Vice Provost for Enrollment The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina

THE SEARCH

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill or Carolina), the nation’s first public university, invites nominations and applications for their next Vice Provost for Enrollment (VPE). Reporting directly to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost and working closely with the Chancellor and other senior leaders, the VPE will lead Carolina’s enrollment division, encompassing the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid, Office of Undergraduate Admissions, and Office of the University Registrar. The new VPE will be Carolina’s chief enrollment officer, tasked with shaping a comprehensive institutional strategy while forging a forward-looking, analytical, student-centric, collaborative, ethical, and access-oriented approach to enrollment management.

Since it first opened its doors in 1795, UNC-Chapel Hill has been at the heart of cutting-edge education, preparing a diverse student body to become makers, explorers, innovators, public servants, and leaders both locally and globally. Carolina’s nationally recognized, innovative teaching and campus-wide spirit of inquiry and dedication to public service continues this heralded legacy to this day. At UNC-Chapel Hill, students develop a voice for critical thought and the courage to guide change, connecting to the future they are already shaping. Collegiality, humility, collaboration, and service are at Carolina’s core, as is the campus’s longstanding commitment to educational access and affordability for all, most notably demonstrated by the University’s groundbreaking Carolina Covenant debt-free aid program for low-income students, the first of its kind to be launched by a public university.

Ideal VPE candidates will demonstrate a successful track record in the field of enrollment management, including but not limited to: leading and mentoring high functioning teams; promoting a culture of data-driven decision making; partnering with development offices to increase access to financial aid; partnering with senior campus leaders and faculty to promote student success; communicating with diverse audiences; building sustainable systems and processes using contemporary technology where applicable; fostering a diverse and inclusive student body; and understanding the nuances of interdivisional collaboration in a highly decentralized institution. Additionally, strong candidates for this role will possess outstanding judgement, understand when to preserve continuity and when to disrupt, excel at strategic decision- making, always put students first, and value inclusivity, while being sensitive to the needs and demographics of the State of North Carolina.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has retained the executive search firm Isaacson, Miller to assist in this recruitment. All applications, inquiries, and nominations should be directed to the search firm as indicated at the end of the profile.

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM

The UNC System is one of North Carolina’s greatest assets and a model for public higher education around the world. For over two centuries, the UNC System has made North Carolina’s economy stronger, its people more knowledgeable, and its culture richer. The multi-campus system currently encompasses 16 universities as well as the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, the nation’s first public residential high school for gifted students.

The system is administered by a President and overseen by the UNC Board of Governors, members of which are selected by the state legislature. Each campus in the UNC System is headed by its own Chancellor and Board of Trustees, providing autonomy to each campus within the supportive framework of a larger system. In addition to its formal teaching role, the UNC System has a long- standing commitment to research and public service. The state and its people also reap the social and economic benefits of the UNC System’s affiliated institutions including UNC-TV Public Media North Carolina, The University of North Carolina Press, UNC Health, cooperative extension and research services, nine area health education centers, and a myriad of other university programs and facilities. More information about the UNC System can be found here.

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

UNC-Chapel Hill is the nation’s first public university and one of the world’s premiere global research universities, serving its home state and beyond through an unwavering commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and public service. UNC-Chapel Hill consistently ranks among the world’s best institutions in academic quality, research, access, diversity, engagement, and global presence. Through the efforts of its exceptional faculty and staff, and with generous support from North Carolina’s citizens, the University invests its knowledge and resources to enhance access to learning and to foster the success and prosperity of each rising generation. With lux, libertas (light and liberty) as its founding principles, the University has charted a bold course to improve society and solve the world’s greatest problems.

Today, UNC-Chapel Hill consists of 14 schools: College of Arts & Sciences; School of Government; School of Education; Hussman School of Journalism and Media; Adams School of Dentistry; School of Medicine; School of Information and Library Science; School of Nursing; Eshelman School of Pharmacy; Kenan-Flagler Business School; School of Social Work; Gillings School of Global Public Health; and School of Law. In 2020, UNC-Chapel Hill was ranked 5th among U.S. public universities by U.S. News and World Report; ranked #1 in value among American public higher education according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine; and ranked 6th on Reuters’ Ranking of the World’s Most Innovative Universities.

