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SEARCH PROFILE: PROVOST & SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (CUNY) 3
ABOUT LAGUARDIA 4
ACADEMICS: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES,
COMMITMENTS, ACHIEVEMENTS 5
REGIONAL AND SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION 11
LAGUARDIA FACULTY AND STAFF 11
LAGUARDIA STUDENTS 12
THE CAMPUS 13
CAPITAL PROJECTS 13
COMMUNITY 13
FINANCES 14
GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION 14
ALUMNI 15
LEADERSHIP AGENDA FOR THE NEXT PROVOST
& SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 15
APPLICATIONS AND NOMINATIONS 17
SEARCH PROFILE: Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs 2
LaGuardia Community College, a public community officers, faculty, and staff to enhance the College’s college in Long Island City, New York, and part of academic programs, strengthen student success, the City University of New York (CUNY), seeks as its and grow enrollment. The new Provost will also foster next Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic a culture of academic innovation and inclusivity and Affairs (Provost) an experienced, collaborative, support the professional development and growth of visionary academic leader who will work closely with faculty and staff. new leader, President Kenneth Adams, fellow cabinet THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (CUNY) LaGuardia Community College is a distinctive senior colleges, 7 community colleges, William E. institution within The City University of New York, the Macaulay Honors College at CUNY, CUNY Graduate nation’s leading urban public university. Founded in Center, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, CUNY 1847, CUNY counts 13 Nobel Prize and 26 MacArthur School of Labor and Urban Studies, CUNY School (“Genius”) grant winners among its alumni. CUNY of Law, CUNY School of Professional Studies, and students, alumni and faculty have garnered scores of CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health other prestigious honors over the years in recognition Policy. The University serves more than 275,000 of historic contributions to the advancement of the degree-seeking students. CUNY offers online sciences, business, the arts and a myriad of other baccalaureate and master’s degrees through the fields. The University comprises 25 institutions: 11 School of Professional Studies. SEARCH PROFILE: Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs 3
ABOUT LAGUARDIA
LaGuardia Community College, located in the Long rapidly changing communities of Queens, the College
Island City neighborhood of Queens, one of the is poised to respond to and serve the students whose
nation’s fastest-growing neighborhoods, educates aspirations and accomplishments will shape New
and supports more than 30,000 New Yorkers annually York City’s future.
through degree, certificate, and continuing education
programs. The College believes in the transformative
power of education—not just for individuals, but for MISSION
the community and the country—creating pathways LaGuardia Community College’s mission is to educate
for many kinds of achievement. and graduate one of the most diverse student
populations in the country to become critical thinkers
Part of The City University of New York (CUNY), the
and socially responsible citizens who help to shape a
College reflects the legacy of its namesake Fiorello
rapidly evolving society.
H. LaGuardia, the former NYC mayor beloved for
his championing the underserved. Since its doors
opened in 1971, LaGuardia Community College CORE VALUES
programs regularly are recognized as national The institution’s values are woven into the culture of the
models for pushing boundaries to give people of all College and guide the decisions, actions, and behaviors
backgrounds access to a high quality, affordable of the LaGuardia community—what we choose to do,
college education. how we carry out our work in all parts of the institution,
and how we assess the outcome of our individual and
The College values diversity, equity, and inclusion. shared efforts.
It provides a caring environment for immigrants
of all nations and individuals of all backgrounds. • Learning: Believing that everyone can learn, we
LaGuardia is powerful success engine for low-income foster a creative and collaborative environment that
and first-generation students. The College has stimulates the intellect, inspires the imagination and
implemented an array of innovations, leading to a enlarges our vision of the world.
significant increase in graduation rates.
• Opportunity: We invest in everyone’s capacity to
LaGuardia Community College’s successes reflect fulfill their potential and continually advance through
the hard work and dedication of its approximately the exercise of individual talent and effort.
2,000 full-and part-time staff, including approximately • Innovation: We strive for excellence through
1,000 faculty, over 400 of whom are full-time. They innovation, honoring the pioneering spirit of our
lead and support more than 60 associate degree institution.
programs and certificate programs. The College has
• Diversity: We believe that diverse perspectives
demonstrated long-term commitment to innovation in
make us stronger and seek to learn from everyone’s
academic instruction and in supporting the student
unique experience and cultural inheritance.
experience.
• Responsibility: We aspire to be a caring
As the LaGuardia community begins to imagine the community, holding ourselves individually and
next fifty years adapting to meet the needs of the collectively accountable to each other.
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POINTS OF PRIDE • Recent graduates have transferred to some of
the country’s most selective institutions, including
• In 2019, over 30,000 students from 158 countries
Brown, Columbia, NYU, Johns Hopkins, Sarah
came to LaGuardia Community College.
