Goals for the New Dean

Develop a clear and attainable vision for the school that includes a distinctive identity, along with a strategic plan and related tactical actions that can be implemented to achieve it.

• Develop strategies to grow in a highly competitive environment.
• Develop strategies for attracting high quality high school graduates to the undergraduate programs.
• Develop strategies for increasing the size and scope of the graduate programs to attract high-caliber students with diverse backgrounds. Increase the visibility of the school’s graduate programs in the region and beyond.
• Enhance the profile of the school regionally. Establish goals and objectives to move toward the goal of national recognition.
• Make the school a critical participant in the University’s efforts to raise its research profile.
• Be an effective advocate for the school within the University and with the external community.
• Be effective in attracting resources for the school from internal and external sources.
• Collaborate with the SBA Board of Visitors and key alumni to enhance and deepen their interest, participation, commitment and contributions to the school.
• Provide leadership to help the faculty revise its curricula to make programs innovative, current, and relevant.
• Maintain and enhance student-centered experiential learning opportunities by partnering with local businesses.
• Attract, reward, and retain high quality faculty. Improve incentives for high performances in scholarship and instruction. Attract resources to support scholarship.
• Maintain and enhance a stimulating and collegial atmosphere that motivates faculty, staff, and students to perform at their highest levels.
• Provide energetic leadership that increases the engagement of the faculty and staff in carrying out the school and university’s missions.

Strengths of the School and University

• Oakland University is a vibrant and growing university. The university’s profile in the region is on the rise, and the intent of the administration is to achieve national prominence.
• The university is located in close proximity of a large number of Fortune 500 companies and more than 35,000 businesses.
• The school is one of a select group of institutions with dual AACSB accreditation of its business and accounting programs.
• The school and university have a strong alumni base in the region since the majority of students and graduates work and live in the region.
• The school has a select group of financial supporters, with the potential for significantly more from the successful alumni base.
• The school has a staff of well-trained, collegial, diverse, and highly productive faculty.
• The school offers many innovative experiential learning opportunities for its students.
• The school is financially stable.

Oakland University is an equal opportunity employer.
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