Massachusetts Institute of Technology Associate Dean for Graduate Education

THE SEARCHES The Institute of Technology (MIT) invites nominations and applications for the Associate Dean for Graduate Education. The Associate Dean will have seven years of work experience and will report to the Senior Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Education. This role will cultivate a diverse and inclusive educational environment that welcomes a sense of belonging for all MIT graduate students. The Associate Dean will serve as a central resource and provide creative and strategic leadership and will assess initiatives to enhance diversity, climate, academic success, and retention in MIT’s graduate degree programs, especially for underrepresented minority (URM) groups. The Associate Dean will work closely with other diversity and inclusion practitioners across MIT to align programs with MIT’s vision for diversity and inclusion. This person will serve as a strong partner and resource to department faculty and staff and will focus on creating recruitment and retention strategies that ensure URM student success at MIT.

The Associate Dean will serve as a thought leader and collaborator with in-depth knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion; improve the campus climate; and intentionally engage faculty, students, and staff in dialogue around critical issues to support the academic, career, and personal development of women, members of underrepresented minority groups, the LGBTQ+ community, and people with disabilities. MIT is among the world’s preeminent institutions of higher learning committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge and working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world’s greatest challenges. The Institute has more than 1,000 faculty members and over 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students in its five schools and one college. Throughout its history, the Institute has attracted remarkably talented and entrepreneurial leaders, faculty, researchers, and students. Its alumni have achieved extraordinary success and made significant contributions to society. Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, has been retained to assist in this recruitment. Confidential inquiries, applications, and nominations should be directed to the firm as indicated at the end of this document. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MIT’s first students enrolled in 1865, marking the culmination of an extended effort to establish a new kind of educational institution relevant to an increasingly industrialized nation. The MIT motto “Mens et Manus,” Latin for “Mind and Hand,” expresses the Institute’s ideal of a productive continuum between reflection and action. In the land-grant tradition, MIT promoted teaching coupled with research, focusing attention on real-world problems, and forging the notion of the teaching laboratory.

MIT is independent and co-educational, with a private endowment of over $18.4 billion, a total annual operating budget of approximately $3.95 billion, and a workforce of approximately 12,386 on campus and 3,800 at Lincoln Laboratory. Undergraduate enrollment at MIT for the fall of 2020 is approximately 4,360 and graduate enrollment is just over 6,900 students. MIT focuses on scientific and technological research Massachusetts Institute of Technology Associate Dean for Graduate Education Page 2 of 7 and is divided into five schools—comprising more than 30 academic departments as well as interdepartmental programs, laboratories, and centers—and one college. The schools include Architecture and Planning; Engineering; Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences; Science; and the Sloan School of Management. Fall of 2019 marked the opening of the MIT Steven A. Schwarzman College of Computing. The Schwarzman College is a bold initiative to accelerate pioneering research and innovation in computing, build a profound awareness of the ethical implications and societal impact of computing, and, above all, educate leaders for the algorithmic future.

MIT alumni and alumnae bring a rare combination of technical mastery and creativity to the solution of complex problems in the commercial, academic, and civic sectors. A study released in February 2009 by the Kauffman Foundation estimated that MIT graduates had founded 25,800 active companies. These firms employed about 3.3 million people, and generated annual world sales of $2 trillion, or the equivalent of the eleventh-largest economy in the world. Distinguished alumni include Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and former Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke. MIT has 12,386 faculty and staff on campus. The Institute has approximately 1,064 faculty members holding the ranks of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor. Of those, approximately 260 are women. MIT has another 865 teaching staff with appointments of senior lecturer, lecturer, professor emeritus, instructor, professor of the practice, and adjunct professor.

MIT current and former faculty are distinguished for their groundbreaking research and have received some of the highest honors bestowed upon individuals for contributions to science, engineering, the humanities, and social sciences, including: the National Medal of Science, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, John Bates Clark Medal, Pulitzer Prize, A.M. Turing Award, Millennium Technology Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Fulbright Scholarship, and MacArthur Fellowship. Most notably, 32 present and former members of the MIT faculty have received the Nobel Prize, including nine current faculty members (recognized individually or as part of a team). Close to 350 current MIT faculty hold membership in some of the most distinguished scientific and academic associations, including the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine.

MIT is located on the north shore of the Basin in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 168 acres that extend more than a mile along the Charles River. The central group of interconnecting buildings, dedicated in 1916, was designed by architect W. Welles Bosworth (Class of 1889) to permit easy communication among schools and departments.