Lawrence, Cornell, Pepperdine, Georgetown and
• LaGuardia’s 3-year graduation rate for first- Vassar.
time, full-time freshmen has increased from 22%
• The innovative enhanced semester structure—
for students entering in Fall 2013 to 32.2% for
along with day, evening, weekend, online, and
students entering in Fall 2017.
hybrid courses—allows students to complete
• LaGuardia is ranked #5 among U.S. two-year an associate degree in two years, with more
colleges in economic mobility—moving low- certainty, saving them time and money.
income people to the middle class and beyond—
• LaGuardia has the largest Adult & Continuing
in a Stanford University study.
Education Division among CUNY Colleges.
• LaGuardia students are 45% more likely to
• LaGuardia, a national voice on behalf of
transfer to a 4-year college than community
community colleges, has garnered major support
college students nationally.
from such leading funders as Goldman Sachs
• LaGuardia is the top producer of STEM graduates Gives, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Robin
among the CUNY community colleges and among Hood, Henry Luce Foundation, The Carroll
all the CUNY institutions graduates the third most and Milton Petrie Foundation, and The Teagle
STEM students. Foundation.
• Over the past decade, the LaGuardia Community • LaGuardia is recognized as one of the U.S.
College Foundation has raised more than $34 colleges and universities that produced the most
million for scholarships, emergency funds and 2019-20 Fulbright U.S. Scholars, as two scholars
new initiatives aimed at enhancing student from the College received this prestigious award.
success.
ACADEMICS: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES,
COMMITMENTS, ACHIEVEMENTS
LaGuardia Community College offers more than 60
majors, certificates, and programs, as well as 70
continuing education programs. These programs
achieve remarkable results, based on commitments to
student success that are shared across the institution.
LAGUARDIA HAS IMPROVED
GRADUATION RATES FOR STUDENTS
Over the past five years, LaGuardia’s outcomes have
been consistently higher than the national averages,
and retention and completion rates are steadily
increasing. For example, LaGuardia’s most recent
three-year graduation rate (for full-time students
entering in Fall 2017), was 32.2 percent, up from 22.0
percent for the entering class of 2013.
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ACADEMICS: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES,
COMMITMENTS, ACHIEVEMENTS (CONT.)
LAGUARDIA IS AN ENGINE OF support and opportunities offered by the Center for
ECONOMIC MOBILITY Teaching and Learning (CTL). Through a culture of
A recent Stanford study reveals some colleges are innovation and collaboration, LaGuardia provides
particularly effective at propelling students from the learning experiences in and out of the classroom that
lowest economic brackets into the middle class. challenge students and prepare them for success.
LaGuardia ranked fifth of all two-year colleges
We are recognized by the National Institute for
nationwide with high mobility rates, helping thousands
Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) for the
of low-income students join the middle class.
way we use ePortfolio throughout the curriculum,
from First Year Seminars to capstones. Academic
LAGUARDIA PAYS SUSTAINED support targets all LaGuardia students, including our
ATTENTION TO HIGH-NEED STUDENTS Accelerated Study in Associate Program (ASAP), the
Most of LaGuardia’s high-need students tend to be low- Library, the Advisement Office, the Writing Center,
income, first-generation collegegoers, who are enrolled the Honors Program, tutoring labs, the Peer Advisor
part-time. Half are immigrants. Many need basic skills Academy, and CUNY EDGE, a university-wide student
and English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction support program. These are all factors in LaGuardia’s
to prepare them for college-level work. To meet improved retention and graduation rates.
these needs, LaGuardia has created a strong First
Year Experience for all students, led implementation
LAGUARDIA’S FACULTY VALUE
of the nationally recognized ASAP student success
model, built innovative pedagogical approaches for
HIGH-IMPACT PRACTICES
To advance student success, LaGuardia faculty
developmental education, strengthened advisement,
engage students in high impact practices, those
embraced peer tutoring programs, and integrated
practices that are known to engage students and
technology into student learning.
increase the depth of their learning. LaGuardia
While paying close attention to the academic needs highlights undergraduate research, where students
of low-income students, LaGuardia helps all students apprentice as scholars and scientists.
feel pride in their cultural heritages and emerging
One example: Supported by a 2014 First in the
identities as citizens. LaGuardia supports many co-
World grant, a credit-bearing First Year Seminar
curricular activities that help students build upon their
(FYS) was introduced. FYS integrates discipline-
cultural identity in achieving success, including student
based curriculum with an introduction to college
leadership programs, clubs, faculty seminars on
conventions, student tools, and advisement. During
diversity and language acquisition, and integration of
FYS, students build core ePortfolios to collect and
cultural themes into campus events.
display information about themselves and their
pathways to graduation, a practice which addresses
LAGUARDIA HAS ESTABLISHED Integrative Learning and digital and writing abilities.