UNC-Chapel Hill is home to over 30,000 students (19,395 of whom are undergraduates), boasting a 14:1 faculty student ratio and 74 undergraduate, 104 masters, 65 doctoral, and 7 professional degree programs. The University employs more than 4,000 full-time faculty, supported by a staff University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Vice Provost for Enrollment Page 3 of 11

of over 9,000. UNC-Chapel Hill’s faculty are members of and leaders in some of the most prestigious academies and professional organizations in the United States and around the world, including Nobel Laureates, MacArthur “Genius Grant” honorees, and Fulbright Scholars. UNC- Chapel Hill also boasts an exceptional record in federally funded research, ranking 5th among research universities and attracting $1 billion in globally focused research funding annually. The university’s incredible research profile is reflected in the strength of its students, and its commitment to research is demonstrated by its support for undergraduate student research.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Carolina is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community of students, faculty, and staff. It is a shared belief across campus that student body diversity enhances learning, improves outcomes for educational programs, promotes students’ development, advances innovative approaches to difficult challenges, creates vibrant work and learning environments, and enables graduates to solve the world’s greatest problems. Carolina’s community strives to put into practice what a significant and growing body of educational and organizational research has established: higher quality outcomes and remedies to complex problems are correlated with greater diversity and diversity, equity, and inclusion enhance accessibility and learning and foster discovery and strengthen service, especially in communities where all individuals are valued for the unique combination of attributes that make them who they are. Carolina fosters a community where everyone shares the responsibility for cultivating a culture of equity and inclusivity including identifying and changing policies, practices, and traditions that reinforce structural systemic racism and serve as barriers to diversity, equity, and inclusion. More information can be found here.

Student Body and Campus Life

Over its rich history, Carolina has developed a distinctive educational identity that integrates academic excellence with public service. They are proudly “Of the public, for the public” and at Carolina, it is always a great day to be a Tar Heel! UNC-Chapel Hill is a student-led institution, a campus that proudly celebrates a student body that is active, engaged, and vocal. As of Fall 2020, the undergraduate student demographics were 56.8% white, 12.3% Asian, 9.4% Hispanic, 8.5% Black or African American, 5.2% Two or More Races, 4.4% Non-Resident Alien, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. Further, 59.9% of students were female, 19.1% were first-generation, and 22.4% were Pell Recipients. Carolina annually enrolls more than 30,000 students representing all 100 North Carolina counties, 50 states, and more than 100 countries worldwide. Over the past five years, undergraduate applications have steadily increased while the yield rate has held steady at 45%. For Fall 2021, Carolina received nearly 54,000 undergraduate first-year applications, resulting in a 21% increase over the previous year, while the acceptance rate declined to 19% (42% in-state and 10% out-of- state). In the Fall of 2020, Carolina welcomed a total of 5,303 undergraduate students (4,444 first- year students and 859 transfer students). As mandated by the UNC System, 82% of undergraduates hailed from North Carolina. Of the enrolled first-year students, 89% reported their GPAs, 96% of whom had a GPA of 4.0 or higher. Additionally, 20% of incoming undergraduates were the first in their families to graduate from college, and 44% of transfer students came from a North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Vice Provost for Enrollment Page 4 of 11

community college. Carolina’s Class of 2024 holds a wide array of accomplishments. True to Carolina’s core value of developing dynamic and talented leaders, 91% were engaged in public service, 79% participated in artistic or musical extracurricular activities, 49% served as president of a class or club, and 33% captained a varsity athletic team. UNC-Chapel Hill provides students a wealth of educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom, with transformational learning and development experiences in student life, health and wellness, leadership and service, residential education, and more. Carolina challenges and enables students to become compassionate and responsible citizens and leaders by fostering an accessible, inclusive, culturally diverse living and learning campus environment. Students participate in more than 800 student organizations, ranging from social, academic, cultural, advocacy, or political and everything in-between. Through co-curricular opportunities and experiences, including student organizations, events, cross-cultural education, civic engagement, and leadership development, students gain invaluable skills and experiential knowledge that they will develop during their time on campus and beyond as future leaders. The high caliber of Carolina’s student body has been recognized externally as well with the award of several highly prestigious fellowships. In very recent years, Carolina students have earned Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Luce, Churchill, Truman, Goldwater, Schwarzman, Gates-Cambridge, and Boren fellowships. In addition, athletics play a vital role at Carolina and are woven into the fabric of campus life. The Tar Heels, as Carolina's teams are known, compete in 28 NCAA Division I athletics, many of which are among the country’s best. This past year, Carolina’s field hockey team won its third consecutive national championship, and women’s tennis won back-to-back championships, the first time in the program’s history. Varsity teams compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in 13 men’s and 15 women’s sports with approximately 200 varsity athletes admitted annually in each undergraduate class. Carolina has won 45 NCAA team championships in seven different sports, including women's soccer (21), women’s field hockey (8), men's basketball (6), men's lacrosse (5), men's soccer (2), women’s lacrosse (2), and women's basketball (1). In addition, more than 110 former Olympians are Carolina alumni and/or employees.

