UCEA Job Board Title:
Associate Professor/Full Professor of Higher Education Administration Economics of Education – Tenure/Tenure Track - 524694
Post Date
10/30/2024
Expiration Date
7/31/2025
Details:
Position Summary
Position Summary The Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama invites applications for an Associate/Full Professor of Higher Education Administration, with a specialization in quantitative modeling in the economics of education, at either the higher education or K-20 levels.
Detailed Position Information
The Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama invites applications for an Associate/Full Professor of Higher Education Administration, with a specialization in quantitative modeling in the economics of education, at either the higher education or K-20 levels. The College of Education’s Education Policy Center (EPC) was established in 1924 and is the oldest center or institute at The University of Alabama. We provide non-partisan information and analysis on place-based issues, challenges, and opportunities facing policymakers, scholars, practitioners, and lay leaders in our state, the Deep South, and beyond. The EPC is one of the nation’s leading sources of expertise on postsecondary access (Pell Grants), finance (National Surveys of Access and Finance), transfer, and economic development. Our classifications work is embedded in all federal U.S. Department of Education postsecondary education research databases. While EPC’s reach is national, we have special interest in rural institutions, people, and places rooted in Alabama and the Deep South.
The College of Education is committed to creating an affirming culture that seeks to advance opportunities for all of its community members by increasing and retaining faculty, staff, and students from a range of backgrounds and areas of expertise, welcoming a vibrant and global college community, and providing opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to develop competencies that support these efforts.
Qualifications:
Doctoral degree in economics, political science, higher education, educational leadership, or a related field
Demonstrated record of scholarship
Demonstrated record of excellence in both online and face-to-face teaching at the postsecondary level
Demonstrated ability to secure external funding to support research or strong potential to do so
Comments:
Responsibilities:
Pursuing a rigorous and innovative line of research
Pursuing external funding
Supporting work of the EPC via advanced modeling
Working with doctoral students on research activities
Providing research support to the department, college, university and profession
· Designing and teaching graduate-level courses delivered in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats
The position start date is August 16, 2025.
Institution:
University of Alabama
Contact:
Steve Katsinas and Nathaniel Bray
Address:
401 Queen City Avenue, Box 870249, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487
Work Phone:
(205) 348-1159
Fax:
205-348-2161
Email:
katsinas@ua.edu; nbray@ua.edu.
Website:
https://careers.ua.edu/jobs/edu-associate-professor-full-professor-of-higher-education-administration