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              POSITION AND INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE   3

              THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS MISSION       3

              ACADEMICS                            4

              THE CAMPUS AND THE REGION            7

              THE POSITION OF VICE PROVOST         8

              APPLICATION AND NOMINATION PROCESS   9

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POSITION AND INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE

  California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI)          success. The successful candidate will possess
  invites confidential inquiries, nominations, and             a singular commitment to serving a largely first
  applications for the position of Vice Provost. The           generation, historically underserved student body
  Vice Provost will provide key strategic academic             and a demonstrated record of advancing inclusive
  leadership at a growing and vibrant institution              excellence within an academic community. The
  committed to academic excellence and student                 search is open and international in its outreach.

  THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS MISSION

  Founded in 2002, California State University Channel         A proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), 56%
  Islands (CSUCI) is the newest campus in the                  of the CSUCI students are Latinx, 25% are White,
  23-campus California State University system, the            2% are African-American, 6% are Asian-American,
  largest four-year public university system in the U.S.       and 4% are multiracial. Additionally, 54% of the
  The University is located in coastal Ventura County,         current student body are Pell eligible and 62%
  between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. The mission           are first-generation college students. Over half of
  of the CSU system includes preparing significant             the undergraduates are transfers from community
  numbers of educated, responsible people to contribute        colleges. Graduate and credential programs are
  to California’s economy, culture, and future. The            designed to meet the needs of working adults. In
  original Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival        short, the CSUCI student body reflects the residents
  buildings on the CSUCI campus were completed in              of the region and of California.
  1934 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New
  Deal. The University itself represents a 40-year effort to   CSUCI’s academic mission rests on four pillars:
  establish a four-year public university in the region to
  serve its residents and the state.                           •   International—an internationalized curriculum, a
                                                                   diverse campus community, and study abroad
                                                                   opportunities
                                                               •   Integrative—commitment to interdisciplinary
  MISSION STATEMENT
                                                                   approaches in teaching, research and scholarly
  Placing students at the center of the educational
                                                                   activities
  experience, California State University Channel
  Islands provides undergraduate and graduate                  •   Multicultural—embracing diverse perspectives,
  education that facilitates learning within                       promoting culturally relevant curriculum and
  and across disciplines through integrative                       advancing inclusive excellence
  approaches, emphasizes experiential and                      •   Community engagement—with the intention
  service learning, and graduates students with                    of encouraging civically engaged citizens in
  multicultural and international perspectives.                    CSUCI’s service area on issues of import

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ACADEMICS

  California State University Channel Islands currently           for the University’s commitment to lifelong
  enrolls more than 7,000 undergraduate students,                 learning. Extended University serves individuals
  including nearly 250 graduate students. CSUCI                   throughout their career life cycles, especially
  offers 26 undergraduate majors, 7 graduate degrees,             as working professionals and busy adults, with
  and a variety of certificate and teaching credential            job skills training, career upgrades, professional
  programs. The Division of Academic Affairs includes             certifications, and accelerated courses of study
  the following units:                                            in accessible formats at convenient times and
                                                                  locations. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute,
  •   Arts & Sciences includes undergraduate majors               a hallmark program for mature learners, has
      and minors in 20 disciplines across the arts,               enriched the intellectual life of the community
      humanities, sciences, and social sciences.                  since its inception in 2004.
      The interdisciplinary nature of Arts & Sciences         •   John Spoor Broome Library enhances the
      programs uniquely prepares students to make                 CSUCI mission of interdisciplinary, international,
      significant contributions in the 21st century. The          multicultural, and service learning by planning
      School is dedicated to providing undergraduate              and promoting the use of collections and services
      students research experiences and opportunities             and supports student learning via its robust
      to engage in community service and experiential             information literacy program. The Library actively
      learning. CSUCI offers a wide variety of excellent          collaborates with students, faculty, and staff in
      programs and classes as well as a number of                 developing its range of services.
      exciting international learning experiences.
  •   School of Education builds from the foundations         CSUCI is poised to continue to grow in size and
      of the undergraduate Liberal Studies option in          renown, while maintaining a student-focused learning
      Teaching & Learning, the undergraduate Early            environment. CSUCI embeds its mission in faculty-led
      Childhood Studies program, and academic                 and directed Mission Centers: Center for Community
      majors in biology, English, mathematics, history,       Engagement, Center for Integrative Studies, Center
      and social studies, and extends to the Masters          for International Affairs, and Center for Multicultural
      of Arts in Education. The School’s programs             Engagement. Other institutes reflecting partnerships
      contribute to the education profession by               with the community, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a
      producing teachers and school administrators            penchant for innovative learning environments include
      who believe that all students have the ability to       the Henry L. “Hank” Lacayo Institute for Workforce &
      achieve high standards, who adapt their teaching        Community Studies, the Institute for Global Economic
      to reach all students and who embrace the               Research, and the Entrepreneurship & Small Business
      diversity of all students. These graduates are          Institute.
      reflective about their teaching, their attitudes,
      and their ability to work in collaborative analytical   CSUCI prides itself on a pattern of identifying
      teams.                                                  student and community needs, finding resources,
                                                              and building programs to address those needs. Two
  •   The Martin V. Smith School of Business and              initiatives illustrating this pattern are outlined below:
      Economics has a liberal arts and interdisciplinary
      focus. It is built on the five Cs: critical thinking,   •   CSUCI continues to advance efforts to improve
      collaboration, communication, conduct, and                  student success, enhance timely graduation and
      competencies. Students learn the fundamental                eliminate equity gaps in student performance. The
      principles of accounting, economics, finance,               University’s success in this regard has resulted
      information systems, management, and marketing              in a host of successful external grants and
      as applied in a variety of organizational settings.         recognition. For instance, First Year Experience
      A distinguishing aspect of the Business and                 (FYE) integrates multiple high-impact practices:
      Economics programs is the requirement to take               thematic critical thinking First Year Seminars
      courses developed in conjunction with disciplines           taught in Learning Communities with writing-
      outside the traditional business curriculum.                intensive English composition classes, supported
  •   Extended University responds to important                   by embedded peer mentors who facilitate small
      needs in the community for continuing access to             co-curricular Dolphin Interest Groups (DIGs)
      higher education and provides overall support               aimed at facilitating the transition to university life.

