at Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Position Title:Vice President, Student Development
Job Description:
Search for the Vice President for Student Development
Joliet Junior College
Joliet, Illinois
THE SEARCH
Joliet Junior College, the first, public community college in the United States, seeks a mission-centered, committed leader to serve as the Vice President for Student Development.
Founded in 1901, Joliet Junior College (JJC) provides a student-centered, career-enabling education to 27,000 students. Located just 40 miles outside of Chicago, JJC is an innovative and accessible institution, dedicated to student learning, community prosperity, cultural enrichment, and inclusion. The student population at the college is diverse in every sense of the word, representing a cultural plethora of gender, ethnic, racial, age, and socioeconomic status diversity. In 2023, JJC was designated a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) with 34% of the student body identifying as Hispanic/Latina/o. The College delivers quality lifelong learning opportunities empowering diverse students and the community through academic excellence, workforce training, and comprehensive support services.
The Vice President for Student Development (VPSD) has the opportunity to continue developing student development and engagement across JJC. This is an outstanding opportunity for an accomplished student affairs administrator with a pulse on the national landscape of student development to join and shape the student experience. The VPSD will work collaboratively to strengthen the overall work of student development, amplify diversity, equity, and inclusion, foster a sense of belonging and close-knit community, and prepare students for the next chapter of education or a career. To be successful, the VPSD will be expected to address a number of opportunities and challenges, listed below, and outlined in detail beginning on page four of this document:
Provide visionary and strategic leadership Optimize the Student Experience Nurture the work of Student Development staff Advocate for Student Development across the College Foster a climate of equity, diversity, and inclusion
Joliet Junior College has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in conducting this important search and to help identify outstanding candidates. All inquiries, applications, and nominations for this opportunity should be directed to the search firm as indicated at the end of this document.
JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE
JJC offers pre-baccalaureate programs for students planning to transfer to a four-year university. A comprehensive community college, JJC provides occupational education leading directly to employment, adult education and literacy programs, workforce development services, and student support services.
America's first public community college began in 1901 as an experimental postgraduate high school program. It was the "brain child" of J. Stanley Brown, Superintendent of Joliet Township High School, and William Rainey Harper, President of the University of Chicago. The college's initial enrollment was six students. Today, JJC serves more than 27,000 students in credit classes and noncredit courses.
Established in 1973, the Joliet Junior College Foundation - a separate 501c3 - has been instrumental in providing financial assistance to students pursuing their academic goals at Joliet Junior College. Over the past 50 years, the Foundation has seen remarkable growth, with total assets surpassing $36 million and $18.5 million in endowments. The Foundation awarded $1,000,522 in donor-funded scholarships to students in the 2023-24 school year. The substantial amount awarded positions the JJC Foundation as one of the leading entities among Illinois community college foundations, emphasizing its commitment to fostering educational advancement and access.
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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
Joliet Junior College is committed to maintaining an environment that is safe and free from discrimination, harassment, and misconduct on the basis of sex, which includes sexual orientation or gender-related identity. The College prohibits sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, stalking, and relationship/dating violence has put measures in place to ensure a safe and healthy educational and employment environment, and meet legal requirements in accordance with: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the College's programs or activities; relevant sections of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation, including gender-related identity; and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), which requires timely warning to the community of certain immediate threats.
