Assistant Director, Academic Success
- Employer
- University of Rhode Island
- Location
- Kingston
- Salary
- Salary Hiring Range: $70,000 - $77,000
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Posting Number: SF02222
Position Type: Professional Staff
Union: PSA/NEA - Professional Staff Assoc
Pay Grade Level: Grade Level: 12
Pay Grade Range: Salary Hiring Range: $70,000 - $77,000
Department: Retention and Academic Success Center
Campus Location: Kingston
Job Description Summary:
Search will be open until filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by
10/14/2026. Applications received after 10/14/2026 may be reviewed depending on search progress and needs but are not guaranteed full consideration.
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About URI: The University of Rhode Island enrolls approximately 17,000 students across its graduate and undergraduate programs and is the State's flagship public research university, as well as the land grant and sea grant university, for the state of Rhode Island. The main campus is located in the historic village of Kingston, and the Bay Campus is located in Narragansett. Both campuses are near major beaches in a beautiful coastal community. URI is just 30 minutes from Providence, RI and within easy reach of Newport, Boston, and New York City.
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POSITION SUMMARY:
Work collaboratively with faculty and staff, to ensure an accurate and holistic collection and utilization of data related to student retention, persistence, and graduation. Utilize student success platforms to analyze and collect data. Report on academic success metrics related to student retention and persistence, early alert referrals and success coach efforts, impacts of tutoring, writing and academic skills consultation, academic success courses, academic advising, and student-athlete support services. Monitor barriers to academic success data and share themes, outcomes, and trends with the campus community through reports and presentations. directing and assigning interventions to the appropriate personnel, as necessary.
Duties and Responsibilities:
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Support the data collection and analysis needs for the Academic Enhancement Center, Retention and Academic Success Center, Exploratory Studies Center and Student-Athlete Support Services units in the Fannon Institute for Student Success.
Triage barriers to academic success and direct student alerts to appropriate campus personnel for interventions and student success solutions.
Use predictive analytics to develop risk factors for student persistence at the individual and aggregate level. Partner with each member of the Fannon Institute leadership team to recommend interventions based on patterns and themes in the data.
Maintain the learning block builder utilized for batch enrollment of new students. Make recommendations for streamlining the enrollment tracking process using more advanced systems. Partner with colleagues in the Fannon Institute, New Student Transitions, Enrollment Services, and degree colleges to deliver up to date information to support campus-wide advising efforts in preparation of the orientation program.
Develop a culturally responsive support framework centered around the care and well-being of vulnerable student populations.
Monitor campus-wide student progress towards graduation; extract, analyze, and report on student trends utilizing available databases and resources (e.g., Starfish, student success platforms, transfer evaluation solution, learning management system, student information system, tutor scheduling platform.
Collaborate with the Office of Institutional Research for Retention and student success data and communicate or report on Fannon Institute for Student Success outcomes to all impacted campus stakeholders.
Perform data collection and analysis, and develop written and verbal presentations, reporting strategies and dashboards to share retention and academic success career and experiential data insights for use in decision-making opportunities.
Make formal and informal presentations, infographics, and reports (including campus-wide annual report and degree college specific reports) on findings to the leadership or other internal and external campus members.
Empower faculty and staff through training opportunities on student success interventions and initiativetaking advising alongside the Executive Director of Student Success.
Monitor functionality of retention software and implement project roadmap strategies to enhance intervention opportunities.
Report on campus usage of retention software tools and develop strategies to increase utilization.
Work closely with the Office of Institutional Research, IT, Enrollment Services, Undergraduate Admission, and other relevant offices to ensure data health and data feed connections to ensure robust and holistic data analysis and data informed strategy development.
Develop the Fannon Institute data lake structure to facilitate seamless data integration through close collaboration with the Office of Institutional Research, IT, Enrollment Services, Undergraduate Admission, and other relevant offices to ensure data health and data feed connections, robust and holistic data analysis, and data informed strategy development.
Actively participate in Student Success and Equity meetings and initiatives.
Serve on cross-departmental teams for selected initiatives to further student success and engagement (e.g., Student Success Team, etc.)
Continue professional development and scholarly activity in the fields of academic and career advising, and early alert and academic support, to maintain knowledge of best practices, benchmarks, and trends.