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ACADEMICS (CONT.)

   •   Student research: Faculty have a strong record
       of engaging undergraduate students in primary
       research activities, marked by the success of
       CSUCI teams in the CSU Student Research
       Competition. In 2008, the first Student Research
       Symposium was celebrated, which grew into
       CSUCI’s annual SAGE Student Research
       Conference: the 13th annual conference was held
       in 2021. The conference typically features research
       presentations by as many as 450 students who
       are been guided by 50 faculty mentors. CSUCI
       is known for fostering research opportunities for
       undergraduate as well as graduate students.
       For instance, a unique partnership between the
                                                              student achievement. CSUCI aims to graduate students
       National Park Service and the University is seen
                                                              possessing an education of sufficient breadth and
       in the CSUCI Santa Rosa Island Research Station,
                                                              depth to appreciate and interpret the natural, social,
       providing students, faculty, researchers, and the
                                                              and aesthetic worlds, and to address the highly
       local community with resources and opportunities
                                                              complex issues facing societies.
       to engage in natural and cultural resource-based
       research and education.
                                                              DISTINCTIVE ASPECTS OF CSUCI
   CSUCI’s pattern of identifying need, securing              As the youngest campus in the CSU system, CSUCI
   resources, and building programs is further exemplified    has the unique responsibility of creatively fostering
   by the University’s embrace of CSUCI’s Hispanic            the growth in campus facilities needed to meet the
   Serving Institution designation, first achieved in 2010.   needs of the region. The University’s leadership has
   From 2010 to the present, the University has been          embraced a model of public-private partnerships to
   awarded more than $29 million in federal grants for        secure funding to invest in academic excellence, such
   Hispanic Serving Institutions.                             as the sale of the University Glen residential community
                                                              to a global real estate investment company. Another
                                                              reflection of the long-standing community desire for and
   STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING AND
                                                              support of a public university is the engagement of the
   STUDENT ACTIVITIES                                         civic, business, and non-profit community. University
   CSUCI is a student-centered university, committed to
                                                              Advancement and others cultivate relationships with
   academic excellence, civic engagement, environmental
                                                              those interested in supporting the University in a
   responsibility, and leadership. The student to faculty
                                                              variety of ways, as demonstrated by the membership
   ratio is 22:1 with 164 Tenure Track faculty and 295
                                                              of individuals on the CSUCI Foundation Board. Some
   lecturers. With a singular commitment to student
                                                              additional distinctions include the following.
   success, CSUCI strives for innovative practices and
   excellence within the disciplines and welcomes
   students as active partners in a distinctive education     The University:
   experience. The faculty of CSUCI engage students           •   Attained the inaugural Seal of Excelencia in
   in an inquiry-based curriculum and are dedicated               2019, granted by the Washington, D.C.-based
   to educating civically engaged leaders for a global            organization, Excelencia in Education, for
   society. CSUCI seeks students who enjoy a campus               facilitating the success of Latinx students.
   environment where their voices and beliefs are             •   Recognized by Time’s MONEY Magazine in 2019
   embraced, valued, and respected. Students are                  as the 4th Best College for Transfer Students in the
   educated to think critically, work in teams, and tackle        nation and the 15th Most Transformative University
   problems in their community and the real world using           in the nation (2020) based on post-graduate
   interdisciplinary approaches. Students are embedded            success.
   in the classroom as peer mentors in a variety of
   contexts. They conduct meaningful discussion,              •   Ranked 20th in the nation for social mobility by
   research, and exploration, and work closely with               CollegeNET for facilitating the economic mobility of
   expert lecturers and tenure-track faculty to facilitate        its graduates (2020).

