College of Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR in Higher Education

EXTENDED SEARCH - Review of applications begins April 1, 2008

The Department of Educational Organization and Leadership offers a full-time faculty position at the Associate or Full Professor level in higher education. This position reflects a commitment by the College of Education and UIUC Provost to extend research and teaching capacity in higher education to include a focus on outcomes assessment, measurement, evaluation, quantitative methods, and related areas of expertise. The successful candidate will maintain a vigorous program of funded research and teach courses of wide appeal to students in the College and beyond interested in higher education, including learning outcome assessment and related measurement, quantitative research methods, and evaluation.

Qualifications: The position requires an earned doctorate in higher education or a closely related field of study. The successful candidate must demonstrate teaching excellence, a successful track record in securing external research funding, and exemplary service, with national visibility in the profession sufficient to qualify for an appointment at the senior ranks of Associate or Full Professor with tenure.

Responsibilities: The individual sought for this position should have a demonstrated reputation in higher education and fully understand the diverse social, economic and policy context in which decisions about purposes and methods for collegiate learning outcomes assessment are forged. As an established scholar, this individual will continue to advance the College of Education’s reputation and national ranking and expand the faculty’s capacity to advise students and teach such courses as higher education outcomes assessment, public policy in higher education, and educational measurement. In addition the candidate will maintain active engagement with the recently established Forum for the Future of Public Education at UIUC as well as other initiatives emerging in the College of Education such as STEM, the Center on Small Urban Communities, and Ubiquitous Learning. This individual will be expected to contribute to the College’s grant productivity, including through collaboration with faculty in other departments within the College and with faculty in other campus units.

Starting Date and Salary: The starting date is August 16, 2008. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications.

Inquiries about the Position: Inquiries may be directed to the search committee chair: Dr. Debra Bragg (dbragg@uiuc.edu, 217-244-8974). More information on the EOL department can be accessed at http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/eol/position.html

Application Procedures: Review of applications will begin on April 1, 2008. We will continue to consider new applications until the position is filled. Please submit a letter of application containing a brief statement of research and teaching interests (along with evidence of teaching effectiveness), curriculum vita (along with e-mail address), three letters of reference relevant to the position, and representative publications to:

Search Committee, Associate/Full Professor in Higher Education
Attn: Jean Bettridge
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1310 S. Sixth Street, 333 Education Building
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-2155 (phone), (217) 244-3378 (fax)
Electronic submissions may be sent to: jeanb@uiuc.edu

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