University of Alaska System
Fairbanks, AK, USA
The University of Alaska seeks a visionary, strategic, and collaborative leader with experience managing large, complex organizations who will bring a modern understanding of higher education to serve as its next President. The University of Alaska (UA), founded in 1917, is America's Arctic University and the northernmost public higher-education system in the United States. The UA inspires learning, and advances and disseminates knowledge through teaching, research, and public service, emphasizing the North and its peoples. As a land-, sea-, and space-grant system with three separately accredited universities and 11 community campuses across the state, UA plays an essential role in educating Alaska's workforce, expanding the boundaries of Arctic research, and strengthening communities from Southeast Alaska to the North Slope. Offering nearly 500 degrees, certificates, and endorsements, including more than 100 eLearning programs, UA served more than 20,000 students in...