Provide benchmarking, analysis, and modeling assistance to Fannon Institute and campus partners in support of student success efforts.
Serve on university-wide committees as needed.
Propose and utilize new analytical tools and technologies (data mining, data visualization, statistical modeling) where appropriate.
Ensure data integrity and reconcile data discrepancies in cooperation with units throughout the university.
Help identify barriers to academic success in the curriculum and work to define or design make recommendations on resources to overcome said barriers and create equitable access.
Support the data collection and analysis efforts related to academic intervention programs and initiatives (e.g., Level Up! math intervention program).
Lead the process for updating and maintaining the data included on the Major side of the Major to Career webpages.
Provide direction and support for the Fannon Institute leadership team on data collection and analysis efforts. Serve as the point of contact for academic success metrics. Research and implement technology and tools to support institutional assessment related to academic success.
Assists Fannon leadership in the development of strategic focus and goals by developing processes, policies, and procedures to enhance assessment culture. Develop and implement procedures to ensure services and programs deliver on institutional objectives.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Perform other duties as assigned.
LICENSES, TOOLS, AND EQUIPMENT:
Personal computers and printers; Microsoft and Google office suites. R/RStudio. Microsoft Power BI. PeopleSoft.
Posting Date: 09/30/2026
To apply, visit https://jobs.uri.edu/postings/17144
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Organization
The University of Rhode Island
Founded in 1892, this land and sea grant university is the flagship public research institution in Rhode Island, enrolling more than 14,500 undergraduate students and 2,000 graduate students.
Thinking big
URI is home to some of today’s leading innovators, discoverers, and creative problem solvers and is known regionally and worldwide for its big ideas and pioneering research in such areas as environmental studies, neuroscience, biotechnology and life sciences, engineering, marine sciences, forensic sciences, pharmaceuticals, behavioral sciences, and public health promotion. A strong core of traditional academic disciplines provides the foundation for all specialized, professional, and applied areas of study. The University receives about $60 million annually in federal funding for research across 87 undergraduate and 70 graduate degree programs.
Motivated students, engaged faculty
Nearly 23,000 students applied for fewer than 3,300 openings in the 2017 freshman class, which boasts an average grade point average of 3.54. The 17 to 1 student/faculty ratio allows for personal attention and rewarding teaching experiences. Approximately 87 percent of faculty hold terminal degrees. In 2018 URI produced two Fulbright Scholars, five Boren Scholars, a Truman Scholar, and was named a one of the country’s top Gilman scholar-producing schools. URI’s commitment to diversity is demonstrated through its student body, with 43 states and 65 nations represented and 20 percent of students identifying as persons of color, a 65 percent increase since 2008.
Four campuses, one community
URI’s main campus is located on 1,248 acres in rural Kingston, where the campus core — including a quadrangle surrounded by handsome granite buildings — is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Six miles from Rhode Island’s beaches, this campus is conveniently situated along the Boston to New York corridor. The University’s renowned Graduate School of Oceanography is located at the 165-acre Narragansett Bay Campus. The Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies brings higher education to downtown Providence. Nearby, the 133,000-square-foot Rhode Island Nursing Education Center includes unparalleled simulation labs. The W. Alton Jones Campus — 2,300 acres of forests, lakes, and farmland in West Greenwich — provides a secluded setting for academic research, environmental education, business meetings and special events.
Investing in the future
Since 2007, the University has invested $607 million in campus capital projects, including: a $150 million engineering complex, due to open in 2019; Brookside, another new apartment-style residence hall, 2019; a Welcome Center, 2018; the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center, 2017; Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, 2016; and Avedisian Hall, home to the College of Pharmacy, 2012.
Expertise on demand
The University is home to several centers of expertise that tackle some of society’s most vexing challenges. The George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience brings multi-disciplinary research to bear on devastating brain diseases, such as ALS and Alzheimer’s. The Digital Forensics and Cyber Security Center supports state, national, and international public welfare through education, research, training, and service. The Business Engagement Center is the “front door” through which industry taps into research and training opportunities and assistance with intellectual property or technology issues. The R.I. Food Center brings URI’s agricultural roots to the 21st century as a resource for farmers, consumers, retailers, and others across the food industry
- Telephone
- 401-874-1000
- Location
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80 Lower College Road
North Kingston
Rhode Island
02881
United States
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