AN EFFECTIVE STUDENT
LEARNING EXPERIENCE A second example: A five-year $4.6 million U.S.
Student learning and achievement are central to Department of Education grant secured in 2021 will
LaGuardia’s Mission. The College provides both create the Queens STEM Academy, a collaboration
academic and non-academic support programs with Queens College that will enhance STEM learning
across a wide spectrum of student needs. Faculty for thousands of Hispanic and low-income students,
and staff enthusiastically dedicate their energy and supporting them from admission through transfer.
creativity to providing superior learning experiences The project will create STEM articulation agreements,
to typically underserved students, many of whom are implement joint degree programs, and facilitate
members of low income, minority communities. faculty exchange and shared transfer advisement.
Student Success Plans (SSPs) created in students’
During the emergency transition to distance learning electronic portfolios help support students’ success
during the covid-19 pandemic, faculty adapted by engaging them in developing academic and
courses to ensure learning, thanks in part to the career plans. These activities deepen the connection
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ACADEMICS: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES,
COMMITMENTS, ACHIEVEMENTS (CONT.)
between student needs and academic planning. LaGuardia’s Core Competencies also align well
Students who were advised with Student Success with the skills that employers say graduates need to
Plans were retained at a rate of 84%. succeed in the workplace. Surveys by Gallup, Hart
Research Associates, and the National Association
LAGUARDIA HAS IMPLEMENTED of Colleges and Employers confirm the importance
A HIGHLY REGARDED OUTCOMES of a widely accepted set of career readiness skills.
Alignment with such skills highlights the ways that
ASSESSMENT MODEL
LaGuardia’s Core Competencies are vital to 21st
There is a strong culture of assessment at the
century success in education and careers.
College, and our faculty and staff are guided by the
principles of continuous improvement. The College’s
investment in outcomes assessment has led to an LAGUARDIA SUPPORTS STUDENT
innovative general education assessment culture. SUCCESS THROUGH PEER MENTORING
AND ATTENTION TO WELLNESS
The College’s Assessment Leadership Team (ALT) The College recognizes the value of providing
leads academic departments in strengthening interactions between successful students and newer
learning, while the Administrative and Educational students, and many peer mentoring and tutoring
Support (AES) Assessment Council leads the programs are central to the student experience. Each
assessment of the support units. semester, the College employs approximately 200
LaGuardia students to support a range of academic
In 2012, Middle States accreditors cited LaGuardia’s
success activities.
“strong institutional culture of assessment of student
learning, as well as [its] demonstrated maturity Peer Advisors are current LaGuardia students placed
through multiple assessment cycles and meta- in department-based advising roles throughout
assessment.” The National Institute for Learning the College and charged with supporting student
Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) cited LaGuardia’s success. They provide outreach and support to
proven ability to use assessment to help faculty students by navigating course selection, degree
make changes that improve student learning. The mapping, and other services. Since the transition to
Bellwether Consortium of Community Colleges distance learning, they were assigned to different
recognized LaGuardia’s assessment work, naming projects aimed at strengthening connection and
LaGuardia a finalist for the national Bellwether Legacy communication between the College and students.
Award in 2019.
Student Success Mentors (SSMs) facilitate the
LAGUARDIA’S CORE COMPETENCIES ALIGN First Year Seminar (FYS) and Capstone experience
ACADEMIC AND CAREER CAPACITIES through the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL).
In 2014, College governance approved a new set of SSMs facilitate the lab component of the FYS, known
Core Competencies, or Student Learning Outcomes as the Studio Hour. SSMs receive extensive training to
(SLOs), focused on complex thinking skills, to be work in partnership with faculty and provide a range
used in assessing not only General Education but of support to students, including experience-based
also disciplinary majors and co-curricular learning. strategies for success.
The new SLOs spotlight three Core Competencies:
Academic Peer Instruction (API) tutors are students
Inquiry and Problem Solving, Global Learning, and
who have successfully completed one of the
Integrative Learning, which students demonstrate
targeted “high risk” courses. API tutors audit these
through written, oral, or digital communication.
courses and organize weekly out-of-class API group
Building these Core Competencies helps students
study sessions open to all students in the course.
succeed at LaGuardia and in advanced education at
Following the Supplemental Instruction model that has
baccalaureate campuses and beyond.
demonstrated success nationwide, the API program
was instrumental in scaling co-requisite courses at
LaGuardia.
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ACADEMICS: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES,
COMMITMENTS, ACHIEVEMENTS (CONT.)
