The Opportunity
The University Provost position offers a rare opportunity for a distinguished scholar and innovative academic leader/administrator to work with a talented senior leadership team to implement an ambitious agenda by supporting accomplished researchers and educators, recruiting new faculty, and developing new programs and infrastructure, particularly in areas in which strategic planning has identified strengths and opportunities.
As the chief academic officer of the University, the University Provost oversees all academic programs and has primary responsibility for the 14 schools and colleges on the Charles River Campus. This includes responsibility for faculty hiring, development, and promotion for the approximately 1,900 faculty members in these schools and colleges as well as for planning, budgeting, and space allocation. The University Provost, together with the Provost of the Medical Campus and the Vice President for Research, is responsible for the research enterprise, including sponsorship and oversight of interdisciplinary initiatives as well as operational and financial compliance.
The organizational structure of the senior leadership of the University is available at the website www.bu.edu/offices/administration/, and for the Office of the Provost at www.bu.edu/provost/meet/orgchart/.
Institutional Strengths
- Seventeen Schools and Colleges
- Undergraduate Education
- Organizational Coordination and Structural Adaptiveness
- Boston
- Engagement in the City and the World
Challenges
- Changing Economic Landscape
- Competition
- Increasing Complexity of the Research and Regulatory Environment
- Infrastructure