The Opportunity Overview

Boise State University is seeking an innovative, entrepreneurial, strategic senior leader to serve as Dean, College of Innovation and Design and Director of Strategic Initiatives. Reporting to the President and serving as a member of the Executive Team, the Dean also serves the Provost in their role as the academic leader of the college.

The Dean and their staff will support the President in leading and implementing University-wide strategic initiatives that help build the future Boise State. This provides the opportunity to work closely with the Executive Team, other Deans and external partners to create unique capacity and distinctive opportunities to benefit students, faculty and staff. As the academic leader of the College, the Dean is a visionary who embraces an entrepreneurial spirit and manages a rapidly changing college.

About the College of Innovation and Design

Unique in the higher education landscape, the College of Innovation and Design is a degree-granting college without disciplinary boundaries and acts as an incubator, convener and collaborator, with the mission to help build the future Boise State. The college is an academic incubator, leading and collaboratively supporting the development of new, innovative curriculum to meet the needs of students and the current and future workforce of Idaho and the nation. With an emphasis on both innovative curricular delivery and content, the College creates new programming that ultimately “graduates” to other colleges and also supports other colleges or schools with their innovative program development.

About Boise State University

Known for its vibrant community and its “blue turf thinking,” Boise State is the largest university in Idaho, providing an innovative, transformative and equitable educational environment that prepares students for success and advances Idaho and the world. Serving more than 32,000 students annually, Boise State is proud to be powered by creativity and innovation, receiving national recognition as one of the most innovative universities in the country by U.S. News & World Report. Located in Idaho’s capital city, the university has a growing research agenda and plays a crucial role in the region’s knowledge economy and famed quality of life. In the past 10 years, the university has quadrupled the number of doctoral degrees and doubled its master's degree offerings.

Recognized by Forbes as a top midsize employer, Boise State’s metropolitan campus runs along the banks of the Boise River, just a quick walk from the heart of Idaho’s largest city — one of the most talked-about cities in the country.

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Bryant Group is pleased to assist Boise State University in its search for the Dean, College of Innovation and Design and Director of Strategic University Initiatives. To review the full job description and apply, please click the following link. Screening will begin immediately and continue until the completion of the search process. Priority will be given to candidate materials received by April 14, 2025.

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