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  •   Ranked 19th for “Best Bang for the Buck – West”        •   Despite the COVID pandemic and limitations for
      by Washington Monthly, which measures factors              in-person interactions, students contributed over
      such as cost of tuition, graduation rates for first-       13,000 virtual hours to the community through
      time, full-time students and puts special emphasis         research and other service during 2020–2021,
      on social mobility (2020).                                 representing an economic benefit of more than
  •   Ranked 20th among Top Public Schools in the                $347,616 to the community.
      West by U.S. News & World Report (2021).
                                                             Inclusive Excellence
  •   Nursing Program ranked 11th best in the state by
                                                             CSUCI is deeply committed to academic excellence
      RegisteredNursing.Org (2020).
                                                             and providing access to a higher education
  •   Ranked 9th safest campus in the country by             experience grounded in inclusive excellence.
      CollegeStats.org.                                      As an academic community, CSUCI recognizes
  •   Recognized as a Tree Campus USA for a ninth            the transformative power of higher education on
      year in a row in 2021.                                 the communities it serves and unambiguously
                                                             denounces racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-Semitic,
  •   Created three “Z-Majors,” which are majors             Islamophobic, and hateful ideologies that diminish
      that use quality, free, and readily available          humanity and liberty for all. CSUCI is committed to
      educational resources, thus eliminating the            making the structural changes required to dismantle
      costs of textbooks associated with their majors.       racism and enact anti-racist policies and structures
      CSUCI is the first in the CSU system to develop        that serve its academic community.
      undergraduate “Z-Majors.”
  •   Re-accredited in 2015 by the Western                   The President’s Advisory Council on Inclusive
      Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)             Excellence provides a permanent space for
      through 2024.                                          conversation with and guidance for the President
                                                             on matters of equity and justice. Its charge is to
                                                             advance a culture of excellence, assisting the
  Faculty and students:
                                                             President in building social justice leadership
  •   Collaborative faculty-student research projects        capacity throughout the university and ensuring
      consistently win awards at both the state and          that campus dialogue and decisions at every level
      national levels.                                       are rooted in the core values of equity, justice, and
  •   Students regularly realize the top awards at the       inclusivity.
      CSU Media Arts Festival.
                                                             In Summer and Fall 2020, a number of commitments
  •   Faculty have been recognized with national             to action and recommendations toward realizing
      awards for college-level teaching, authorship,         racial justice at CSU Channel Islands were made by
      and service to their disciplines.                      the President and the President’s Advisory Council
  •   Faculty are active in grant-writing: representative    on Inclusive Excellence (PACIE). Development of the
      funding agencies include U.S. Department               Inclusive Excellence Action Plan (IEAP) Framework
      of Education, National Science Foundation,             in January 2021 sought to bring focus of this plethora
      National Institutes of Health, National Park           of racial- and social-justice oriented intentions,
      Service, National Oceanographic and                    recommendations, and commitments into focus.
      Atmospheric Administration, Department of
      Justice, Federal Emergency Management
      Agency, National Aeronautics and Space
      Administration, Noyce, etc.
  •   Students have won Goldwater Awards, REU
      placements, admission to prestigious graduate
      programs, and employment with desirable
      companies.

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THE CAMPUS AND THE REGION

  CSUCI’s campus sits on the eastern edge of the            Glen, houses over 100 juniors, seniors, and graduate
  Oxnard Plain, nestled in the western hills of the Santa   students in studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom
  Monica Mountains, a vibrant area at the interface of      apartments, and is home to the University bookstore
  urban, agricultural, and coastal California.              and various eateries.

