Assistant Provost, Executive Director of Institutional Research and Assessment

Responsibilities

• Lead the combined Institutional Research and Assessment functions, ensuring excellence in institutional data, analytics, and evidence-based academic practices.
• Provide university, school and departmental leadership with comprehensive, useful and informative institutional data that assists them in decision-making, planning, evaluation, operational and strategic initiatives and accreditation.
• Collect, analyze and visualize data for ongoing assessment of institutional performance against agreed upon benchmarks.
• Conduct comprehensive analyses of enrollment, retention, graduation, and student success to inform institutional strategy.
• Carry out survey research, benchmarking, and institutional effectiveness studies (e.g., NSSE and internal instruments).
• Assess student learning, including academic program review, general education, high-impact practices, and online learning.
• Predictive modeling and analytics to support student success and institutional planning.
• Align assessment activities with accreditation expectations.
• Develop and effectively use institutional data infrastructure and analytics tools, including: Institutional dashboards and business intelligence tools that support decision-making at all levels, Data definitions, governance, and standards to ensure consistency, integrity, and usability of institutional data, Training and capacity-building initiatives that empower faculty and administrators to use data to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of academic operations.
• Drive adoption of AI and emerging technologies to create greater automation, efficiency and advanced insights in data reporting and analytics.
• Maintain deep expertise in evolving reporting standards and national/global ranking methodologies and proactively assess institutional implications.
• Build cross-functional partnerships with information services, admissions and financial aid, finance, academic budgets and resource planning, and units across academic affairs.

Education Requirements

• Doctoral degree in higher education, data science, social science, or related field

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of experience in institutional research, institutional effectiveness, assessment, strategic planning, or a related field, preferably within higher education.
• Demonstrated expertise in: Data analysis and research methods, Student learning assessment, Data visualization and communication.
• Ability to translate complex analytics into strategic decisions.
• Strong collaboration across faculty, administration, and information services.
• Vision for integrating data, innovation, and academic quality.
• Exceptional ability to communicate data analysis and insights to diverse audiences, including translating technical findings into clear, compelling narratives that inform decision-making by faculty, administrators, and governing bodies.