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Dean of Professional & Graduate Studies

Responsiblities and Major Duties of
The Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies

A. Provides leadership and oversight of academic programs and curricular issues.

  1.  Assures that program goals are consistent with the mission of UW-Green Bay and the goals and   vision of the Professional Programs. 
  2. Insures that professional programs meet accreditation or other professional association standards.
  3. Insures that curriculum and resources are aligned in each unit.
  4. Oversees the development of assessment plans and program reviews.

B. Provides leadership and oversight of  the NEW Partnership and the Institute for Learning Partnership.

  1. Assures that program goals are consistent with the mission of UW-Green Bay.
  2. Promotes and facilitates relationships with external constituencies.
  3. Insures fiscal solvency and encourages financial self-sufficiency.

C. Has responsibility for appointments, renewals, tenure, promotion, sabbaticals and salary.

  1. Oversees recruitment of personnel.
  2. Articulates personnel processes to unit chairs, including those for reappointment, tenure, promotion and merit reviews, and insures that the processes are followed.
  3. Provides leadership to unit chairs to integrate personnel decisions and program evaluation.

D. Allocates personnel, funds and other resources for programs.

  1. Works with unit chairs and directors to determine resource needs for programs.
  2. Reallocates resources within Professional and Graduate Studies to enable programs to meet their curricular needs.

E. Provides leadership in budget development for the units and programs.

  1. Allocates budgets to units and programs
  2. Oversees budget development and expenditures of units.

F. Promotes external funding

  1. Works with Business program to develop fund raising strategies and goals.

G. Promotes academic program review and faculty development.

  1. Works with unit chairs to accomplish program review in a timely manner.
  2. Works with unit chairs to determine development needs.
  3. Encourages units to be creative and flexible in their approaches to faculty development and workload.

H. Promotes multi-cultural diversity and affirmative action.

  1. Works with unit chairs to insure that hiring practices promote a diverse faculty.
  2. Promotes curriculum development that represents diversity.
  3. Encourages recruitment of diverse students into professional and graduate programs.

Fritz Erickson is the Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies

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He is located in the Cofrin Library room 730
Phone: (920) 465-2050 - FAX: (920)465-2043
E-mail: erickson@uwgb.edu