Job Description

Provost, Colorado School of Mines

The Opportunity
Colorado School of Mines (Mines) invites applications and nominations for its next Provost - its senior leader responsible for shaping the faculty, students, and academic programs so that Mines continues to: a) excel in its mission of educating, innovating, and inspiring to produce the talent, knowledge, and innovations that industry and society need for prosperity, and b) advance toward its aspiration of being a top-of-mind and first-choice university for students, faculty, and external partners.

The Context
Colorado School of Mines is currently celebrating 150 years of impact on the world. About eight years ago, with this historic point in the university's history in mind, the university embarked on its aggressive MINES@150 strategic plan and associated Campaign for MINES@150. The actions and investments made under this plan have been focused on positioning Mines for success in what was anticipated to be a highly disruptive and much more competitive future for higher education. Mines leveraged its size, location, unique expertise, industry and government partnerships and passionate alumni base, and built on its history of producing distinctive industry-ready graduates. Some notable MINES@150 accomplishments include an expanded and more relevant portfolio of academic programs, adding business acumen and a deeper awareness of challenges facing society and industry to its core education, doubling-down on hands-on learning and professional development, launching an entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem, achieving R1 status, significantly expanding the facilities that support its mission, and hiring over 150 new full-time faculty.

The university is engaging in discussions on where to focus its efforts for the next five years. While those will be evolving as this search proceeds, it can be anticipated that its strategic initiatives will be anchored to Mines' “top-of-mind/first-choice” aspiration, focus on student success, pursuit of differentiation, distinction and a sustainable business model, and the ever-evolving alignment to the needs of industry and society. Being an exemplar university for alumni engagement and affinity is also a key goal relevant to the next Provost's efforts.

Annual Salary Rate and Benefits
$350,000 - $400,000

Application and Nomination Process
The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications immediately and will continue to accept applications and nominations until the position is filled. Applications and letters of nomination must be submitted to [email protected]. Do not apply via the "apply" button, but instead use email for confidentiality. References will not be contacted until later in the selection process and you will be informed before that contact is made. ​Applications will remain confidential until the selection of the finalists, whose names and application materials will be made public.

Please view the full ad and qualifications at work.mines.edu or https://mines.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Mines_Careers/details/Provost--Colorado-School-of-Mines_JR105319-1

The University
Today, Mines' community includes about 8000 students (6200 undergraduates, 1800 graduate students), about 350 full-time tenured, tenure-track, teaching and professor-of-practice faculty, more than 1000 other full-time employees dedicated to Mines unique mission, and more than 30,000 alumni. Mines has the highest admissions standards of any university in Colorado and among the highest of any public university in the U.S. and in 2024 the University was ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the Top 40 Public Schools. Roughly half of Mines’ students are Colorado residents and nearly 30% of Mines’ students are women and Mines has the largest Society of Women Engineers chapter in the nation. Mines’ graduates are distinctive in the workforce and employers frequently point to their ability to get things done, their creativity in solving difficult problems, and how well they work in and lead teams as distinguishing characteristics. With its intimate size, the Mines community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and partners value inquiry and innovation, inspiration, challenge, collaboration, openness, diversity, respect, compassion and integrity.

For more information about the Colorado School of Mines, please visithttps://www.mines.edu/.