Assistant or Associate Professor- Higher Education Administration
The Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration, beginning in August 2027.
About the Role
The position requires teaching across the MSEd and EdD in Higher Education Administration. The candidate will also be expected to chair dissertation-in-practice committees and mentor doctoral students.
Qualifications
- Candidates must hold a PhD or other doctorate in higher education, higher education administration, educational leadership, or a closely related field or be on schedule for dissertation defense by Summer 2027.
- The candidate must have completed a doctorate prior to the teaching start date for the Fall 2027 semester.
- Experience chairing doctoral committees is preferred.
- The search committee seeks candidates who maintain an active program of scholarly research in higher education or a closely related field.
- We are especially interested in candidates whose work draws on critical methodologies suited to practitioner-scholar doctoral research, including critical quantitative methods; policy analysis, case study methods, participatory action research, or community-based participatory research; or critical qualitative and narrative research.
- The ideal candidate brings a record of expanding access to postsecondary education and to advancing educational justice, demonstrated through a combination of research, teaching, mentoring, and service.
Compensation
- Assistant Level: $94,909 - $102,017
- Associate Level: $98,995- $105,816
Benefits
- CUNY offers faculty a competitive compensation and benefits package covering health insurance, pension and retirement benefits, paid parental leave, and savings programs.
- We also provide mentoring and support for research, scholarship, and publication as part of our commitment to ongoing faculty professional development.
How to Apply
Visit www.cuny.edu, access the employment page, log in or create a new user account, and search for this vacancy using the Job ID or Title. Select "Apply Now" and provide the requested information. All items to be uploaded must be combined in a single document.
Candidates should submit in PDF format a CV, statement of research interests, statement of teaching philosophy, a representative paper or publication, and a cover letter addressed to the committee chair, Professor Ryan Coughlan. The statement of teaching philosophy should describe the candidate’s commitment to and experience with teaching students in a campus environment with a substantial population of students who are among the first-generation of their family to attend a college or university. The cover letter should be structured around the following four prompts:
- Describe how your research, teaching, and service align with Baruch’s leadership in social and economic mobility and the Marxe School’s public mission.
- Describe your experience with practitioner-scholar doctoral education, including chairing dissertations-in-practice or equivalent committees and contributing to Doctor of Education (EdD) curriculum.
- Describe your applied and critical methodological commitments, and how they prepare you to teach research methods and mentor doctoral students conducting dissertations-in-practice.
- Describe your record of contributing to the expansion of access to postsecondary education and the advancement of educational justice through any combination of research, teaching, mentoring, and service.
Closing Date
December 8, 2026
Review of Resumes
Begin October 5, 2026
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