In addition, LaGuardia supports the emotional and learning and help students reach their academic or
mental well being of students as a critical part of vocational goals (HSE Bridge to College and Careers
their success. The My LaGuardia app and website Program, CUNY Fatherhood Academy, and CUNY
encourage students to check in with the Wellness Language Immersion Program). Students interested
Center, accredited by the International Association of in advancing their career skills can choose from
Counseling Services. The Wellness Center provides a variety of certificate programs in various fields,
counseling and wellness services that support including healthcare, technology, business, and
and assist students in their intellectual, emotional, construction.
psychological, and social development while coping
with the challenges of college and life. The Center LaGuardia is known for its workforce development
offers free and confidential counseling in a safe programs, which prepare Queens residents for
environment. Services include short-term individual careers in high-demand sectors of the NYC economy,
counseling, crisis intervention, workshops, outreach, including healthcare, IT, and construction. In
and referrals to community resources. cooperation with industry partners, ACE offers hands-
on occupational training, essential workplace “life”
skills, job placement, and student support. Students
LAGUARDIA HAS VIBRANT CONTINUING
who complete their training obtain industry recognized
EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE credentials and, in some programs, academic credit
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS that can be applied to a LaGuardia degree.
LaGuardia’s Adult & Continuing Education (ACE)
Division is the largest such program in CUNY, ACE’s Small Business & Entrepreneur Services
generating more than 15,044 enrollments in 2019. programs – which include the first Goldman
ACE offers a broad range of unique programs that Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses center located
help pre-college and/or working students move at a community college – provide education and
forward to credit enrollment, better jobs, or a career. specialized technical assistance to thousands of small
businesses while partnering with employers to create
The ACE division offers non-degree programs which talent pipelines, support incumbent workers, and
are either fee-based, grant-funded, or contracted by boost the local economy.
employers or labor unions. They range from single
sessions to yearlong training programs. There are ACE serves local businesses by offering education
currently 162 active course offerings in ACE. Offerings and a diverse talent pool that can fill industry
are revised frequently to meet community and needs, along with resources and support for
industry needs. small businesses and startups. Founded in 2006,
NYDesigns supports the development of tech
The ACE division serves as a conduit for students startups. Companies in the incubator have three
wishing to continue their educational journey in years of private studio space and access to a
a degree program. The ACE Advisement Office network of mentors and advisers. NYDesigns
provides extensive support to ACE students in makers can prototype designs and ideas in a secure
navigating college academics, including Admissions, 5,000-square-foot fabrication lab.
Testing, FAFSA, and New Student Registration. In
Fall 2019, 321 ACE students transitioned into degree
programs.
LAGUARDIA IS COMMITTED TO LEARNING
ORGANIZATION PRINCIPLES FOR ALL
ACE utilizes many strategies to increase access to Professional development at LaGuardia has evolved
education for underserved communities. Adult Basic into a sustained practice, linked to institutional
Skills/ High School Equivalency (HSE) programs, strategic planning and focused on improving student
and most of the English as a Second Language outcomes. Faculty join year-long seminar programs
(ESL) courses –including the largest ESL program offered through the Center for Teaching and Learning
in NYC – are designed to prepare students for (CTL), engaging them in rethinking their curriculum
transition to credit courses. Several programs to integrate effective pedagogy. This faculty
provide contextualized instruction to promote student development model proved so successful that CTL
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COMMITMENTS, ACHIEVEMENTS (CONT.)
seminars have multiplied dramatically: nearly 200 of assignments developed by faculty is housed within
400 full-time faculty annually engage in sustained CUNY Academic Works and is an Open Educational
professional learning opportunities. CTL programs Resource. The assignments in this repository,
have consistently shown significant gains in course which provide models for LaGuardia’s Core
pass and retention rates, as well as gains in key Competencies and Communication Abilities, have
learning behaviors measured by the Community been downloaded over 22,000 times.
College Survey of Student Engagement, such as
synthesizing information, learning to work effectively CTL also supports professional development for
with others, and thinking analytically. advisement and other frontline staff, including an
annual semester-long leadership program for mid-
The CTL also offers an array of seminars and level managers.
workshops focused on promoting diversity, equity,
and inclusion, and on bringing Global Learning LAGUARDIA HAS BUILT AN EFFECTIVE
competency and culturally relevant pedagogy TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE
into the classroom and the campus. The unique Regular input from stakeholders across the College
(unduplicated) number of participants in the CTL has yielded a dynamic digital learning environment
mini-grants, seminars, and activities has averaged for LaGuardia students. LaGuardia has over 320
roughly 400 participants per year since 2014-15, access points for WiFi connection, allowing students
totaling 1,518. In 2019-2020, the unique number to access the network anywhere onsite with multiple
of total participants was 397. Of these, 145 were devices simultaneously. All LaGuardia classrooms
adjuncts. Faculty who co-lead and/or participate are “smart,” and more than 2,000 workstations are
in the CTL’s Learning Matters Mini-Grants and available to students in common areas. Software
seminars focus on developing strategies for is available for students to use in open labs which
improving learning. Among noteworthy outcomes are available six days a week. For online and hybrid
of such mini grants are assignments submitted to courses, we offer students tools such as ZOOM,
the Learning Matters Assignment Library, launched Blackboard, etc. In addition, some classrooms have
in 2017. This repository of peer-reviewed signature been retrofitted for hybrid learning.
