Office of the Provost - Vice Provost for Faculty Success

Statement from the Office of the Provost

• Message from the Provost

  As the Chief Academic Officer at Texas State University, the Provost's role is to advance excellence across the university’s academic landscape by supporting faculty, enhancing student academic success, and ensuring a strong foundation for impactful teaching, research, and innovation. Working closely with five Vice Provost offices—Academic Planning, Policy and Budgets; Faculty Success; Academic Success; Academic Innovation; and the University Library—the Provost prioritizes collaboration to meet the evolving needs of our academic community.

  The Office of Academic Planning, Policy and Budgets is integral to aligning resources with strategic goals, supporting initiatives like Academic Affairs and College Budgets, and steering Academic Resource Planning and Academic Policy. This office also oversees Strategic Academic Initiatives. These functions ensure that the university’s mission and financial sustainability are at the forefront of academic decision-making.
  The Office of Faculty Success, which includes oversight of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Faculty Development, and Tenure and Promotion, is key to fostering an environment that values faculty achievement and supports career growth. This commitment to faculty success not only strengthens teaching and research but also enhances the student experience, ultimately contributing to the university’s reputation and mission.

  The Office of Academic Success focuses on essential services such as Academic Advising and Transitions, Experiential and Academic Initiatives and supports student-centered initiatives that enhance retention and academic achievement. This office also assists the Texas State Round Rock Campus, expanding the university’s reach and accessibility to diverse student populations.

  Additionally, the Office of Academic Innovation ensures curricular excellence by managing institutional accreditation, program accreditation and assessment, supporting innovative curricular and academic program development and commencement, and academic program review, thus upholding the university’s commitment to quality education.

  Together with the Vice Provost for University Libraries, the Wittliff Collections, and the leadership of the academic deans, the Provost's office works to elevate the university’s academic impact, ensuring that Texas State University remains a beacon of knowledge, innovation, and societal contribution.

• About the Office of the Provost

  Dr. Pranesh B. Aswath joined Texas State University as Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost on February 1st of 2024. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors, American Society of Materials and Society of Tribology and Lubrication Engineers. He is an accomplished scholar with over 150 journal publications and has graduated over 20 Ph.D. and 40 MS-Thesis students.  

  At Texas State University, in addition to direct oversight of the Division of Academic Affairs, Dr. Aswath’s sphere of influence includes the Office of Research, TXST-Round Rock, Enrollment Management, Financial Aid, Student Success and Global Engagement. He works closely with President Kelly Damphousse and Executive Vice President for Operations and CFO Eric Algoe in executing the mission of the university.

  Texas State University has over 40,000 students with 800 tenure track faculty, 550 full time non-tenure line faculty and about 600 adjunct faculty and is one of the largest universities in Texas. Texas State University welcomed over 8000 First-Time In College (FTIC) and over 2500 transfer students in Fall 2024. With a stated mission of achieving Carnegie R1 status by 2027, it is an exciting time to be part of a growing educational enterprise.

  Visit Texas State University’s Provost’s webpage: https://www.provost.txst.edu/

• Role of the Vice Provost for Faculty Success

  • Description of the Role

    Reporting to the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Vice Provost for Faculty Success (VPFS) serves as a key member of the Office of the Provost leadership team to support faculty success by providing clear pathways for faculty advancement, recognition, development opportunities and successful onboarding. The VPFS also provides oversight and leadership for the Office of Faculty Success, Office of Faculty Development, and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

