Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Dr. Karen Schmid
kschmid@pnc.edu
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Dr. Schmid is professor of Child Development and Family Studies and earned her B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. |
Major responsibilities
- Implementing the Strategic Plan, with mid-course corrections as needed. Examples include:
- Expand current degree offerings and add additional degrees
- Enhance campus-wide efforts to increase student success, with a focus on well defined student learning outcomes and retention
- Increase the effectiveness of teaching and learning
- Increase distance-learning opportunities, especially as it relates to having certificate and degree programs online
- Develop programs to expand and to make student experiences as rewarding as possible
- Hire additional staff and faculty in high-growth areas
- Increase the number of high schools offering dual credit courses
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Planning and policy for Academic Affairs
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Providing leadership for institutional accreditation, including serving as a consultant-evaluator for the Higher Learning Commission and seeking initial accreditation by the National Association for Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships
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Serving as an advocate for PNC with the Provost’s Office, other offices in the Purdue System, the Board of Trustees, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, and the community
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Overseeing the budgetary plans that support academic unit operations
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Overseeing human resource issues
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Promoting community engagement
Reporting to the VCAA are the college deans, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the Director of Learning and Technology, and Institutional Research. |
