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Vice President for Student Affairs

Employer
California Institute of the Arts
Location
91355
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California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA



California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), located in Valencia, California, 30 miles north of Los Angeles, is seeking a forward-thinking, strategic, and collaborative leader to serve as Vice President for Student Affairs (VPSA). The VPSA will be joining CalArts at a pivotal time, with the opportunity to to have a transformational impact on students while also partnering with the leadership team in fulfilling the Institute's aspirations through its Strategic Framework. The VPSA is the chief student affairs officer at CalArts, reporting directly to President Ravi S. Rajan, and participating as a trusted advisor and strategic partner on the president's cabinet.

Formally established in 1961 by Walt and Roy Disney, Nelbert Chouinard, and Lulu May Von Hagen, CalArts opened to students in 1971 with a bold new paradigm for arts education. Offering a curriculum that is at once imaginative and rigorous, CalArts continues to distinguish itself as a pioneer in arts education, nurturing and respecting students as artists from their first day on campus. With a 7:1 student-to-faculty ratio, CalArts offers remarkable opportunities for interchange with faculty across disciplines, while encouraging students to cross-pollinate and inspire each other, building lifelong creative and professional networks. In the fall of 2022, CalArts enrolled 1,440 students; 65% are undergraduates and 35% are graduate students. CalArts has always thrived on the diversity of its artists and holds the distinction today of having the most diverse student body of all small private arts colleges in the U.S. Over the course of its first 50 years, CalArts has helped fuel several important movements in the arts, and its graduates have established themselves internationally in every major arts arena. Its influence on the rise of the arts scene in Los Angeles has been significant, and the Institute holds a prominent place in the exploding arts arena of the area, where a critical mass of emerging artists, professional colleagues, and cultural leaders alike come from the ranks of CalArts alumni.

The VPSA will be an innovative, ambitious professional and educator who is genuinely enthusiastic about and committed to the mission of CalArts. The VPSA will be joining the CalArts community at a time when the Institute is ready to adapt and change to ensure its talented, ambitious students develop and thrive during their academic career and beyond. This is an outstanding opportunity to join the leadership team of an artistic community dedicated to both excellence and experimentation, where the hearts, minds, success, and well-being of students is the first priority. The next VPSA will address the following key opportunities and challenges:

  • Provide a vision and strategy to further distinguish the CalArts student experience
  • Establish empathetic, supportive, and developmental leadership for a talented new team of professional staff charged with stewarding a growing complement of student affairs needs
  • Partner across CalArts to enhance Institute climate/culture and implement best practices for inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA)
  • Prioritize health and wellness through direct and indirect action to ensure the success and well-being of students while at CalArts and beyond
  • Continually assess progress and identify areas for improvement and growth in student affairs efforts

    The expected salary for this role is $200K with the possibility of a higher salary for a highly qualified candidate, with a competitive benefits package.

    California Institute of the Arts has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in this search. Screening of complete applications will begin immediately and continue until the completion of the search process. Inquiries, nominations, referrals, and resumes with cover letters should be sent via the Isaacson, Miller website for the search: https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/california-institute-arts/vice-president-student-affairs. Electronic submission of materials is required.


    Lindsay Gold, Evan Layne, and Cara Meyers
    Isaacson, Miller
    1000 Sansome Street, Suite 300
    San Francisco, CA 94111
    Phone: 415.655.4900


    California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) seeks to employ faculty and staff who can engage our diverse communities of learners at the highest levels of artistic endeavor and critical thinking. Across the range of practitioners from artists to scholars and librarians, we welcome candidates who possess a demonstrated worldview and cultural competency to support teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students of varied backgrounds, capabilities, perspectives, social identities, and gender expressions. CalArts is an equal opportunity employer.





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