[Qr-list] Position opening: Director Quantitative Reasoning Center, Vassar

[judith moran]

This comes from Molly Shanley, at Vassar, via Corri Taylor


Vassar College: Director of Quantitative Reasoning Center

Vassar College invites applications from candidates for the position 
of founding Director of a new Quantitative Reasoning Center. The 
director will establish a Quantitative Reasoning Center within our 
Learning, Teaching and Research Center to enhance students' 
quantitative reasoning abilities and contribute to faculty 
development initiatives for teaching quantitative reasoning across 
the curriculum. The director's responsibilities include training and 
overseeing student peer tutors, including those in our Supplemental 
Instruction Program in math, chemistry and physics; consulting with 
faculty teaching courses that fulfill the College's Quantitative 
Reasoning requirement; teaching one or two courses yearly; and 
developing means to assess programs of the QRC.

Vassar's Learning, Teaching and Research Center was established in 
2004. It currently houses a program in faculty teaching and research 
development, and a Writing Center. The director of the Quantitative 
Reasoning Center will work closely with the director of the LTRC and 
the director of the Writing Center to enhance student skills; provide 
programs to enrich faculty teaching and research; and collaborate 
with other college offices that support student learning, including 
the Offices of the Dean of Studies and Disability and Support 
Services. The new QRC is an eagerly awaited component of our 
comprehensive LTRC.
Located in the scenic mid-Hudson Valley, 90 miles north of New York 
City, Vassar College is a highly selective, residential, 
co-educational liberal arts college. Vassar is strongly committed to 
fostering a community that reflects the values of a liberal arts 
education and to promoting an environment of equality, inclusion and 
respect for difference. Vassar College is an affirmative action, 
equal opportunity employer, and applications from historically 
underrepresented groups are especially encouraged.

Successful applicants will demonstrate an ability to develop and lead 
a program that enhances quantitative reasoning skills consonant with 
the college's general education requirements. The ability to interact 
effectively with students and collaborate with faculty and staff is 
essential. A Ph.D. degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline is 
required, and experience teaching at the college level preferred. 
This is a full-time administrative position with some teaching 
opportunity. This assignment is expected to last for three years, 
with a possible extension.

To apply for this position, submit letter of application, CV, and a 
statement of your vision for a quantitative reasoning center. In 
addition, you must have three professional references submit letters 
of recommendation. All materials are to be submitted electronically 
at <https://employment.vassar.edu>https://employment.vassar.edu: open 
the link there to "Search Postings" and then to Position Title, 
"Director of Quantitative Reasoning Center." Letters of 
recommendation can be submitted at this website as well, once a 
candidate has begun the application process. For full consideration, 
all materials should be submitted by March 1, 2009. The position will 
remain open until filled.

For further information, please visit 
<http://www.bowdoin.edu>www.Vassar.edu and ltrc.vassar.edu. Send 
questions to <mailto:QRCSearch at vassar.edu>QRCSearch at vassar.edu.
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