The City College of New York, CUNY
New York, NY, USA
Apr 04, 2025
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Dean, Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership
- New York, NY, USA
- Apr 04, 2025
Dean
Full time
Dean, Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership
The City College of New York (CCNY) seeks an exceptional individual to serve as Dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. The Colin Powell School is home to the social sciences, including the College’s core public service, business, psychology, and leadership development programs. Founded in 2013, the Colin Powell School has grown quickly since its launch, and it is now the largest student division of CCNY with 4,000 students, ninety percent of whom are undergraduates. The school develops the intellectual and leadership capacities of students, preparing them to be change makers in our society and for careers across all sectors. Through a range of academic and co-curricular programs, the school succeeds at connecting classroom to careers for students, and we actively develop and integrate experiential opportunities into academic work, including pathways to internships for students. We value close connections with community partners in Harlem and across New York City. The successful candidate should be able to guide and build on our existing portfolio of academic and co-curricular programs.
Reporting to the Provost, the Dean oversees every aspect of the Colin Powell School and has responsibility for enhancing its profile, visibility, and effectiveness. He/she develops long- and short-range plans, and exercises management responsibility for academic program planning, faculty matters, and administration, including staffing, budgets, and facilities. He/she fosters a high-quality environment of academic teaching, research, and intellectual achievement, and creates and strengthens partnerships within and outside the College. Applicants must possess an earned doctorate or equivalent terminal degree with a record of distinguished scholarship, research, and teaching suitable for appointment as a tenured full professor in one of the school’s departments significant administrative experience and evidence of leadership in developing newly fashioned academic programs into ones of recognized achievement and success. Demonstrated ability to lead sophisticated and effective development and fundraising activities highly desirable.
The full position profile can be found here: https://cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/dean-colin-powell-school-for-civic-and-global-leadership/3AE8E655D1764F18B4031F3192DB6153/job/
Nominations and inquiries should be submitted as soon as possible to the email address below. Application materials (cover letter and curriculum vitae) should be submitted to the CUNY Job Application Portal. This role is open until filled with review of applications to begin May 31, 2025.
Susan VanGilder, Managing Director
Steven Solnick, Global Managing Partner and Education Practice Lead
Kamilah Allen, Senior Associate
DSG|Storbeck
CUNYDeanPowellSchool@storbecksearch.com
About The City College of New York, CUNY
Since 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its role at the forefront of social change.
Located in the heart of New York City, CCNY is home to such important 'firsts' as: The first college explicitly founded on the ideal of educating the 'whole people', the first documentary film program in the U.S., the first intercollegiate lacrosse game played in the U.S., first student government in the nation, and the longest running Alumni Association in the U.S.
It is ranked #1 by The Chronicle of Higher Education out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. In addition, the Center for world University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.2% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. More than 16,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight professional schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself.
