An Invitation to Apply for the Position of

PROVOST DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

Hanover, New Hampshire

THE SEARCH

Dartmouth College seeks a distinguished academic and administrative leader to serve as Provost. Dartmouth's profile is unique in higher education in combining the energy, activity, ambitions, and resources of a major research institution with an unparalleled dedication to undergraduate liberal arts education. The new Provost, as the chief academic and budgetary officer of the institution, will be charged with leveraging Dartmouth’s distinctive institutional character and position and its unique organizational structure to advance Dartmouth’s impact and academic excellence into the future.

The Provost’s purview at Dartmouth is expansive and includes academics, research and scholarship, budget, student life, and enrollment. The position is unique in its influence, internal and external visibility, and ability to coordinate key stakeholders across the whole institution. The position requires a leader who is comfortable navigating complexity and ambiguity and who has the collaborative talents necessary to bring together many constituents. In addition to advancing academic excellence and research, the Provost will prioritize enhancing Dartmouth’s distinctive undergraduate student experience and championing equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives on campus. The Provost also functions as the chief budget officer, managing the allocation of resources to support institutional goals and priorities. The successful candidate will bring an outstanding record of scholarly achievement and a deep interest in shaping the future of higher education through innovative and collaborative leadership.

Dartmouth has retained Isaacson, Miller to assist with this important recruitment. All inquiries, nominations, and applications should be directed to the search firm as indicated at this end of this document.

THE ROLE OF THE PROVOST

The Provost reports directly to the President, Dr. Philip Hanlon, serving as the President’s chief deputy responsible for the operations of the institution and is a key member of the senior leadership team. Together, they are responsible for long-range strategic planning and implementation of academic and student-life-related programs. The Provost, working with the academic Deans, has Boston | Philadelphia | San Francisco | Washington, DC

Dartmouth College Provost Page 2 of 7 responsibility for supporting and advancing teaching and scholarship. The Deans of business, engineering, medicine, and the graduate school report directly to the Provost and operate using a modified responsibility-centered management budget model. The Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences is a dual report to the President and the Provost. The Provost also has the responsibility, working with the Dean of the College and the academic Deans, for supporting and advancing all student-related programs. The Provost Office also supports and facilitates international research collaboration, international agreements and partnerships, and travel funding for faculty and students.

Other units reporting into the Provost’s Division include: the Vice Provost for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid; Vice Provost for Research; Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer; Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer; Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Resource Planning; Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs; Director of Global Initiatives; and center and institute leaders.

The Provost has significant fiscal responsibility and works closely with the Executive Vice President to manage the academic budget in addition to operational and capital planning initiatives. The Provost chairs the Budget Committee and as chief budget officer ensures that resource allocations optimally serve the institution’s mission and priorities. In this role, the Provost oversees the budgets of the schools and interacts with the respective deans and the senior leadership team to set university-wide priorities, link them to capital campaigns, and align administrative services with academic needs.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

Founded in 1769 and located in Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth is defined by comprehensive liberal arts education combined with focused graduate programs in medicine, business, the sciences, and engineering. A founding member of the Ivy League, Dartmouth is consistently ranked among the country’s best research institutions. In U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Colleges 2021” Dartmouth was ranked 13th among national universities and number seven for faculty commitment to undergraduate teaching. It educates 4,400 undergraduates and 2,100 graduate students in the Arts & Sciences and in its four graduate and professional schools: the Geisel School of Medicine, the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, the Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business. With strong graduate programs and an unqualified commitment to research, Dartmouth is a research university and yet in size and commitment to transformative teaching also remains a college.

Dartmouth has a profound sense of place. From the Connecticut River to the Green Mountains to the West and the White Mountains to the North, Dartmouth’s physical location leaves a mark on all who study and work there. Among Dartmouth’s greatest assets is its beautiful, historic campus anchored by Baker-Berry Library. The central campus consists of 269 acres and encompasses 6.5- million gross square feet in 161 buildings, ranging from housing to specialized laboratories, gymnasiums, high-tech classrooms, playing fields, and libraries.

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Undergraduate Education

The undergraduate college offers a four-year program in the liberal arts with more than 50 academic departments. This year Dartmouth received a record number of applications, up 33 percent from last year, and the admissions process is extremely selective with an acceptance rate of just over six percent and a record yield rate of 71 percent for the incoming Class of 2025. The student body is evenly divided between men and women, with 38 percent of undergraduate students identifying as BIPOC and ten percent as international. Dartmouth practices need-blind admissions for all applicants who are U.S. citizens, permanent residents of the U.S., undocumented students in the U.S., and persons granted a refugee visa by the U.S. government. Dartmouth is fully committed to the principles of access and affordability and guarantees to meet 100 percent of students’ demonstrated need throughout their undergraduate years. Moreover, approximately 47 percent of the undergraduate student body received need-based scholarships, totaling roughly $136 million for FY21.