SEARCH PROFILE: Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs 9MAJORS, CERTIFICATES, AND PROGRAMS
Business & Technology Humanities
• Accounting • Commercial Photography
• Business Administration • Commercial Photography (certificate)
• Business Administration: Healthcare Management • Commercial Photography: Fine Arts Option
• Paralegal Studies • Communication Studies
• Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Management • Digital Media Arts (certificate)
Education & Language Acquisition • Film and Television
• Education: Childhood Education Track • Fine Arts
• Education: Early Childhood Education Track • Fine Arts: Design Studies Option
• Education: Secondary Education Track • Industrial Design
• Education Associate: Bilingual Child • Music Performance
• Liberal Arts - Deaf Studies • Music Recording Technology
• Liberal Arts - International Studies Option • New Media Technology
• Liberal Arts - Japanese Option • Theatre
• Liberal Arts - Latin American Studies Option • Philosophy
• Liberal Arts - TESOL/Linguistics Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science
• Spanish-English Translation • Civil Engineering
English • Computer Science
• Liberal Arts: Journalism Option • Computer Technology
• Liberal Arts: Women, Gender and Sexuality • Electrical Engineering
Studies • Mechanical Engineering
• Writing and Literature: Creative Writing Track • Mechanical Engineering: Earth System Science &
Environmental Engineering Option
Health Sciences
• Liberal Arts: Math & Science
• Dietetic Technician Program
• Network Administration and Information Security
• EMT/Paramedic Program
• Network and Information Security (certificate)
• Food Service Management Program
• Programming and Software Development
• Human Services: Mental Health
• Nutrition and Culinary Management Natural Science
• Occupational Therapy Assistant • Biology
• Physical Therapist Assistant • Environmental Science
• Practical Nursing (certificate) • Physical Sciences: Chemistry
• Public and Community Health • Physical Sciences: Physics
• Radiologic Technology Social Science
• Registered Nursing Program • Criminal Justice
• Therapeutic Recreation • Liberal Arts: History Option
• Veterinary Technology • Liberal Arts: Political Science Option
• Psychology
SEARCH PROFILE: Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs 10REGIONAL AND SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION
LaGuardia has integrated online learning systems under the guidelines of the American Veterinary
and student support systems, allowing the College Medical Association (AVMA). The Paralegal
to better track student interactions, giving faculty Studies program is accredited by the American
and staff essential data to continuously improve Bar Association. The Occupational Therapy
service delivery. The advising dashboard facilitates Assistant program is accredited by the Council for
engagement between students, faculty, and Occupational Therapy Education of the American
advisors. Single sign-on portals for students provide Occupational Therapy Association (ACOTE). The
easy access to student email and advisement Practical Nursing Program is accredited and was
tools. Finally, a recently revamped LaGuardia approved in July 2004 by the New York State
Mobile App makes the resources students need Board of Regents, State Education Department,
more accessible, connecting faculty, advisors, and Office of the Professions (Nursing Education).
students through automatic alerts, appointment The EMT/ Paramedic program is accredited by
scheduling, updates to individual class schedules, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
advising notes, and course search. Education Programs. All academic programs of
LaGuardia Community College are registered by the
LaGuardia Community College is fully accredited New York State Education Department.
and approved by the Middle States Commission
on Higher Education, with the next accreditation In addition, we have two non-academic programs
site visit being planned for March 2022. The that are accredited -The Early Childhood Learning
Nursing Program is accredited by the Accreditation Center Programs Inc. (ECLC) accredited by the
Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). The National Association for the Education of Young
Physical Therapist Assistant program is accredited Children and the Wellness Center, approved for
by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical accreditation by the International Accreditation of
Therapy Education (CAPTE). The Veterinary Counseling Services.
Technology Program is accredited by the Committee
on Veterinary Technician Education & Activities,
LAGUARDIA FACULTY AND STAFF
LaGuardia faculty and staff are passionate, talented • Professional full- and part-time staff total 1,030.
professionals, constantly reflecting upon their • The percentage of LaGuardia’s full-time faculty
training, experience, practice, and goals to create who are minorities (identified by CUNY as Black,
challenging and engaging learning environments. Hispanic, Italian American, Asian/Pacific Islander
For many, the work they do is a calling, not a job, or American Indian/Alaskan Native) has steadily
as they cherish their connections with students and increased to 44.4% during the past five years
enjoy learning with them and from them. The faculty and exceeds the CUNY Community College
and staff are engaged in scholarly and artistic average.
activities that reflect their intellectual excitement
and rigor, their commitment to disciplinary • From 2015-2020, the Academic Affairs Division
knowledge and discovery, and their deep respect received grant awards totaling over $24.5 million.
for all the communities of New York City. The
College has a full-time faculty of 383; 62% have a
doctorate – more than twice the national average.
