or university in an academic, leadership, management, or related field within a mutually agreed upon timeframe after hire will be a condition of continued employment.
• An earned doctorate in academic, leadership, management, or related field from an accredited college or university is preferred.

Experience:

• Five years' experience in college administration is required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Five years of senior leadership experience within an accredited institution of higher education. Preference will be given for service at the Vice President level.
• Commitment to student retention, success and academic excellence.
• Ability to manage multiple budgets and numerous people.
• A bold personality with strong interpersonal skills and experience engaging with people from various backgrounds and life experiences.
• Extensive knowledge, understanding, and ability to clearly communicate the needs and expectations of the campus goals to students and other constituencies.
• Successful experience in developing new programs and initiatives to fulfill long-range plans.
• A strong understanding of admissions, advising/counseling, financial aid, academic regulations.
• A history of demonstrating ethical and professional behavior.

Supplemental Information

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects, priorities, budgets, and personalities; maintain a high profile in community activities. The selected individual must work closely with regional leaders to promote the college and have impeccable integrity and ethics that treat everyone with dignity, equality, and respect.

Physical Requirements

Normal ambulatory requirements; extreme cognitive skills required; advanced speech- communication required; advanced written communication required; acute visual requirements; normal or corrected hearing required; and normal travel frequently. Requires constant sitting, walking, and seeing. Requires frequent standing, lifting, pushing, pulling, and carrying objects up to 25 pounds; operating a calculator, personal computer, and various office equipment. Requires infrequent stooping, bending, sorting, and filing.

LSCO is an E-Verify Employer.

This position is security-sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of the Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes the employer to obtain criminal history record information. Click here for the Security Sensitive Release Form.

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Part-time employees who work an average of __ hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.

To learn more details, visit our benefits page.

Employer Lamar State College Orange (TX)

Address 410 Front Street

Orange, Texas, 77630

Website https://www.lsco.edu/