Leadership, Governance, Finance, and Strategy

Kevin M. Guskiewicz, a neuroscientist, academic leader, and concussion researcher, is the 12th Chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill. Having been a member of the faculty since 1995, Guskiewicz previously served as Interim Chancellor, and was instrumental in shaping Carolina’s new strategic plan. Prior to his appointment as Interim Chancellor, Guskiewicz served as Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences for three years. A Kenan Distinguished Professor of Exercise and Sport Science, he is co-director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center and maintains an active research portfolio, serving as principal or co-principal investigator on three active research grants totaling over $20 million. In 2011, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sport-related concussions. His groundbreaking work has garnered numerous additional awards and has influenced concussion guidelines in the NCAA and NFL. Guskiewicz earned a B.S. in athletic training from West Chester University, M.S. in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh, and Ph.D. in sports medicine from the University of Virginia.

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The Board of Trustees at UNC-Chapel Hill is a 13-person board that advises the UNC Board of Governors on behalf of Carolina and advises the Chancellor on issues of campus management and development, advancing excellence that will benefit Carolina’s students, the state, and all UNC System institutions. More information about the Board of Trustees can be found here.

In August 2017, Carolina kicked off For All Kind: The Campaign for Carolina, the University’s most ambitious fundraising campaign to date, with a goal to raise an unprecedented $4.25 billion by December 31, 2022. The campaign’s goals are to create programs dedicated to student potential, faculty excellence, innovative teaching, experience-based learning, and pioneering research to prepare graduates for success. Included among these priorities is “The Carolina Edge”, the University’s bold commitment to raise $1 billion to create opportunities through scholarships and fellowships for students who have earned their place at Carolina, regardless of their financial circumstances. As of spring 2021, UNC has raised $3.77 billion from nearly 419,000 gifts and 200,000 donors.

In December 2020, UNC-Chapel Hill launched their “Carolina Next: Innovations for Public Good” strategic plan, identifying key priorities that will guide the institution’s investments and decision- making over the next few years. These choices reflect the University’s existing strengths, while holding fast to its commitment to the public and deepening the campus culture of innovation and creativity. The plan identifies eight strategic initiatives: build our community together; strengthen student success; enable career development; discover; promote democracy; serve to benefit society; globalize; and optimize operations.

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA

The University’s 775-acre campus is an integral part of the Carolina brand. The main campus is home to the major facilities for academic, research, student life, campus recreation and athletic programs, as well as the UNC Health Care system. UNC-Chapel Hill also owns a 950-acre North Campus and 1,200-acre Mason Farm campus. Collectively, there are approximately 600 buildings on these properties, totaling 19.5 million square feet. These structures are a unique combination of historic buildings and state-of-the-art facilities. A decades-long capital construction program has resulted in six million new square feet of buildings plus an additional one million feet in renovation to existing buildings.

The University is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a sophisticated college town that is part of a triangle of cities and is easily accessible to the Raleigh-Durham airport and the metropolitan area. With more than two million people, the community offers a range of collegiate activities, professional opportunities, neighborhoods, cultural events, and more. More information about Chapel Hill can be found here.

THE ENROLLMENT DIVISION

Carolina is proud to have a comprehensive, highly collaborative, and cohesive enrollment division consisting of the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid, Office of Undergraduate Admissions, and Office of the University Registrar, all three of which partner effectively to serve the Carolina community. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Vice Provost for Enrollment Page 6 of 11

