Chancellor Search
Position Specification
- UNCG Mission Statement
- Campus Progress Under Chancellor Sullivan
- UNCG 2007-2008 Profile
- UNCG Distinctions
- University Planning
- Selected Links
- The Chancellor
UNCG Mission Statement
“The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a diverse, student-centered research university, linking the [Piedmont] Triad and North Carolina to the world through learning, discovery and service. As a doctorate-granting institution, it is committed to teaching based in scholarship and advancing knowledge through research. The College of Arts & Sciences and six professional schools offer challenging graduate and undergraduate programs in which students are mentored by outstanding teachers, including nationally and internationally recognized researchers and artists.
“Affirming the liberal arts as the foundation for lifelong learning, the University provides exemplary learning environments on campus and through distance education so that students can acquire knowledge, develop intellectual skills, and become more thoughtful and responsible members of a global society. Co-curricular, residential, and other programs contribute to students' social, aesthetic and ethical development.
“The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a community in which people of any racial or ethnic identity, age, or background can achieve an informed appreciation of their own and different cultures. It is a community of actively engaged students, faculty, staff and alumni founded on open dialogue, shared responsibility, and respect for the distinct contributions of each member.”
(Mission Statement — approved by the UNC Board of Governors, November 2003)
Campus Progress Under Chancellor Sullivan
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a place where trust, respect, and open dialogue are prized, has a strong sense of community and a history of shared governance. The University motto, “Service,” is a guiding principle for the activities of faculty, students and staff, who engage the community and state regularly in the areas of teaching, research and public service. With advances in its research programs and infrastructure, UNCG provides the region with an estimated $521 million in economic development.
The new Chancellor of UNCG will face rapid enrollment growth expected throughout the UNC system. By 2020, UNCG is projected to have more than 24,000 students and the UNC system over 300,000 students. Programs will need to be maintained and quality enhanced in the face of tremendous growth — a task that will call for more faculty and expanded facilities for teaching, learning, and research.
Under the leadership of its ninth chancellor, Dr. Patricia A. Sullivan, UNCG has undergone significant growth in enrollment, academic programs, research initiatives, diversity, endowments and fundraising. A review of campus progress since her arrival in 1995 includes the following accomplishments:
- A 36 percent growth in enrollment, with the student body increasing to 17,157 in Fall 2007. Enrollment projections estimate that the student body will grow to 24,000 in 2020.
- Research infrastructure expansion has included creation of the Office of Research and Public/Private Sector Partnerships, Office of Technology Transfer, Office of Undergraduate Research and Office of Research Compliance.
- A 180 percent growth in research grants and contracts to $36 million in 2006-07. Research funding from federal, state and foundation sources has averaged $30 million annually for the past six years.
- Graduate programs grew significantly, including 10 new doctoral programs — community health, computational mathematics, communication sciences and disorders, nursing, economics, geography, history, information systems, medicinal biochemistry and special education — bringing the total to 23. Several master's programs and graduate certificate programs also were added.
- Globalization of the curriculum has expanded opportunities for international education. Exchange programs with other universities increased from 13 to 65. A major program addition in this area was the creation of the Lloyd International Honors College in 2004. This success led the UNC system to base its system-wide UNC Exchange Program at UNCG.
- Among the most prominent of UNCG's research initiatives are the Gateway University Research Park and the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. Both are being created in partnership with N.C. A&T State University. The school is being established on the South Campus of the research park and has received $59.4 million in funding from the N.C. General Assembly. A search for its founding dean is under way.
- Other research efforts include 21 interdisciplinary research centers and institutes, as well as the Guilford Genomic Medicine Initiative, a collaboration with Moses Cone Health System, the Duke University Center for Human Genetics, and the University of Miami School of Medicine.
- Endowment holdings nearly tripled from $62 million to $183 million through June 30, 2007.
- The five-year Students First Campaign has raised $91 million through January 2008 toward its $100 million goal, and will run through June 2009.
- Dramatic changes in facilities have taken place, with approximately $500 million in new construction, infrastructure improvements and renovation. The most visible examples include three new structures resulting from the 2000 N.C. Higher Education Bonds — the Gatewood Studio Arts Building, the Moore Humanities and Research Administration Building, and the new Science Building.
- UNCG has become a leader within the UNC System in distance learning through the Division of Continual Learning. Its cutting-edge online courses have won national awards in online learning. Governor Mike Easley was so impressed with UNCG's online programs that he allocated funds for UNCG to start the states' iSchool, a virtual early college for high school students.
- UNCG and NC A&T announced a further collaboration in January 2008 with plans for the creation of a Joint Primary Data Center to handle computing for both institutions and the South Campus of the Gateway University Research Park. Funding of $46 million will be sought from the N.C. General Assembly, but savings to the state from the joint project are projected to be greater than $50 million.