MIT is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in education and employment. As of 2019, MIT’s non-faculty population was 45% female, 14% international, and 10% self-reported as being from underrepresented U.S. minority groups.

Additional links related to MIT Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Data can be found here: http://diversity.mit.edu/data/

FACULTY

MIT has 12,386 faculty and staff on campus. The Institute has approximately 1,064 faculty members holding the ranks of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor. Of those, approximately 260 are women. MIT has another 865 teaching staff with appointments of senior lecturer, lecturer, professor emeritus, instructor, professor of the practice, and adjunct professor.

Many MIT faculty and staff are international scholars (i.e., non-US citizens, non-US permanent residents) from around the world who come to the for teaching, research, collaboration, and other Massachusetts Institute of Technology Associate Dean for Graduate Education Page 3 of 7 purposes. This diverse group of professionals includes visiting scientists, professors, artists, and scholars, as well as postdoctoral fellows and associates, lecturers, instructors, research associates and scientists, and tenure-track faculty. During academic year 2017–2018, MIT hosted 2,237 international scholars (75% men, 25% women) from 93 countries. In addition, MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center.

STUDENTS

MIT was founded with a democratic spirit from its early days, open to students of racial, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds who were less welcome elsewhere. MIT believes that all students benefit when its community reflects a broad range of intellectual, cultural, and demographic perspectives. Today, the Institute is nationally and internationally recognized as having one of the most diverse undergraduate populations among its peer institutions.

During the 2019-2020 academic year, MIT enrolled 11,520 students, including 4,530 undergraduates and 6,990 graduate students. The undergraduate population was 47% female, and 26% self-reported as being from underrepresented U.S. minority groups. The graduate population was 36% female, and 8.5% reported as being from underrepresented U.S. minority groups. MIT practices need-blind admissions for all applicants and meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for admitted students through several types of aid. Approximately 78% of students graduate debt-free.

Almost all MIT students, both graduate and undergraduates, engage in research. Under the auspices of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), about 90% percent of undergraduate students complete at least one significant research project prior to graduation, working in collaboration with a faculty member, research staff, and the graduate students involved in the project. 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 continue to develop during their time on campus and beyond as future leaders.

STAFF

MIT employs approximately 5,500 staff members in a variety of non-faculty roles: Administrative, Clinical, Support, and Service. Employees provide ongoing support for the work of faculty and to the educational mission for students.

In addition, MIT employs about 1,800 staff members dedicated to research, plus about 1,500 postdoctoral scholars. As a cornerstone of MIT is pushing the boundaries of knowledge and possibility, MIT values research as a potent form of learning by doing.

MIT is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in education and employment. As of June 2020, MIT’s non-faculty population was 45% female, 14% international, and 10.4% self-reported as being from underrepresented U.S. minority groups.

For more information about the diversity of MIT, visit the Diversity Dashboard at http://ir.mit.edu/diversity-dashboard/

ADVANCEMENT

In 2016, the Institute launched the MIT Campaign for a Better World, a capital campaign with a $6 billion goal aimed at rising to meet humanity’s urgent global challenges through the vision and talent of the people Massachusetts Institute of Technology Associate Dean for Graduate Education Page 4 of 7 of MIT. The campaign is driven by five problem-solving and discovery priorities that intersect with MIT’s schools, departments, labs, and centers: Discovery Science; Health of the Planet; Human Health, Teaching, Learning, and Living; and Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the campaign is highly focused on raising funds to support and sustain the people and places at the Institute’s core. At the end of fiscal year 2018, $4.3 billion in gifts were raised, contributed by more than 96,000 individuals and organizations.

For more on the campaign, visit https://betterworld.mit.edu/

LEADERSHIP

President L. Rafael Reif has served as the 17th president of MIT since July 2012. He assumed the role after serving as the Institute’s provost for seven years. As provost, Dr. Reif helped create and implement the strategy that enabled MIT to weather the global financial crisis; drove the growth of MIT’s global strategy; promoted a major faculty-led effort to address challenges around race and diversity; helped launch the Institute for Medical and Engineering Sciences; and spearheaded the development of the Institute’s online learning initiatives, MITx and edX. As president, Dr. Reif is leading MIT’s pioneering efforts to help shape the future of higher education. A champion for both fundamental science and MIT’s signature style of interdisciplinary, problem-centered research, he is also pursuing an aggressive agenda to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. Dr. Reif is the inventor or co-inventor on 13 patents and has edited or co- edited five books. He received a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1984.

