Georgia State University

ASSOCIATE DEAN
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Associate Dean is an academic and/or administrative officer who reports to the Dean of the
College. S/he supports the teaching, research, and service mission of the college by discharging
responsibilities in on or more areas as defined by the dean. S/he serves as a conduit for the
communication between the dean’s office and the department chairs and university
offices/external communities as defined by the dean. Colleges often have multiple associate
deans serving as points of contact for different groups of departments and/or with different
responsibilities.

Authority: The level of authority of Associate Deans is set by the Dean and varies across
colleges and across associate deans. Responsibilities typically cover the following:

I. Academic programs and curriculum

 New academic programs and program revisions;
 Collaboration and cross-unit and cross-college programs;
 International programs;
 Course offerings, course and program enrollments;
 Academic standards, program review, and accreditation matters.

II. Student Affairs and Success

 Student progress, retention, and graduation;
 Student advising, academic assistance, and career planning;
 Student discipline issues.

III. Faculty Affairs

 Recruitment, orientation, development and mentoring;
 Assistance with grants submission;
 Faculty evaluation oversight
 Teaching assignments and evaluation of instruction
 Faculty productivity assessment
 Promotion and tenure, reappointment, structured reviews
 Faculty awards and recognition programs.

IV. Research-related activities

 Research infrastructure and support;
 Research collaboration across units, including developing grant proposals;
  Tracking funded research and research compliance;
 College research centers supervision;
 Relationships with funding agencies foundations, etc.

V. Other Activities
 Strategic planning;
 Supervision of Deans’ office staff.
VI. Graduate Programs
 Graduate student recruitment, retention, progress to degree;
 Graduate student funding and fellowships;
 Graduate research and dissertations;
 Graduate program marketing;
 Graduate student petitions and disciplinary matters

VII. Representational roles and External matters

 University-level committees;
 Professional boards and external committees;
 Alumni management;
 Community and media relations;
 Development related responsibilities, proposals for donors

VIII. Administration and Resource Allocation

 Budgeting and space allocation;
 Allocation of instructional resources;
 Oversees progress on strategic plan;
 Developing reports, metrics as needed;
 Development/implementation of college policies;
 Adherence to university, state, federal, and other policies;