UNCG 2007-2008 Profile
History/Location: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is classified by The Carnegie Foundation as a Doctoral/Research-Intensive University. The University was established in 1891 as the State Normal and Industrial School and became coeducational in 1963. The 210-acre campus is located 1 mile from the center of Greensboro, a city of 240,955. The Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point Combined Statistical Area, locally known as the Piedmont Triad, has a population of approximately 1,513,576.
Academic Schools/Programs and Degrees: Arts and Sciences; Business and Economics; Education; Health and Human Performance; Human Environmental Sciences; Music; Nursing; and Graduate School. UNCG offers over 100 undergraduate, 63 masters, and 23 doctoral programs. In 2006-07 UNCG awarded 2,195 bachelor's, 908 master's and 74 doctoral degrees. Doctoral degrees were awarded in English; Psychology; Education; Counseling; Human Development and Family Studies; Exercise and Sport Science; Curriculum and Teaching; Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies; and Music.
Faculty: In 2007-08, there are 1,003.72 regular term budgeted FTE faculty positions and the student/faculty ratio was 16:1. 39.2% of the full-time faculty are tenured, while 78.3% held the doctorate or terminal degree in their field. Average 2007-08 AAUP Salaries were $103,191 for Full Professors, $75,588 for Associate Professors, and $62,815 for Assistant Professors.
Students: Fall 2007 on-campus enrollment was 16,386 (14,875 FTE), including 13,154 (12,375 FTE) undergraduates and 3,232 (2,501 FTE) graduate students. 11,527 (88%) of undergraduate and 1,295 (40%) of graduate students were enrolled on a full-time basis. 68% of undergraduate students were female. 8% of undergraduate and 15% of graduate students were from out-of-state. 21% of undergraduate and 14% of graduate students were African-American. 31% of undergraduate students lived in residence halls. The Fall 2007 extension headcount was 771 (an additional 528 resident students took extension courses), making the total university student headcount 17,157.
Admissions/Retention: 2,447 first-time degree seeking freshmen and 1,368 first-time degree seeking Transfers enrolled in Fall 2007. 71% of freshman applicants were accepted and 39% enrolled. The average SAT score for enrolled first time freshmen was 1039. The middle 50% ranges for SAT scores were 460-570 for Verbal and 470-570 for Math. 75% of Fall 2006 freshmen returned in Fall 2007, and 50% of freshmen who entered in Fall 2001 graduated within six years.
Costs: Annual 2007-08 full-time tuition/fees were $4,029 (in-state) and $15,297 (out-of-state). Room and Board was $6,151.
Budget: The IPEDS revenues and other additions for 2006-2007 are $391,175,058, with state appropriations ($139,732,517) comprising 35.7%. Total expenses and deductions amounted to $301,083,371, of which 34.9% was for instruction ($105,027,323), 3.8% was for research ($11,470,865) and 5.2% ($15,606,577) was for public service.
Institutional Affiliations: UNCG is a member of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) and the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AASCU). In athletics, UNCG began NCAA Division IA competition in 1991, and is a member of the Southern Conference.
UNCG Distinctions
UNCG has distinguished itself in many ways, including the following:
- With ethnic minority students making up 26% of total enrollment, UNCG is the most diverse of the UNC system's historically white universities.
- The Carnegie classification as a “research university with high research activity” puts UNCG in the same class as Auburn, Clemson, William and Mary, Georgetown, Rutgers, Wake Forest, and Boston College, Portland State University and Ohio University — Main Campus.
- The Center for New North Carolinians provides guidance and support for the state's growing immigrant population.
- SERVE Center, affiliated with the UNCG School of Education since1990, is one of only 10 regional education centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
- The campus is ranked among the nation's best values in a college education by Kiplinger's Personal Finance and the Princeton Review's Best 366 Colleges.
- The School of Music has been ranked as one of the nation's top graduate schools of music. Its opera productions have regularly been recognized in the National Opera Association's Production Competition.
- UNCG's Phi Beta Kappa chapter is one of only three in the 17-campus UNC system, and it was voted best public university chapter nationally in 2006.
- The Weatherspoon Art Museum is known across the country for its contemporary American art collection and selected works by Willem de Kooning, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso.
- The School of Education graduate program in counselor education is ranked among the top 10 in the nation, and its undergraduate program is one of the best in North Carolina.
- UNCG hosts the nation's largest Summer Music Camp, which draws 1,800 students to campus for two weeks each July.
- UNCG is a cultural leader for the state and the Piedmont Triad and is home to the Carolina Film and Video Festival and the North Carolina Dance Festival.
- The University's MFA programs in creative writing and theatre are among the nation's most respected. Graduates include the 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry and the 2006 Tony Award Winner for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical.