• Adjunct faculty, 551 experts in their fields,
are drawn from throughout the New York City
metropolitan region.
SEARCH PROFILE: Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs 11LAGUARDIA STUDENTS
LaGuardia students are the energizing force of the
College. They seek knowledge, skills, and credentials
to transform their own lives, as well as impact their
families and communities. Their dedication to the
journey of lifelong learning and the richness they bring
to the classroom and campus life are what define
LaGuardia.
Beyond their academic pursuits, LaGuardia students
enjoy a wide range of co-curricular and extra-
curricular activities. There are 39 active student clubs
and organizations which students can join and lead.
LaGuardia alumni take an active role by sharing
their stories and resources with current students and
developing lasting relationships with the College.
ALL STUDENTS (2019 DATA)
• Over 30,000 students from 158 countries come to
LaGuardia each year.
• 55% (18,533) are degree students, and 45%
(15,044) are non-degree students in the ACE
division. • In 2020, LaGuardia had a substantially higher
than the percentage of students majoring in STEM
• Students reside not only in Queens (67%) but
fields: 23.5%, which is almost 5% higher the
in other boroughs of New York: Brooklyn (15%),
CUNY community college average. LaGuardia
Bronx (8%), Manhattan (7%), and Staten Island
STEM students represent almost 20% of STEM
(1%).
students from all seven CUNY community
colleges.
DEGREE STUDENTS (2019 DATA)
• The top five majors by number of students are
• 54% are full-time students, and 46% are part-time. Nursing, Business Administration, Criminal
• Students’ credentials when entering LaGuardia Justice, Liberal Arts: Mathematics and Science,
are varied: High School Diploma (64%), and Psychology.
Transfer (31%), and Test Assessing Secondary
Completion, or TASC (5%). NON-DEGREE STUDENTS (ADULT
• LaGuardia is proud of the ethnic diversity of its AND CONTINUING EDUCATION)
students: 47% are Hispanic, 23% are Asian, 18% • LaGuardia ACE students tend to be older than
are African American, and 11% are White. They degree students: approximately 57% are over age
speak 77 different native languages. 30, and 42% are under age 30.
• 59% of degree students are under age 23, and • ACE students enroll in a variety of educational
41% are over age 23. programs: Small Business Services (30%),
• The LaGuardia degree student population is 60% Pre-College Academic Programs (23%), The
female and 40% male. English Language Center (14%), and Career
Development Center (7%).
• More than 70% of students receiving aid and
living independently earn less than $25,000 per • Of LaGuardia ACE students reporting their
year. 68% of students receive financial aid. ethnicity, 68% are Hispanic, 13% are African
American, 12% are Asian, and 6% are White.
• Since 2013, the percentage of first-year students
earning 30 credits or more increased to 17.3
percent in Fall 2020. In addition, LaGuardia’s
percentage was considerably higher than the
CUNY community college average.
SEARCH PROFILE: Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs 12THE CAMPUS
LaGuardia Community College is conveniently located The LaGuardia campus consists of four buildings—
in the neighborhood of Long Island City, Queens, the the E, M, C, and B Buildings—which span five of the
most diverse borough in New York City. Long Island six blocks between Van Dam Street and 28th Street,
City (LIC) is just across the East River from Midtown and between Thomson Avenue/Skillman Avenue and
Manhattan and the Upper East Side. Once an 47th Avenue. Facilities are used not only by students
industrial expanse of warehouses and factories, LIC and members of the campus community but by
has seen remarkable change in the past 20 years. Still families and organizations in the neighborhood.
in the midst of a major transformation, it is a vibrant
area that has quickly become known as a major New
York technology hub, with museums, restaurants,
shops, and art studios. The LIC waterfront is now lined
with new, upscale residential developments targeted
at young professionals seeking luxury features and
convenient access to Midtown.
CAPITAL PROJECTS
In the last five years, LaGuardia Community College IN PROGRESS:
received approximately $300 million for recently
• Business, Entrepreneurial and Career Center, $15
completed projects and commitments for capital-
million. Estimated completion spring 2023
funded projects currently in progress:
• Center 3 Façade Replacement, $122.7 million.
Estimated completion summer2022
COMPLETED:
• Center 3 Infrastructure Upgrade, $83 million.