Office of Scholarships and Student Aid

The mission of the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid (OSSA) is to ensure that qualified students can study at UNC-Chapel Hill regardless of their ability to pay. The goals of OSSA are to assist in the recruitment and retention of students; continually improve service to students; and support long-range enrollment and campus planning goals. Tuition per year for in-state students is $7,020 and for out-of-sate students is $34,804 (based on full-time enrollment and students pursuing 12+ credit hours), 40.3% of undergraduate students receive need-based aid, and 63% graduate debt-free. OSSA is led by the Associate Provost and Director of Scholarships and Student Aid with a staff of approximately 48. Carolina prides itself on its signature programs, including one to specifically support middle-income students called the Blue Sky Scholars, and the groundbreaking Carolina Covenant aid program, which was launched in 2004 and was the first of its kind to be adopted by a public university. Covenant Scholars make up over 10% of each incoming class and come from families with a total income that is at or below 200% of the poverty guideline. Through grants, scholarships, and work-study, the Carolina Covenant provides a loan- and debt-free scholarship that covers full financial need. UNC-Chapel Hill also has distinguished partnerships with The Morehead-Cain Foundation, The Joseph E. and Grace Needham Pogue Scholarship, The Robertson Scholars Leadership Program, and the Chancellor’s Science Scholars Program, all of whom provide merit scholarships to a select cohort of new students each year. Learn more about Carolina’s scholarships and additional student aid programs here.

Office of Undergraduate Admissions

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions (OUA) is the central office responsible for undergraduate admissions, which includes recruitment, assessment, and yield. The admissions and recruitment process facilitated by OUA contributes to the diversity of geographic origin, background, and experience present in every entering class. Much like their peers in OSSA, the OUA has built and partnered with innovative programs to help Carolina build inclusive and accessible classes. The Carolina Student Transfer Excellence Program (C-STEP) is a purposeful pathway for community college students to transfer to and graduate from Carolina, and the Carolina College Advising Corps (CCAC) helps low-income, first-generation, and under- represented students apply to and enroll in college by placing recent Carolina graduates as college advisers in selected public high schools throughout the state. OUA is currently led by an Interim Associate Provost and Director of Undergraduate Admissions and employs over 50 full-time permanent staff and additional student/seasonal employees who support the functions of the office, including approximately 61 Carolina College Advising Corps advisers and 28 seasonal readers.

Office of the University Registrar

The Office of the University Registrar (OUR) is the academic engine of the entire institution, a highly centralized enterprise tracking student registration, issuing official transcripts, preparing published schedules, and helping to keep the institution compliant. This is the only “Office of Records” for students pursuing their degrees at Carolina. The University Registrar is responsible for maintaining timely and accurate records of the academic progress and accomplishments of all students, while maintaining the privacy and security of those records and meeting federal compliance requirements. OUR is led by the Assistant Provost and University Registrar and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Vice Provost for Enrollment Page 7 of 11

employs approximately 33 full time employees. As a primary information resource for students and faculty, this office actively seeks ways to effectively communicate and to inform students of their rights and responsibilities and all procedures. As a service-oriented office, in addition to providing efficient and immediate access to information, this office facilitates and coordinates activities of students and faculty pertaining to administrative matters.

THE VICE PROVOST FOR ENROLLMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

The Vice Provost for Enrollment will work in partnership with the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, other senior leaders, faculty, students, and the entire enrollment division to advance an enrollment strategy that enhances both excellence and equity; attracts diverse students of exceptional achievement and potential; supports the provision of transformative academic experiences; adapts to opportunities, constraints, and changes in the competitive landscape; and contributes to the academic, cultural, and financial health of the University.

This individual will be a national leader who will utilize a data-driven, systematic assessment to plan for changes in the environment of higher education. The VPE will forecast enrollment trends to help position the University to meet the changing patterns of student enrollment and recruitment in the state and nation, particularly in a post-pandemic era. The VPE must be a leader and an advocate who will think strategically about outreach, recruitment, and retention while energizing the entire University community around its commitment to access, affordability, and student success. The VPE will also partner effectively across the state and within the UNC System to ensure compliance with all state and federal requirements, accreditation standards, and policies.

The VPE will convene, lead, and partner with the enrollment division’s senior leadership to establish goals, policies, and practices that are consistent with strategies for full lifecycle enrollment management. Hiring and retaining a strong, diverse, and talented team will be integral to succeeding in this role. The VPE will report directly to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost and sit on their Leadership Council. They will also partner very closely with the Chancellor and serve on their Cabinet. The VPE will have six direct reports (Associate Provost and Director of OSSA, Associate Provost and Director of OUA, Assistant Provost and University Registrar, Director of CCAC, a Chief of Staff, and an Executive Assistant), two additional dotted line reports (Assistant Dean of Academic Advising and OUA’s Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), oversees a full staff of approximately 125 FTEs, and manages an operating budget of over $11M. Furthermore, the VPE is also responsible for the University’s compliance and an additional budget of over $470M for financial aid awards.