Martin A. Schmidt became MIT’s provost in February 2014. He joined the MIT faculty in 1988 in the Electrical Engineering and Science Department. Beginning in 2008, Dr. Schmidt served as associate provost, managing the Institute’s space and the renovation/renewal budgets. Beyond his regular responsibilities, he also co-led the Institute’s Task Force on the Budget in response to the 2008 financial crisis. In 2011, when the White House asked MIT to help drive its Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, Dr. Schmidt served as faculty lead. Since January 2012, he also assumed responsibilities for “all things industry” as the senior administrative officer responsible for MIT’s industrial interactions. Dr. Schmidt is a recipient of the Presidential Young Investigator Award and is the co-author of more than 80 journal publications and 120 peer-reviewed conference proceedings. He is also an inventor on more than 30 issued U.S. patents.

Cynthia Barnhart became MIT’s chancellor in 2014. Dr. Barnhart is responsible for advising the president on undergraduate and graduate education and residential life policies. She plays a leading role in strategic planning, faculty appointments, resource development, and campus planning activities. Over the past four years, she has overseen a significant expansion in student health and wellness programs, launched a multifaceted campaign to prevent and respond to sexual misconduct on campus, and focused on new efforts to enhance undergraduate and graduate education. A member of the Institute’s faculty since 1992, Barnhart has a distinguished record of service to her students and community. She is a Ford Foundation Professor of Engineering and a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She previously served as associate and acting dean of the School of Engineering and co-directed both the Operations Research Center and the Center for Transportation and Logistics. The Office of Graduate Education reports through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate and Graduate Education, which reports to Dr. Barnhart.

John H. Dozier became MIT’s Institute Community and Equity Officer in March 2020. Dr. Dozier joined MIT from the University of South Carolina, where he was the chief diversity officer and senior associate provost for inclusion. In those positions, Dr. Dozier led the university’s diversity and inclusion efforts for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Associate Dean for Graduate Education Page 5 of 7 the state’s flagship university, with over 35,000 students. He also inaugurated the role of chief diversity officer at the university. Dr. Dozier held a variety of leadership positions in the Chicago community college system, including vice president of academic and student affairs for Kennedy-King College and Wilbur Wright College; chief information officer for the entire system; and then president of Kennedy-King College. Dr. Dozier also received the Richard A. Rempel Faculty Award from the University of South Carolina in 2016.

Associate Dean for Graduate Education Office of the Dean for Graduate Education

OVERVIEW

The Office of Graduate Education (OGE) supports and serves individual graduate students, programs, and schools to make graduate education at MIT empowering, exciting, holistic, and transformative. The OGE envisions a graduate community of scholars whose members are intellectually and socially engaged, valued, interactive, and rapidly connected to resources, information, each other, the Institute, the nation, and the world. The OGE upholds the values of the Institute, including egalitarianism, collaboration, community, and making a difference. The OGE is especially committed to fostering excellence and quality through the values of dedication to serving students, caring about all members of the community, and inclusivity of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. The OGE comprises the Office of Graduate Education and support for the Graduate Student Council. This office reports to the Vice Chancellor, Dr. Ian Waitz.

LEADERSHIP

Blanche E. Staton came to MIT in 1997 from Penn State University. Her higher education career includes leadership roles in administration and student services at the University of Pennsylvania and its Wharton School MBA Program; at Temple University’s School of Medicine; and in her own firm as an educational consultant.

As Senior Associate Dean and Director of MIT’s Office of Graduate Education (OGE), Blanche advises graduate students, faculty, and administrators on MIT graduate education policy, provides advice and support to graduate students, oversees the administration and operations of the OGE, and creates and sponsors programs to enhance graduate student life and leadership. Examples of her initiatives include the Path of Professorship workshop, the Celebration of Graduate Women of Excellence, and the Graduate Community Fellows Program. Blanche helped to launch initiatives for recruitment and outreach to underrepresented minority students and for academic, professional, and personal development of minority students already at MIT.

She especially treasures opportunities to mentor and nurture some of MIT’s 7,000 graduate students – individuals who aspire to, and do, change the world. Her leadership and tireless commitment to students have been recognized with an MLK Leadership Award, a Gordon Y. Billard Award for special service of outstanding merit for the Institute, a Tribute to Outstanding Women award from the Cambridge YMCA, and the Collier Medal.