A year-round academic calendar and flexible enrollment plan provide many opportunities for study abroad and off-campus experiences. Prior to the pandemic, over 50 percent of Dartmouth’s undergraduate students participated in one or more of the greater than 40 off-campus programs led by Dartmouth faculty in approximately 30 countries throughout the world. More than 20 percent of students participate in intercollegiate athletics at the NCAA Division I level, experience that plays an important role in the development of many Dartmouth students.

Graduate and Professional Education

Since 1885 when Dartmouth awarded its first PhD, graduate studies at Dartmouth have combined world-class research facilities with an outstanding faculty. The Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, formed in 2016, awards all PhD, MS, and MA degrees across a broad range of programs, including several interdisciplinary and doctoral programs connected to the professional schools at Dartmouth. Guarini is home to 760 graduate students.

The Geisel School of Medicine is the nation’s fourth-oldest medical school, includes clinical and basic science departments, and draws on the resources of Dartmouth College and its affiliated teaching hospitals. In addition to the MD degree (395 students), Geisel offers graduate education (nearly 140 students) in the biomedical sciences, public health, and healthcare delivery science.

One of the oldest professional schools of engineering in the country, the Thayer School of Engineering features a single unified department of engineering sciences. Thayer administers both the undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in engineering sciences and the Bachelor of Engineering degree and also enrolls 250 graduate students at the master’s and doctoral levels.

Founded in 1900 as the first graduate school of management, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth has long been recognized as a top-ten business school and enrolls just over 550 MBA students. The Tuck School is distinguished by its personalized education and a rigorous self- analysis approach to leadership development.

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Research, Faculty, and Staff

Dartmouth attracts faculty from around the world and ranks among the highest universities in the country in per capita research funding. There are over 900 faculty members across the institution, with 621 who are tenured or on the tenure track. Across the full faculty body, 38.7 percent identify as women and 20 percent as BIPOC. As a member of the American Association of Universities (AAU) and a Carnegie R1-ranked research university, Dartmouth provides a high-intensity research environment, with world-class facilities and outstanding extramural support for scholarly activities for faculty and students. Dartmouth researchers receive approximately $200 million in outside research funding annually. Dartmouth has attracted a talented staff that provides business continuity and ensures ongoing operations at the institution with expertise and devotion. The College currently employs 2,749 full- time and 275 part-time staff members.

Finances

Prudent financial leadership and management ensure Dartmouth’s resource base remains stable and sustainable for the future. In FY21 the College had $1.03 billion in operating expenses, and the endowment stands at more than $8 billion. The organizational structure is mirrored in its budget model. The graduate and professional schools operate as their own independent financial units, with the deans responsible for revenues and costs, with a tax back to central administration for shared resources. The Arts & Sciences budget is considered part of the central university budget.

In April 2018, Dartmouth announced the public launch of a $3 billion capital campaign. The Call to Lead: A Campaign for Dartmouth will conclude in June 2023, and will have advanced the College’s distinctive liberal arts experience, underwritten discoveries that improve the human condition, and contributed to a variety of extracurricular experiences that prepare students for lives of leadership. Dartmouth has nearly reached its fundraising target, with gifts totaling over $2.89 billion from more than 92,000 donors to date.

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

As Dartmouth reflects on its recent successes as well as opportunities for future growth and investment, the Provost will play a critical role as an institutionally minded leader. Specifically, the next Provost will address the following challenges and opportunities:

Provide strategic leadership and vision for the future of Dartmouth in collaboration with the President, faculties, and across the breadth of the Provost’s division

The next Provost will work with the President, faculty, staff, the Board, students, and alumni to articulate and craft a vision for advancing Dartmouth, enhancing the College’s distinction, academic excellence, and international reputation. The strategic vision must be responsive to the changing higher education landscape, while remaining faithful to Dartmouth’s tradition and history. The Provost will play an important role as an external ambassador, an advocate for Dartmouth, and a visible and accessible leader to its many constituent groups. Dartmouth College Provost Page 5 of 7

The breadth of the Provost’s division presents the opportunity for greater alignment and coordination across the academic program, student experience, and the critical functional units that support Dartmouth’s mission and strategic direction. The new Provost should evaluate the current organizational structure of their division to ensure it allows for effective implementation of the strategic vision to meet Dartmouth’s goals.

Lead the budget process, judiciously manage finances, and align resources to allow for strategic investments in institutional priorities

The Provost is the chief budget officer and works in close partnership with the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to manage resource allocation across Dartmouth. Through the budget process, the Provost will identify investible resources, including reallocations and careful choices of priorities. They may also modify the financial model’s incentives for the deans and schools. The Provost will steward entrepreneurial initiatives aimed at generating new resources to support and grow Dartmouth’s ambitions.