Specific opportunities and challenges for the next Vice Provost for Enrollment include:

Serve as Carolina’s chief architect for a sustainable and innovative undergraduate enrollment strategy

UNC-Chapel Hill’s student body is the University’s lifeblood, and it is imperative that the next VPE bring a student-centric and student-first approach to Carolina. This is an institution that proudly prioritizes its public service mission, which is a shared responsibility among staff, faculty, students, and alumni. The VPE will work to further evolve and implement a comprehensive, long- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Vice Provost for Enrollment Page 8 of 11

term strategic enrollment plan that considers the needs of applicants, accepted students, and matriculants. The plan should be innovative, sustainable, and supportive of the University’s broader mission to enhance access to learning, thus fostering student success and prosperity. Across the enrollment division, there is a profound commitment to attracting students who will be exceptional graduates and citizens and will work to enhance the quality of life for North Carolinians and the world. Thinking ahead and often leading through uncertainty, the VPE must spearhead an enrollment strategy that is forward-looking and will continue to attract, yield, fund, and support the most talented student body, regardless of ability to pay.

Furthermore, the next VPE must be agile and bring innovative solutions to optimize UNC-Chapel Hill’s potential. Critical to this, Carolina has ambitious plans to strategically build substantial new academic programs that will align with public and institutional interests, presenting the exciting opportunity to methodically enlarge the undergraduate student body, thus strategically increasing enrollment for undergraduate first-years and transfer students. Additionally, the VPE will build upon the recently established Carolina Global Launch program, which allows entering first-year students to start their college career abroad in the fall (Scotland, Ireland, or Spain), and then join the Chapel Hill campus during the spring semester. Partnering closely with the Registrar and other campus units, the VPE will help to reimagine how non-traditional and transfer students, among others, should be supported and enrolled as Carolina continues to be access- and growth-oriented.

Prioritize access and affordability, partnering with the Office of Development to fortify Carolina’s future

This past year has challenged all of us as humans, and we have endured several crises that have magnified the extent to which educational access is both in peril and more important than ever. As a result, the incoming VPE must bring campus constituencies together to make a Carolina education available to a broader demographic and cross-section of students regionally, nationally, and internationally. Like its peers, Carolina has worked hard over the years to build both reserves and strategic programs, such as the Carolina Covenant, to enable talented students to attend and graduate debt-free. Partnering closely with the Associate Provost and Director of Scholarships and Student Aid and the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations, this great work must be sustained and prioritized going forward to enhance efforts to recruit and support lower-income students within a long-term sustainable budget.

The VPE will also partner with the UNC Development Office and the Vice Chancellor for Development, contributing to “The Carolina Edge,” the University’s bold commitment to raising $1 billion for financial aid. Fortifying Carolina’s future requires a VPE who can continue to strategically identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward new donors, specifically targeting those with the highest capacity and desire to support need-based aid programs. The VPE will be a compelling spokesperson for the mission of the entire Enrollment Division, advocating on behalf of access and affordability across campus, within the UNC System, and among the alumni donor base.

Evolve, empower, and unify Carolina’s enrollment division through mentorship and training

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enrollment unit, while extremely high functioning, is still growing in its unification as a single division. The VPE will work to further evolve and unite the admissions, financial aid, and registrar functions around a comprehensive vision and strategy through team building, professional development, and process improvement. This hire will bring a penchant for mentoring and cultivating the next generation of enrollment management leaders, assessing organizational structures, and building sustainable processes and systems. The VPE will inherit a high caliber leadership team and will also be able to build it out further through hiring a new Associate Vice Provost and Director of Undergraduate Admissions. A clear track record in attracting, hiring, and retaining a diverse and talented team will be paramount. Success in this role will require developing and empowering the team; providing counsel and support to enhance integration and further break down silos; advocating on behalf of the team and their work; leading with both data and heart; listening acutely; and promoting improved practices for enrollment.