ROLE OF THE ASSOCIATE DEAN

The Associate Dean will serve as a central resource and provide creative and strategic leadership and will assess initiatives to enhance diversity, climate, academic success, and retention in MITs graduate degree programs, especially for underrepresented minority (URM) groups. The Associate Dean will work closely with other diversity and inclusion practitioners across MIT to align programs with MIT’s vision for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Associate Dean for Graduate Education Page 6 of 7 diversity and inclusion. This person will serve as a strong partner and resource to department faculty and staff and will focus on creating recruitment and retention strategies that ensure URM student success at MIT.

The Associate Dean will create strategic partnerships and build external relationships with institutions and organizations and engage alumni in helping MIT to achieve diversity goals through convening events, celebrating their accomplishments, and engaging them in recruitment and retention activities in collaboration with the MIT Alumni Association. This will be accomplished by working with the Office of Resource Development to develop fundraising plans and documentation for initiatives that promote diversity and inclusion at the graduate level.

The Associate Dean will report to Blanche Staton, Senior Associate Dean and Director of the Office of Graduate Education. This role will supervise two Assistant Directors and one Program Assistant.

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Develop strategic planning efforts for diversity, equity, and inclusion

The Associate Dean will develop and implement initiatives, programs, and activities that support the OGE and the Institute’s strategic goals related to diversity and climate. This role will work closely with other departments and individual faculty members in developing and implementing their strategic diversity objectives. The Associate Dean will also create and implement a plan that publicizes the academic excellence, accomplishments, and impact of individual graduate students with diverse backgrounds.

Collaborate with key Institute stakeholders

The Associate Dean will collaborate effectively at the Institute by building cross functional, mutually beneficial relationships. They will engage partners and champions in academic departments to help identify and execute appropriate activities and maintain communication continuously with faculty champions and other external constituencies. In collaboration with the Office of Institutional Research, the Associate Dean will gather qualitative and quantitative data to assess the experiences and climate for key graduate student constituencies. The Associate Dean will also partner with the Institute Community Equity Office and academic departments to create mentorship programs, workshops, events, and networking opportunities for various student cohorts.

Oversee & coordinate recruitment and retention strategies for graduate students

The Associate Dean will work with the individual schools and the Institute to develop and influence regional strategies for recruitment from Minority Serving Institutions and leverage MIT’s alumni of color. The Associate Dean will work with faculty and alumni to create a stronger pipeline to MIT from their home institutions and connect with MIT’s undergraduate URM student organizations, educating them about opportunities to stay and pursue their graduate education. The Associate Dean will partner directly with departments on strategic yield initiatives.

This role will also manage an online recruitment strategy utilizing the Grad Catalyst platform as a foundation and will continue to develop Grad Catalyst towards the creation of a multi-university consortium.

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Develop community programming & oversee assessment efforts

The OGE offers a robust array of programming in partnership with student organizations to build community and increase a sense of belonging among the graduate student populations, and the Associate Dean will be responsible for overseeing those efforts. The Associate Dean will oversee staff responsible for signature programs including the MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) and Sloan Foundation University Center of Exemplary Mentoring (UCEM).

The Associate Dean will also oversee assessment, systems, and budgets for key programs. They will be expected to produce annual reports to communicate program metrics and achievement of strategic goals.

QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will possess many of the following qualifications: • A minimum of 7 years of experience in an academic setting, including a successful track record in recruiting and retaining women and underrepresented minority talent, strategic program design, and working with students directly; • Training or academic experience in science, technology, and/or engineering, or a doctoral degree in one of the aforementioned areas; • Ability to function autonomously in a highly visible position within a siloed system; • Experience building successful partnerships and collaborations; • Self-starter who possesses initiative, versatility, and flexibility; • Experience managing projects and supervising and leading teams; • Demonstrated ability to anticipate issues, analyze data, and solve problems creatively and effectively; • Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion; • Willingness to travel; • Master’s degree required.

TO APPLY

All inquiries, nominations/referrals, and resumes for this opportunity should be directed in confidence to:

Keight Tucker Kennedy, Partner Jenna Sattar Kwiatek, Associate

Inquiries and nominations/referrals should be sent to: [email protected]. Interested candidates should apply via the Isaacson, Miller website: https://www.imsearch.com/7771.

MIT is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin. MIT’s full policy on nondiscrimination can be found here.