About Alcorn State University

Institution: Alcorn State University
  Lorman, MS
 

Alcorn State University, the oldest and first historically black, land-grant institution invites applications and nominations for the positon of Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA). Located in Lorman, MS, Alcorn seeks a transformative, collaborative, visionary, strategic, and academically accomplished leader to serve as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced and accomplished leader- with significant potential to influence and shape the future of higher education in southwest Mississippi. Alcorn State University has a great tradition of excellence and places great emphasis on providing a high quality, student-centered environment that offers a rigorous academic experience in a culturally rich community. Alcorn seeks students of every background, interest, outlook and talent, looking at the whole student and the whole record, with the aim of gathering diverse and promising individuals, who will challenge, inspire and encourage one another. Reporting to the president, the provost provides intellectual leadership to create, advance, and implement the academic mission of the university and oversees academic programs, a wide range of faculty matters, and student academic affairs. At a time of national debate about the role of public universities in our society, the university seeks an intellectual leader who is bold, innovative, and collaborative.