President
- Employer
- University of Wisconsin System
- Location
- Wisconsin, United States
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Date posted
- Feb 12, 2020
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- Position Type
- Executive, Chancellors & Presidents, Other Executive
- Employment Type
- Full Time
PRESIDENT
The University of Wisconsin System invites nominations and
applications for the position of UW System President. The President
shall be a strong advocate for academic quality, operational
excellence, affordability, efficiency, and equal opportunity in the
UW System and in higher education nationally, and a visionary
leader working to ensure that the UW System remains a world-class
system of higher education.
The UW System is known throughout the world for the Wisconsin
Idea—education for people wherever they live and work, working in
partnership with government, local communities, businesses, and
others to solve problems and improve the quality of life for all
citizens of the state. Today, the University of Wisconsin System is
one of the world’s premier public university systems and among the
largest systems of public higher education in the country. It
consists of two Research I universities, 11 comprehensive
universities, 13 additional two-year campuses affiliated with seven
of the universities, and a statewide extension network with offices
in every county. The UW System educates approximately 170,000
students, serves more than one million citizens through statewide
outreach programs, and employs more than 39,000 faculty and staff
statewide. The UW System’s annual budget is $6 billion and has a
total estimated annual economic impact that exceeds $24
billion.
Across the United States, higher education is being reshaped by
broad and powerful forces, and each institution faces its own
distinct set of opportunities and challenges. It is imperative that
the UW System and its next President address those opportunities
and challenges to ensure that the System will continue to fulfill
its mission, support the State of Wisconsin, and strengthen its
prominent role and impact in higher education nationally and
internationally.
The next President of the UW System, to whom the campus Chancellors
report, will lead with persistence, patience, vigor, decisiveness,
and humility as the UW System moves into a new era of higher
education. They will support and champion the UW System as one of
the world’s leading research, teaching, and public service
institutions. The breadth and complexity of the UW System will
require a President who can craft a vision and share that vision in
a compelling and collaborative way to embolden the State of
Wisconsin’s leadership and residents to rally around the Wisconsin
Idea that has been a standard of excellence for well over one
hundred years.
The position will remain open until filled. However, only complete
applications received by March 15, 2020, will be assured full
consideration.
Applications and nominations should be sent in confidence to:
Shelly Weiss Storbeck, Managing Partner
Tom Fitch, Partner
Kenna Boyd, Senior Associate
Storbeck Search, LLC
uwsystempresident@storbecksearch.com
For more information and the full position description, please
visit wisconsin.edu/presidential-search/
The University of Wisconsin System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and actively seeks and encourages applications from women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. It is our policy to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment.
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