  • Duties as the Vice Provost for Faculty Success

    • Coordinate and participate in the promotion and tenure process to help ensure a thorough and objective review of the substance and merits of each faculty member’s case following customary methods.
    • Communicate with academic administrators and the faculty regarding tenure and promotion procedures. 
    • Encourage and facilitate support of faculty academic freedom.
    • Collaborate on faculty hiring strategies, outreach programs, marketing approaches and financial incentives (in collaboration with the Senior Vice Provost) to attract high-quality faculty hires.
    • Support initiatives to improve and sustain faculty retention, incorporate practices to monitor the welfare and health of departments and schools, and support functions, and promote an engaging culture within the institution.
    • In conjunction with Human Resources and Talent Acquisition, coordinate hiring and onboarding processes and assist dual career couples with partner placement issues while continually supporting initiatives relative to succession planning, mentoring, coaching, and developmental opportunities for faculty. 
    • Participate in efforts relating to development programs for academic administrators.
    • Lead efforts to recognize and celebrate the excellence of Texas State University faculty by partnering with awarding entities to gather nominations, convene review committees, and oversee final selection and recognition of honorees.
    • Work with HR to ensure that international faculty, researchers, and staff attain the appropriate nonimmigrant status.
    • Administers the faculty development leave program, providing faculty with an awareness of how participation optimizes transformational experience opportunities and expands the impact of teaching and scholarship. Proactively administers programs and partners with key finance and operations units to formulate strategies to monitor and evaluate salary and other budgetary recommendations to support a sound compensation strategy and resource management based on faculty qualifications and performance.
    • Provide oversight of the appointment and evaluation process for distinguished professor positions and coordinates the awarding of emeritus status/faculty retirement recognition.
    • Serve as an administrative liaison to the Faculty Senate. 
    • Collaborate with the Faculty Ombudsperson to ensure faculty are treated fairly and equitably. 
    • Assure teaching loads are in compliance with prescribed standards. Provides guidance and university information to department heads.
    • Oversee faculty credentialing for accreditation.
    • Supervise staff in the office of Faculty Success and works strategically with the Provost, Senior Vice Provost, Executive Vice President of Finance and Support Services, Chief Human Resources Officer, and the Vice President of Research to ensure programs and initiatives lead to faculty and academic administrator success.
    • Participates in faculty grievance investigations according to University Policies and Procedures.
    • Perform other duties as assigned.

  • Professional Qualifications and Personal Qualities

    The successful candidate should have the following qualifications:

    Required Qualifications:

    • A distinguished record in teaching and scholarship with an earned doctorate (or equivalent terminal degree) to warrant an academic appointment at the rank of full professor with tenure in one of Texas State University's academic departments.
    • A minimum of five years of experience in a leadership role in academic affairs.
    • A demonstrated commitment to supporting faculty excellence, including promoting high-quality and impactful teaching and academic research; experience recruiting and retaining exceptional faculty; and an ability to recognize, leverage, and celebrate faculty strengths across tenure track and nontenure track faculty.
    • Strong communication skills, a commitment to transparency, a willingness to engage and listen to others, a commitment to shared governance, and the ability to collaborate with a wide range of constituencies.
    • Experience with issues and strategies related to faculty development and success.
    • Experience working in a university-setting developing and implementing tenured, tenure-track and non tenure line faculty development programs.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Experience with accreditation processes in higher education.
    • A passionate commitment to academic excellence, with demonstrated advocacy for faculty.
    • A collegial, collaborative, and accessible approach to leadership, with a track record of building meaningful partnerships and relations internally, externally, and across a university or system.
    • Substantial personnel management experience, including complex and difficult personnel issues and direct line supervision of academic and professional faculty.
    • A commitment to transparency in policy, strategy, and financial management, with an appreciation of and support for shared governance.
    • Experience with tools such as Academic Analytics and Digital Measures to help identify faculty of excellence who have not received national recognition and help them submit nomination packages for national awards.

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    In 2023 we launched Hopes & Aspirations High, an ambitious vision with five bold strategic imperatives — elevate student success, Run to R1, increase enrollment, grow the Round Rock Campus, and become an employer of choice. And, we have made tremendous progress in positioning ourselves to achieve this vision in a very short time.

    
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    Student success remains at the heart of everything we do at Texas State University. Improving student success metrics is a top pillar of the Hopes & Aspirations High vision for TXST’s future.

    
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    Texas State University is a national research university on the path to achieve the R1 Carnegie classification. The process will include earning access to the state’s National Research University Fund.

    
    Increase Recruitment and Enrollment
    
    President Damphousse created the Division of TXST Global to implement strategies to increase enrollment among international, transfer, master’s and online students.

    
    Becoming an Employer of Choice
    
    A critical goal of Hopes & Aspirations High is to become an employer of preference for faculty and staff.

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