Position Overview

The Director of Academics is the chief administrative officer of the Academics Department. The Director is charged with leading the faculty and staff in advancing the department’s teaching, research/scholarship, and service mission. The Director is responsible for leading the recruitment and assessment of programs and services within the department. The Director works with constituents to develop the departmental vision, develop a strategic plan, and achieve departmental goals.

This is a 12-month administrative position with a tenure-track faculty appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor. The Director of Academics reports directly to the Dean of Library Services and serves as a member of the dean’s senior leadership team to cooperatively set and meet strategic and operational goals and to lead planning and prioritization efforts. The Director of Academics is responsible for strategic direction and support for the work of personnel in the areas of research and reference assistance, instruction, liaison, government information, special collections and archives, research collections, and outreach and engagement activities for the University community and all library users. The Director will position the department to work with colleges and centers to identify research and information literacy skills expected of students and facilitate the development of plans with disciplinary faculty to embed and teach those skills in relevant curricula.

N.C. A&T is a public, land-grant, doctoral research institution and has been the largest historically Black university in the country for the past decade. With an enrollment of 14,311 students in Fall 2024, the university offers 59 undergraduate degree programs, 36 master’s programs, and 12 doctoral programs. It is America’s top producer of Black graduates in Engineering and Agricultural Science bachelor’s programs, as well as a top five producer in numerous additional disciplines, including Liberal Arts and Communications/Journalism. It also ranks no. 3 in master’s degrees awarded to Black graduates in Engineering Technologies and Related Fields, no. 4 in master’s degrees in Engineering, and no. 11 best business school for women in the nation.Nationally recognized for its leadership and excellence in STEM education and research, N.C. A&T is classified as “R2-High Research Activity” in the Carnegie Classifications and is poised to achieve “R1-Very High Research Activity” status. It also holds Carnegie’s earned credential in Community Engagement and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Innovation and Economic Prosperity designation. With an annual economic impact of $2.4 billion, N.C. A&T plays a vital role as a higher-education economic driver in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region and across a state that is ranked No. 1 in the nation for the second straight year as “best for business” by the CNBC financial network.

F.D. Bluford Library supports and advances teaching, learning and research at N.C. A&Tthrough user-focused services, technologies, and physical and virtual learning spaces.We ensure individuals have access to globally trusted information resources that equipthem with the knowledge to provide solutions to society’s challenges.

The Library is recognized as an essential leader and partner in the university’s pursuit of transformative learning and teaching, interdisciplinary research, innovative solutions to global challenges, and civic outreach. As the intellectual hub of the university, we leverage emerging opportunities to provide access to technologies, research tools, resources, and learning environments that enrich the scholarship and creative activity of students, faculty, and staff. Open 24 hours a day, library users have access to over a million print and electronic resources, the latest technology resources, and archives that document the history of the University and the region.