- UNCG students logged almost 19,000 hours in service-learning (service within the curriculum) in 2006-07 and just under 39,000 hours in volunteering.
- Eleven out of 16 athletic teams have won a conference regular season or a conference tournament championship during the last 12 years.
- The Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Project works to improve care for older adults in long-term care facilities and hospitals.
- UNCG has a strong undergraduate research program which supports undergraduate research assistantships, an annual undergraduate research conference, and undergraduate research assistant travel awards.
University Planning
The University has a strong history of planning and assessment utilizing its institutional planning document, The UNCG Plan, by which campus initiatives are charted annually and success is measured toward established goals. The campus is in the final year of the 2003-2008 Plan. The web site for the plan is: http://www.uncg.edu/cha/uncg_plan/
A scheduled update of The UNCG Plan has been delayed so that the process can incorporate the report of the UNC Tomorrow Commission established by President Erskine B. Bowles in the spring of 2007, and approved by the Board of Governors in January 2008. The UNC Tomorrow commission produced a 20 year strategic plan for the UNC System. One of the first endeavors the new Chancellor will undertake is overseeing UNCG's response to the UNC Tomorrow Report, and providing leadership for the development of the 2009-2014 UNCG Plan. The web site for the UNC Tomorrow Report is: http://www.nctomorrow.org/
Selected Links
- UNCG Homepage
- Chancellor's Office
- Provost's Office
- Business Affairs Office
- Athletics
- Centers and Institutes for Research/Public Service
- UNC System
- Faculty Senate
- Staff Senate
- Graduate Student Association
- Student Government Association
The Chancellor
The Chancellor of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro must be a person of unquestioned integrity, a visionary who understands and values the academy and has the experience and skills to reach out to the external community to build relationships, garner and provide resources, and form collaborative partnerships on a global basis. The Chancellor must endorse and build upon UNCG's student-centered focus and create an atmosphere conducive to a positive student experience. Personal qualities of integrity, humor, and vision are essential, as are sound judgment, considerable energy and a commitment to collaboration.
It is highly desirable that the Chancellor have an earned doctorate or equivalent terminal degree. The Chancellor must be a distinguished individual with a keen understanding of the conditions shaping higher education and the challenges facing faculty as researchers and teachers, the ability to provide collaborative leadership in a complex environment, a commitment to shared governance, and a demonstrated respect and appreciation for faculty, students, and staff.
The Chancellor must understand UNCG, internalize and respect its history, articulate its uniquenesses, and appreciate and value its important missions of teaching, research, public service, and economic development. He or she must be strongly committed to an increasing emphasis on research and the growth of graduate programs, but also to retaining a commitment to excellence in undergraduate education. The Chancellor should have a thorough understanding of the changing nature of public higher education, including its vital role in local, state, national, and global economies.
The Chancellor must possess the core competencies of leadership and a vision of the University's future to challenge it to greatness, to extend its reach, and to energize the University to new levels in all endeavors including academics, athletics, and the student experience. The Chancellor must be willing to take reasonable risks, be innovative, and set realistic priorities. This leader must have a passion for his or her vision for UNCG, communicate that vision effectively, inspire others to achieve it, and be a persuasive and effective agent of change.
The leader of UNCG must be an extraordinarily effective advocate for the University and able to describe its future needs and the opportunities facing it. The Chancellor is the primary spokesperson for the University and is responsible for communicating its culture, values, roles, and responsibilities to all constituencies. The skills to engage, debate, challenge, promote discussion, incorporate positive suggestions, and accommodate concerns when appropriate are critical.
The Chancellor will be an effective leader in fundraising and in establishing a high level of expectation in regard to funding initiatives. The Chancellor must create, sustain, and build relationships with multiple and diverse constituencies, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, the Triad community, and other schools in the region, state and beyond.
The Chancellor will have the proven skill and demonstrated ability to manage a complex and diverse university, including having acquired a finely tuned understanding of institutional controls and best standard business practices. This person must have exceptional business acumen, be an astute strategic thinker, and have the confidence to act decisively in the business of the university.
The Chancellor will be able to work effectively with a diverse UNCG Board of Trustees, the President of the University of North Carolina, members of the State of North Carolina General Assembly, and other important individuals and organizations, building consensus by keeping these entities informed on important issues, fostering communication, valuing ideas and analyses and reactions, keeping communication open and direct, and encouraging dialogue and debate.
The Chancellor should have the ability to provide collaborative leadership in a complex inter-institutional environment requiring multi-jurisdictional solutions.
All correspondence relating to the position of Chancellor should be directed in confidence to the University's executive recruitment consultant:
Jerry H. Baker, President
Baker and Associates LLC
10 Glenlake Parkway - South Tower - Suite 140
Atlanta, GA 30328
jbaker@baasearch.com
770-395-2761