Follow the data; balance competing priorities at Carolina to yield diverse and dynamic undergraduate classes

The University’s strategic plan begins with a key strategic initiative, “Build Our Community Together,” wherein Carolina pledges to enhance the educational benefits of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging through effective student outreach, recruitment, enrollment, retention, and graduation. The incoming VPE must help guide and lead the enrollment division, particularly a new Assistant Vice Provost and Director of Admissions and the entire OUA, towards this strategic priority. The overall admissions plan must balance and account for Carolina’s desired selectivity and diversity in an increasingly dynamic higher education landscape, while thinking broadly about enrollment. The plan should align with Carolina’s mission by responding to the changing demographics and needs of the State of North Carolina and its population, including transfer students, adult learners, first-generation students, undocumented students, students of color, and students from other marginalized populations. As demographics shift nationwide and regionally, the team at UNC-Chapel Hill must be able to pivot, evolve, and adapt their work when necessary. As always, the enrollment mix must also reflect the required complement of 82% in- state and 18% out-of-state students. Partnering closely with the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA), the incoming VPE will bring a data-driven approach, ensuring that Carolina’s classes represent the vibrant diversity of North Carolina and farther afield.

Invigorate University-wide efforts and partner across campus to forge a sustainable student success program at Carolina

Carolina has long worked hard to build a strong culture of student success support. In 2015, Carolina took more concrete steps when Thrive@Carolina was founded, but more remains to be done. Carolina Next, the University’s strategic plan, named “Strengthen Student Success” as one of eight key institutional strategic initiatives. The VPE will work closely with senior leadership, Student Affairs, The College of Arts and Sciences and professional schools, the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion, OIRA, faculty, students, and the enrollment division’s leadership team to help coordinate student success efforts to foster an inclusive and supportive environment for the University’s diverse student body. It will be imperative that the VPE continually solicit input so that all invested campus partners can proactively monitor, identify, and meet student needs.

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Partnering closely across campus, the VPE will also develop enrollment planning processes concerning the institution’s physical capacity for supporting potential undergraduate enrollment growth, the impact of enrollment changes on tuition and state appropriations revenue, and Carolina’s ability to provide adequate levels of instructional and student support services to enable admitted students to succeed. It will be crucial for the VPE to clearly communicate and explain to partners what and why choices are made and then forecast the resources necessary to support the choices. The VPE must be a unifier and systems thinker who can convene, collaborate, and champion the importance of this work. Success will come to those who can harness the collective power of admissions, financial aid, registrar, and countless campus partners and invest in contemporary technologies when appropriate to adequately support students as they progress towards graduation.

Serve as a thought leader and external spokesperson on behalf of Carolina’s enrollment efforts

As a leader among peer public research institutions nationwide, UNC-Chapel Hill is often in the spotlight. The VPE will be a sought after thought leader in the enrollment management space, adeptly fielding requests from the media and representing Carolina on the nation’s stage. This is a serious job, and it calls for an ethical and purposeful leader who can diplomatically balance competing priorities and delicately cater to numerous stakeholders across the state and nationwide. The VPE must be able to lead through uncertainty and work through differences. Partnering with the University’s Office of Communications, the VPE will communicate nimbly and intentionally to represent Carolina’s intentions. Furthermore, the VPE will work closely across the UNC System and with trustees to ensure that the University’s policies are consistent and compliant.

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS

The following qualifications represent the broad set of skills and personal qualities deemed important for success as the next Vice Provost for Enrollment. While no candidate will embody every quality, ideal candidates will bring many of the following professional qualifications and attributes:

• Demonstrated leadership skills including forward-looking and visionary execution, strategic planning, systems thinking, and budgetary management • Executive leadership experience with and proven success in developing and implementing sophisticated admissions, financial aid, and registrar strategies • Experience navigating large, complex organizations, and operating in a decentralized university setting • Excellent collaborative, relational, and interpersonal skills with a high level of transparency; past success in hiring, retaining, leading, and mentoring a strong and diverse team • Sound, diplomatic, and appropriate judgment in making decisions and recommendations; devotion to integrity, humility, fairness, and the highest ethical standards • Experience working collaboratively with campus partners engaged in student success and retention initiatives • Proven track record in growing and sustaining racial, ethnic, and economic diversity in a student body and a deep commitment to the value of a diverse community University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Vice Provost for Enrollment Page 11 of 11

• Significant strength in oral communication and an ability to be a compelling advocate and spokesperson to a broad range of internal and external audiences • Appetite for participating in development work; direct experience in fundraising preferred • Proven ability to analyze, summarize, and present complex data to various constituencies, including administration, faculty, staff, alumni, the board, students, and families • Previous experience with student information systems such as Slate and/or PeopleSoft and technologies that help students chart a clear path to graduation

TO APPLY

Review of nominations and applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. All inquiries, nominations/referrals, and applications should be sent electronically and in confidence to:

Carrie Alexander, Alycia Johnson, and Kristen Andersen Isaacson, Miller www.imsearch.com/7927

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.