• Library Expansion & Renovation, Phase I, $15
Estimated completion end of 2026
million. Completed 2017
• E Building Basic Sciences Lab Renovations,
• Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
$14.4 million. Estimated completion end of 2024
Education Center, $6 million. Completed 2018
• Fire Alarm Replacement in Shenker Hall (M
• E Building Fire Alarm, $3.4 million. Completed
Building), $4.5 million estimated completion early
2019
2023
• M Building Boiler Replacement, $10 million.
• Library Expansion and Renovation, Phase II,
Completed fall 2021
$18.2 million. Estimated completion end of 2024
• E Building Roof Replacement, $5 million.
• IT Infrastructure Upgrade, $6.2 million. Estimated
Completed spring 2021
completion end of 2024
COMMUNITY
LaGuardia is deeply embedded in Long Island LaGuardia’s faculty and staff are committed to
City, Queens, and New York City. The College has engaging the community in a range of different ways,
created supportive partnerships with institutions such as opening the College’s pool to youth groups,
including Goldman Sachs, Weill Cornell Hospital, providing stages for local artists in the LaGuardia
NBC, The Museum of Modern Art, MetLife, Boyce Performing Arts Center, and helping small businesses
Technologies, Morningstar, as well as major labor grow through the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small
unions, educational institutions, and community- Businesses program and NYDesigns.
based organizations.
SEARCH PROFILE: Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs 13FINANCES
LaGuardia Community College’s 2019-2020 • LaGuardia’s percentage of tax-levy budget spent
revenues were $273.7 million, primarily from city and on student services, instruction, and departmental
state funding, grants and contracts, and student research increased to 66.6% over the five-year
tuition and fees. Tuition is $2,400 per semester for period.
full-time students who are residents of the City of • LaGuardia’s research awards for 2020 were
New York. Non-resident tuition for full-time students $394,867, third among all CUNY community
is $4,800 per semester. colleges.
• Over the past decade, the LaGuardia Community • Led by Adult and Continuing Education,
College Foundation has raised more than $34 LaGuardia’s grant totals top CUNY community
million in contributions to support students. colleges by a large margin.
GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
The first comprehensive governance plan of KENNETH ADAMS, PRESIDENT
LaGuardia Community College was created in 1978 Kenneth Adams is president of LaGuardia Community
with the goal of translating into practical form the College. Since his appointment in 2020, President
ideals and mission of the College, built around a Adams has led the College’s efforts to improve
core belief in making the best of higher education student success, strengthen its commitment to
and professional opportunity available to those who diversity, equity, and inclusion, and increase
seek them. government and philanthropic support.
The 1978 governance plan embodied these In 2021, he launched a bold fundraising campaign
principles: to raise $15 million to help LaGuardia students and
• Governance of the College is participatory Queens residents rise and recover from the COVID-19
and shared among the faculty, the staff, the pandemic. President Adams was previously dean
students, the alumni, and the administration. of workforce and economic development at Bronx
• The governance body provides an arena for Community College/CUNY.
the voices of elected representatives of all Prior to joining CUNY, President Adams spent more
constituencies to be heard. than 20 years leading economic and workforce
• The leadership of the governance body is development organizations in New York State.
elected by its members. He served as acting commissioner of the NYS
Department of Taxation and Finance, president and
In line with these principles, the LaGuardia CEO of Empire State Development, and commissioner
Community College Senate draws its members from of the NYS Department of Economic Development.
the faculty, the staff, the alumni, and the student
body, working in collaboration with the President of He is a director of Opportunity America, the Queens
the College and the administration to carry forth the Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the Long Island
LaGuardia mission. City Partnership, the Research Foundation of CUNY,
and the Bronx Charter School for Excellence. He
In addition to the Office of the President, the has served on boards, commissions, councils, and
other administrative units of the College include advisory groups on behalf of five governors and two
Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Continuing mayors.
Education, Institutional Advancement, Information
Technology, and Administration/Finance. President Adams received BA and MA degrees from
Middlebury College.
The Professional Staff Congress/CUNY serves as
the collective bargaining unit of instructional and
support staff.
SEARCH PROFILE: Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs 14ALUMNI
LaGuardia’s alumni represent the thousands who industries. Notable alumni include Elly Gross,
were trained at the College and have gone on to build Holocaust survivor, poet, and author; Ruben Diaz,
a better New York and a better world. LaGuardia Jr., Bronx Borough President; and Rudy Washington,
alumni work as nurses, business executives, teachers, Deputy Mayor under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
and artists in a broad range of organizations and
LEADERSHIP AGENDA FOR THE NEXT PROVOST &
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic LaGuardia, like other community colleges, has
Affairs (Provost) is the chief academic officer of the faced declining enrollment in recent years. The
College. Reporting to the President, the Provost is next Provost will bring knowledge of best practices
responsible for the formulation and implementation of in enrollment management, and collaborate with
academic plans, policies, priorities, and innovation. leaders at the executive level and in the academic
In addition to providing academic leadership for programs, student support services, and continuing
the College, the Provost will work closely with the education to strengthen enrollment and implement
President and other Cabinet-level officers to advance creative strategies for recruiting and retaining a
the objectives of the College and its mission. The diverse student body.
