Responsibilities

The Vice Provost for Academic Affairs has the following specific responsibilities:

Academic Personnel:

Provides analysis to the Campus Provost on faculty personnel matters; works with the Academic Senate and other appropriate campus organizations to improve the academic personnel process; represents the Campus Provost to the Senate Committee on Academic Personnel.

Academic Personnel Office
UCSC Faculty Salary Equity Report (January 2015)

Academic Planning:

Provides leadership in overall campus academic planning; evaluates proposals for new programs; advises the Campus Provost on faculty positions and other resource allocations.

New Program Development
Campus Five-Year Lists
Instructional Workload Policy

Academic Program Review:

Oversees external review of campus academic programs and departments.

Academic Program Reviews

Accreditation:

Serves as the Accreditation Liaison Officer for the campus to the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Arboretum:

Provides strategic oversight for the UCSC Arboretum.

Arboretum

Diversity:

Serves as the Campus Diversity Officer for Faculty; coordinates with the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on campus diversity matters.

Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Leadership Academy:

Oversees the Leadership Academy whose purpose is to build a diverse pool of academic & staff employees with the knowledge and skills to be successful in leadership roles at UCSC.

Leadership Academy

Online Course Evaluations:

Oversees campus activity around online course evaluations.

UCSC Online Course Evaluations

Procedures and Sample Communications

Online Education:

Oversees campus activity around online education.

UCSC Online Education

Sustainability:

Coordinates academic connections to sustainability efforts.

Office of Sustainability