  The main campus is a unique historical site with          Click here for a virtual tour of campus.
  many original Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial
  Revival-style buildings. When classes began in 2002,      CSUCI’s location provides a plethora of educational
  the campus was a 634-acre facility, with one- to          and recreational opportunities. From the main
  two-story buildings organized around two primary          campus in Camarillo, a 90-minute travel by car or
  quads. Today, the University encompasses more             train to the south brings one to the dynamic global
  than 1,200 acres of academic space and is poised          city of Los Angeles, with its world-class museums,
  for significant capital growth in the years ahead.        restaurants, performing arts offerings, and diverse
  In 2019, the University launched a series of major        communities. Santa Barbara lies less than an hour to
  capital construction projects including the expansion     the north. CSUCI itself is located 10 minutes from the
  of academic, research, performing arts, conference,       Pacific Coast to the southwest, as well as the nearby
  event and student housing space.                          downtown for the city of Camarillo to the north of the
                                                            campus. The University is set on rich agricultural
  University Glen, an adjacent housing community on         land surrounded by lemon groves and strawberry
  the east side of campus, offers apartments, town          and raspberry fields. Nearby features include biotech
  homes and single-family residences available for          and other technology-oriented companies, a thriving
  rental or purchase. Many University administrators,       arts scene, two military bases, a working port, two
  faculty and staff make the University Glen their home.    harbors, extensive agriculture, shopping outlets, and
  The University Glen Town Center, also located in the      world-class coastal, mountain, and beach recreation.

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THE POSITION OF VICE PROVOST
  The Vice Provost leads Division-wide initiatives           unavailable to attend committee meetings, councils,
  advancing student success, retention, and                  and formal/informal management meetings. The
  graduation, while coordinating undergraduate and           Vice Provost works closely with a variety of campus
  graduate academic programs, curriculum, data               constituents, especially the Academic Deans,
  analytics, and sponsored programs. The Vice Provost        Extended University, and the Division of Student Affairs.
  is primarily responsible for implementing strategies
  that improve the quality of academic programs, make        QUALIFICATIONS
  measurable progress on graduation and retention            Possession of a terminal degree in an academic
  goals, and leverage institutional resources to advance     field, and a record of professional achievement as
  mission critical initiatives pertaining to student         a scholar and a teacher sufficient to be appointed
  outcomes, enrollment growth, and reputation.               with tenure at the rank of Professor are required. The
                                                             ideal candidate will have a minimum four years of
  The Vice Provost will be a collaborative and
                                                             administrative experience and is expected to have
  communicative community builder who is responsible
                                                             a demonstrable record of achievement pertaining to
  for the leadership and oversight of: the Associate
                                                             diversity, equity, and inclusion. Additional preferred
  Vice Provost for High Impact Practices and
                                                             qualifications include: administrative experience within
  Experiential Education, the Associate Vice Provost for
                                                             a collective bargaining environment, ability to interact
  Academic Programs and Continuous Improvement,
                                                             effectively with external constituents, knowledge and
  the Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Studies
                                                             understanding of contemporary issues in the public
  and Research, and the Assistant Vice President for
                                                             higher education sector, and excellent oral and written
  Student Success and Equity Initiatives. The Vice
                                                             communication skills.
  Provost also works closely with the Academic Deans,
  AVPs and Program Chairs and provides advice                A background check (including a criminal records
  regarding long term campus and academic planning.          check) must be completed satisfactorily before any
  Core to the mission of California State University         candidate can be offered a position with the CSU.
  Channel Islands, is the commitment to diversity, equity,   Failure to satisfactorily complete the background
  and inclusion. The Vice Provost will be expected to        check may affect the application status of applicants or
  bring an equity lens to all decisions and initiatives,     continued employment of current CSU employees who
  while providing leadership that reduces equity gaps for    apply for the position.
  an increasingly diverse student body. The Vice Provost
  oversees and carries to completion projects assigned       The person holding this position is considered a
  by the Provost.                                            ‘mandated reporter’ under the California Child Abuse
                                                             and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply
  The Vice Provost reports to the Provost and serves as      with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive
  a member of the Provost’s leadership team and the          Order 1083 Revised July 21, 2017 as a condition of
  Academic Senate. The Vice Provost is the Division of       employment.
  Academic Affairs Chief Executive when the Provost is

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APPLICATIONS AND NOMINATIONS PROCESS

   The University is being assisted by Academic Search.          California State University Channel Islands is an
   Applications should consist of a substantive cover            Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
   letter, a curriculum vitae, and a list of five professional
   references with full contact information. No references       We consider qualified applicants for employment
   will be contacted without the explicit permission of the      without regard to race, religion, color, national origin,
   candidate. Applications, nominations, and expressions         ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender
   of interest can be submitted electronically, and in           expression, sexual orientation, genetic information,
   confidence, to:                                               medical condition, disability, marital status or
                                                                 protected veteran status.
   CSUCIViceProvost@academicsearch.org.

   The position is open until filled, but only applications
   received by September 14, 2021, can be assured
   full consideration. Confidential discussions about
   this opportunity may be arranged by contacting
   consultants Ann Die Hasselmo and Chris Butler.

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