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1.11 The Academic Deans<\/h2>

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The academic deans are administrators holding faculty rank.\u00a0 The Dean, as the chief academic and administrative officer of the College, provides leadership in developing academic programs and promoting high standards of teaching, scholarship, and service.\u00a0 The Dean is expected to represent the College within the larger University structure, and to lead the College in maintaining academic distinction and accreditation.\u00a0 The Dean is under the supervision of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and sits on the Academic Council.\u00a0 There are six academic divisions at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½; five academic colleges and one institute. These are the Al Danos College of Business Administration, the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Sciences and Technology, and the Thibodaux Regional Health System School of Nursing. The Chef John Folse Culinary Institute is under the jurisdiction of the College of Liberal Arts.\u00a0<\/p>

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Associate Deans and Assistant Deans report directly to the various Academic Deans.<\/p>

Academic procedures, guidelines, and processes relevant to all academic administrators and faculty are published in the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½\u00a0University Catalog<\/em>.<\/p>

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1.11.1 \u00a0Academic Administrators<\/h3>

Reporting to the Deans<\/h3>

1.11.1.1\u00a0 Associate Dean<\/h4>

The Associate Dean within an academic College is appointed by the College Dean with the approval of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and is given a defined scope of responsibilities with greater breadth than that of the assistant dean appointment that may include the authority to act for the Dean in a broad range of specified areas upon the Dean\u2019s absence. The associate dean is assigned a reduced teaching load and receives a salary stipend commensurate with the level of assigned duties.<\/p>

1.11.1.2\u00a0 Assistant Dean<\/h4>

The Assistant Dean within an academic college is appointed by the College Dean with the approval of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and is given a defined scope of responsibilities specified by the College Dean that may include lower-level decision making, signature authority on specified university documents, and other duties as appropriate. The assistant dean is assigned a reduced teaching load and receives a salary stipend commensurate with the level of assigned duties.<\/p>

1.11.1.3\u00a0 Faculty Directors<\/h4>

Faculty Directors are full-time ranked academic faculty who receive alternate work time from teaching to administer programs outside the area of an academic department. \u00a0Faculty Directors report directly to the Deans. The Director of the Center for Dyslexia and Related Learning Disorders and the Director of Nursing Continuing Professional Development are examples of a Faculty Director.\u00a0 Faculty Directors should not be confused with University Directors (see Section 1.8.1.4)<\/p>

1.11.1.4 \u00a0The Department Heads<\/h4>

The Department Head is the academic leader of the department and collaborates with the faculty and the Dean in the development of programs that are most suited in meeting student and academic needs. The Department Head is responsible for mentoring of junior faculty.\u00a0 Mentoring of students is an important responsibility of the Department Head.\u00a0 The Department Head also assigns faculty regarding academic advising; manages departmental resources for the attainment of departmental, college, and University objectives; allocates the departmental budget; and determines course offerings and time schedules. Teaching at the graduate or undergraduate level is required of Department Heads.\u00a0 Department Heads report to the Dean of their academic colleges.<\/p>

1.11.1.4.1\u00a0 Department\/Program Coordinators<\/h5>

Faculty are sometimes awarded alternate responsibilities involving oversight of special departmental programs and other assignments.\u00a0 Faculty serving in these interdepartmental positions shall be called Coordinators. Assignment examples include coordinators for individual curricular programs within a single large department, for undergraduate and graduate program in a single department, for programs requiring specific academic expertise different from the department head\u2019s, for special service units, and for special initiatives.<\/p>

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