Assistant Vice Provost for Online and Extended Learning

The Assistant Vice Provost (AVP) for Online and Extended Learning serves as the chief strategist for expanding and advancing North Carolina A&T State University's online education, summer sessions, and workforce-aligned continuing education programs. Reporting to the Vice Provost for Engagement and Outreach, the AVP leads initiatives that ensure N.C. A&T remains a national leader in digital education and lifelong learning.

The AVP will collaborate across university divisions to enhance student success, faculty support, and program growth, working closely with:

Additionally, the AVP will lead efforts to leverage extramural funding through grants, corporate sponsorships, and philanthropic gifts, while establishing an advisory board and alumni engagement strategies to enhance the Extended Campus brand and secure financial support for students.

This role requires a visionary leader who can expand online and extended learning initiatives within existing human and financial resources while building a scalable, sustainable model for future growth.

Extended Campus at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) provides strategic leadership in the development and management of online, professional, and lifelong learning opportunities. As part of the Division of Academic Affairs, the unit oversees distance education programs, summer sessions, non-credit courses, workshops, and youth summer camps, ensuring accessible and high-quality educational experiences for traditional and non-traditional learners.

Extended Campus collaborates with academic departments and external partners to expand online degree offerings, design summer and continuing education programs, and develop professional development opportunities that support workforce and community needs. The unit also ensures compliance with university policies, UNC System regulations, accreditation standards set by SACS- COC, and state and federal guidelines governing online education.

By fostering innovation and engagement, Extended Campus strengthens N.C. A&T's position as a leader in online and extended learning, enhancing student success and institutional impact in an evolving higher education landscape.

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is an 1890 land-grant, doctoral higher research institution and one of 17 constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina System. The University's learner-centered community develops and preserves intellectual capital through interdisciplinary learning, discovery, and community engagement. NCA&T's enrollment of more than 14,000 makes it the largest historically black university in the nation. NCA&T has ranked third in the University of North Carolina System in sponsored research funding for more than a decade. Realizing its land-grant mission, the university is a leading producer of change agents and global leaders for careers of today and tomorrow in various disciplines, including science, technology, engineering, mathematics ( STEM), agriculture, business, the arts and humanities. NCA&T offers degree programs at the baccalaureate, master's and doctoral levels.

In addition to the minimum qualifications, the ideal candidate will demonstrate:

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Employee Benefits available to NC A & T permanent employees include the following and more;