Provost will be charged with promoting collaboration
among divisions, departments, and programs to It will be essential for the Provost to have an
fulfill the College’s purpose to educate and support approachable and welcoming demeanor that invites
students on their path to graduation. conversation and engagement with all campus and
community stakeholders, and to build a culture in
LaGuardia Community College seeks an academic
which all feel valued, respected and inspired. The
leader dedicated to fostering the intellectual life of
Provost shall instill a spirit of teamwork, information-
the College and student success who is forward-
sharing, mutual respect, trust, and transparency
thinking and has a deep understanding of national
in decision-making. The Provost will be a leader
and regional higher education trends, especially as
with the ability to develop creative ways to attract,
they relate to community colleges. The Provost will
support, and retain high-quality and diverse faculty
work closely with the Chairs and full-time and part-
time faculty in shaping the direction and policies of and academic staff.
the academic departments, including the library, The Provost has the opportunity to capitalize on the
and must provide vision and leadership while
strength and dedication of LaGuardia’s faculty and
advocating for academic innovation related to new
staff, to examine the current organizational structure,
and emerging trends in higher education and labor
streamline roles and responsibilities, and improve
market demand. This includes the use of technology
the resources and support available for continued
in online, hybrid, and in-person courses to suit
professional growth. The new Provost should
learners of all types.
champion a culture in which faculty achievements
The Provost has the opportunity to work with faculty are recognized, faculty development is supported,
and staff to bolster the curricular and co-curricular and faculty are held accountable to high
programming to keep them current with a rapidly professional expectations. This includes support
changing world, and ensure effective approaches for the development of scholarship, research, and
focused on student retention, growth, and success. pedagogical innovation.
SEARCH PROFILE: Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs 15LEADERSHIP AGENDA FOR THE NEXT PROVOST &
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS (CONT.)
DESIRED QUALITIES AND CAPABILITIES • Ability to recruit and retain a diverse faculty and
staff and a demonstrated commitment to their
• An earned doctorate or other appropriate
professional growth and development
terminal degree
• A record of providing support for teaching,
• Significant and progressively responsible
research, scholarship, and service
experience in academic administration,
preferably in a community college setting • A demonstrated record of sound fiscal and
resource management
• A distinguished record of teaching, service,
scholarly achievement, research, and • Evidence of a respectful, consultative, and
professional accomplishments accessible leadership style that will energize and
inspire the campus community
• An understanding of, commitment to, and
respect for shared governance • The ability to listen closely, make informed,
data-driven decisions firmly, and communicate
• Experience working in a multicultural/multiethnic
those decisions clearly and effectively in a timely
environment with the ability to build bridges and
manner, as well as hold others accountable
interact successfully with diverse constituent
groups in fostering a climate of inclusivity • A high level of integrity, trust, and
resourcefulness
• Understanding of the changing landscape of
higher education and knowledge of current and • Experience connecting with the surrounding
emerging best practices in community colleges community and leveraging opportunities of the
region, including building relationships with
• Successful experience in strategic planning,
local businesses and other higher education
enrollment management, program development,
institutions inside and outside of the CUNY
and accreditation, including outcomes
system
assessment
• Leadership experience in a highly unionized
• Experience managing and navigating the tenure
environment
and promotion processes
• Experience in an urban setting
• Experience serving students from
underrepresented communities
SEARCH PROFILE: Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs 16APPLICATIONS AND NOMINATIONS LaGuardia Community College is being assisted explicit permission of the candidate. This position by Academic Search. Prospective candidates may is open until filled, but only applications received arrange a confidential discussion by contacting by April 7, 2022, can be assured full consideration. Dr. Shirley Robinson Pippins at Shirley.Pippins@ To learn more about this dynamic and renowned academicsearch.org or Andrea Cowsert at Andrea. institution, please visit the LaGuardia Community Cowsert@academicsearch.org. Applications and College website at www.laguardia.edu. nominations should be submitted electronically to LaGuardiaProvost@academicsearch.org. Applications CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, must include a cover letter that addresses the veterans and women to apply. At CUNY, Italian responsibilities and requirements described in this Americans are also included among our protected position prospectus; a curriculum vitae; and a list groups. Applicants and employees will not be of at least five professional references with contact discriminated against on the basis of any legally information, including telephone and email, and a note protected category including sexual orientation or indicating the candidate’s working relationship with gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer each. References will not be contacted without the SEARCH PROFILE: Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs 17
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