Further strengthen the Dartmouth undergraduate student experience

The cornerstone of Dartmouth's reputation, which distinguishes it from its larger peer institutions, is its identity as a student-centered research university with an excellent undergraduate program that allows it to recruit exceptional students from around the globe. Its continuing commitment must be to provide those students an equally exceptional experience during their time at the College through innovative teaching and curricula, excellent advising and mentoring, appealing extracurricular programming and events, and welcoming residence and dining options. Dartmouth has made profound investments in creating a more inclusive and safe campus environment in recent years through its work with the Moving Dartmouth Forward (MDF) plan and the Campus Climate and Culture Initiative (C3I). Dartmouth is actively addressing issues related to drug and alcohol abuse, sexual assault, and increasing demands for mental health support services that challenge so many campuses, but more proactive work must be done.

Responsibilities for student life reside with the Dean of the College, who reports to the Provost. The Dean of the College and the Provost work together to sustain the high quality of student life at Dartmouth and to build on initiatives already in motion. By design, the Dartmouth Provost is visible and accessible to students, parents, and alumni, and the successful candidate will bring a sophisticated appreciation for professionalized student affairs and enrollment management.

Champion a welcoming and inclusive climate for an increasingly diverse campus community

The new Provost must be a leader in helping Dartmouth continue to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion across the entire community of students, faculty, and staff. Dartmouth recruits undergraduate and graduate students from diverse ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic communities and has prioritized the diversification of the faculty. The new Provost must approach this strategically and provide the creativity and resources to succeed in this area.

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Promote academic excellence through interdisciplinary and cross-school investments in Dartmouth’s areas of distinction

Dartmouth's commitment to the liberal arts is central to its identity as an institution and provides the underpinning for the academic program at the undergraduate and graduate levels. All three professional schools and the graduate programs offer significant opportunities for cross- collaboration with each other and the Arts & Sciences faculty. The next Provost will work with the President and the Deans to lead this integration. Recent investments in the west end of campus to facilitate collaboration among business, entrepreneurship, engineering, and computer science, as well as the expansion of the arts and innovation district, highlight the value of combining intellectual forces at Dartmouth. The Provost must work across the schools to identify other multi- disciplinary projects that focus on global challenges and, with the aid of key campus leaders, prioritize resources to build these programs into centers of excellence while working within the constraints of a decentralized budget model.

Advance research and scholarship impact

Despite Dartmouth’s strong brand, the institution must be deliberate in retaining its position as a top-tier research institution with R1 and AAU status, given its small size and the current federal funding climate. In collaboration with the deans and faculties, the Provost will identify areas of research opportunity aligned with Dartmouth’s strategic themes and will also be attentive to changes in the federal funding landscape. The Provost will continue to accelerate the translation of Dartmouth’s research and innovation into practice and to develop partnerships toward this end with industry and external organizations.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS

Dartmouth seeks in its new Provost a superb scholar and experienced administrator who combines an ability to communicate effectively with a commitment to collaboration and shared governance. Candidates should have significant experience in academic leadership and a demonstrated ability to cultivate consensus and a sense of shared purpose in a diverse community.

The search committee understands that no single candidate will have all the ideal qualifications, but it seeks candidates with the following experience and abilities:

• A doctorate or equivalent terminal degree and a record of distinguished scholarship and teaching requisite for a tenured appointment as a full professor at Dartmouth;

• Successful and significant experience in academic administration;

• Outstanding listening and communication skills;

• Budgetary experience and an astute understanding of university finances;

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• A proven commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including the capacity to successfully recruit, retain, and develop a more diverse campus community of faculty, staff, and administrators;

• Experience guiding the implementation of a comprehensive strategic plan;

• A proven commitment to the importance of undergraduate education and excellence in graduate and professional programs and the ability to articulate the value of a liberal arts education;

• An understanding of the teaching, research, and clinical missions of medical schools and academic medical centers, including their complexity, their financial challenges, and the benefits they offer to higher education and to society;

• A detailed understanding of sponsored research activity and scholarship in an academic setting, and an ability to identify creative opportunities for enhanced funding, increased standing, and impact;

• An international orientation and experience with international collaboration;

• Experience in working collaboratively; judicious and diplomatic temperament; courteous, respectful, and tactful manner; and

• The ability to make difficult decisions.

TO APPLY

Dartmouth has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in this recruitment. Confidential inquiries, nominations, and applications (CVs and letters of interest) should be sent electronically to:

Kate Barry, Partner Elizabeth Dorr, Managing Associate Isaacson, Miller

https://www.imsearch.com/search-detail/S8-059

Dartmouth is committed to providing equal opportunity to all qualified individuals in its employment and personnel practices. The institution practices affirmative action by taking assertive steps to recruit, hire, and promote minorities, women, people with disabilities, and veterans.