Ohio University

The Associate Provost for Faculty and Academic Planning (formerly titled Associate Provost for Academic Affairs) is a member of the Executive Vice President and Provost’s senior staff and serves on the Academic Leadership Council. This position plays a key role in ensuring that academic excellence and high professional standards are hallmarks of the work of faculty at Ohio University.  The Associate Provost for Faculty and Academic Planning also:

• helps guide strategic planning efforts to meet the university’s stated goal of being the nation’s best transformative learning community
  
• is responsible for all aspects of academic personnel matters for tenure track and non-tenure track faculty, and has approval authority for most matters under her/his purview
  
• is the primary point of contact for the offices of Legal Affairs; Institutional Equity; Diversity; and Human Resources.
  
• works extensively with Faculty Senate, Deans, Chairs, and Directors on faculty-related issues
• assists the Executive Vice President and Provost in policy development as it relates to academic issues and identifies ways of enhancing the university’s ability to serve students and advance knowledge and creative activity
• is the Executive Vice President and Provost’s primary liaison for curricular issues and oversees the university’s accreditation process
  
• represents the Executive Vice President and Provost on university and state committees
  
• provides support within the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost for advancing the University's academic mission in a broad range of activities
  
• works closely with the Executive Vice President and Provost on faculty and academic issues