Associate Dean of Undergraduate & Career Education

Who is Saint Louis University? Founded in 1818, Saint Louis University is one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious Catholic universities. SLU, which also has a campus in Madrid, Spain, is recognized for world-class academics, life-changing research, compassionate health care, and a strong commitment to faith and service.

As an administrative leader at the Chaifetz School of Business (CSB) at Saint Louis University (SLU), the Associate Dean of Undergraduate & Career Education provides strategic leadership, administration, and continuous improvement of undergraduate education, including all aspects of “the Chaifetz Way within the CSB. Reporting to the Dean, this role advances the School’s mission to help individuals imagine who they can be and accelerate their journey of personal and professional leadership formation.

The Associate Dean works across academic departments and with university leadership to ensure alignment of undergraduate programs with labor market needs, accreditation standards, and institutional policies, while delivering a cohesive, student-centered academic experience.

Key Responsibilities:

Undergraduate Academic Leadership & Operations

• Lead undergraduate education strategy, including course scheduling, enrollment planning, and program delivery.

• Partner with the Dean, associate deans, department chairs, and faculty (including those at SLU’s campus in Madrid) to align undergraduate programs with institutional priorities and workforce expectations.

• Support recruitment, retention, and student success initiatives in collaboration with enrollment management, CSB Business Programs Office, marketing, and academic advising.

• Partner with department chairs on course scheduling and room assignments, continuously aligning offerings with actual enrollment to ensure efficient operations and clear student pathways to graduation.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of undergraduate programs and the overall student experience.

Curriculum Governance & Academic Policy

• Facilitate undergraduate curricular initiatives from development through approval, including coordination with CSB’s Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Faculty Assembly, and university governance processes.

• Interpret, implement, and ensure compliance with university and CSB academic policies and AACSB standards.

• Serve as liaison between CSB faculty and university policymakers, representing CSB perspectives and ensuring faculty awareness.

Student Support & Academic Coordination  

• Advise faculty and students on academic policies, program requirements, and curricular pathways.

• In conjunction with Department Chairs, evaluate and render decisions on student petitions and exceptions to academic policies presented by Academic Advising, advocating on behalf of students to university committees, as appropriate.

• Support resolution of complex or escalated academic issues.

• Promote consistency and equity in academic decision-making across departments, serving as a central point of coordination across CSB units to ensure consistent student experience.

• Coordinate transfer articulation appeals for Madrid students, determine course equivalencies for BIZ offerings, and serve as a point of coordination for business course articulations when departmental ownership is unclear.

• Provide leadership and coordination for undergraduate components of the BIZ Department.

• Collaborate with enrollment management on admission screening and application processes for the Accounting and Business Scholars programs; coordinate Business Scholars program benefits, including the administration of scholarships awarded to eligible participants in their third (final) year.

Experiential Learning & Career Education Leadership

• Support the Manager of Career Education & Cooperative Learning by providing strategic leadership and direction for experiential learning and career education initiatives, including cooperative education (Co-op3- the School’s six-month, full-time, paid cooperative education program), internships for credit, and other career development programming.

• Serve as a member and leader of the CSB Co-op3 Operating Committee:

  • Facilitate candidate evaluation including eligibility assessment, orientation, instruction, and assessment of Co-op3 participants.

  • Act as instructor of record for a portion of the participants

  • Contribute to the planning and execution of the Co-op3 end-of-semester symposium.

• Lead the Internship-fo