Academic Affairs

Leadership - Provost
Developed for providing students with ready access to skilled and dedicated faculty and producing graduates of exceptional quality. Academic Affairs has advisory and developmental roles in relation to all aspects of academic policy, procedures and regulations. Typical academic issues include program review and the coordination, dissemination, and maintenance of policies affecting faculty and students.

Student Affairs
Leadership - Dean of Students
Student affairs staff are responsible for academic advising and support services delivery at colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. The chief student affairs officer at a college or university often reports directly to the chief executive of the institution. In addition to that, student affairs professionals are charged with the daily tasks of developing programs and researching techniques that benefit all students as a whole. Student affairs professionals incorporate the issues of diversity into their everyday tasks and work with an array of students in such areas as campus activities, counseling, resources, etc. This department, like others within the higher education system, seeks to serve the needs of the student.

Residential Life, Residence Life, Campus Residences, Residential Programs
Leadership - Vice President / Director / Dean
Residence Life is an agency of the University that provides residential housing for students to live on campus. The purpose is to cultivate safe and educational residential communities to spark student success.
Residence Life professionals typically possess a Master's Degree in college student personnel, higher education, counseling, or a related field. Most student interactive positions may be "live-on" (required to live on campus), depending on the needs of the university and the size of the staff required to be on-call to respond to student emergencies.
Many campuses also employ graduate students or entry-level professionals that directly supervise the RAs and other undergraduate staff (such as desk workers). These staff are variously referred to as Hall Directors (HDs), Resident Directors (RDs), or Residence Life Coordinators (RLCs). The titles vary between institutions with some institutions using the same title to refer to their graduate student staff that another uses for their entry-level staff. These staff members are "live-in" (required to live in the residence hall, often in a larger or otherwise extraordinary space) or live-on to fulfill their frequent on-call duties.

AVERAGE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY STUDENT SUPPORT SYSTEM:
Academic Advisor - (1 per 300 Students) Responsible for the Students Academic goals and direction. Most meet with students at most twice a year to provide guidance in helping develop an academic plan for graduation, i.e. class selection.

Career Center Advisor - (1 per 2000 Students and the the Alumni) Responsible for students professional development for purposes of networking for internships and job placement prior to and after graduation.

Residence Hall Director - Responsible for oversight of 300 - 1200 residents in an on campus housing facility, supervision of six to fourteen Resident Assistants, University Committees, Judicial Hearings, Programming, conduct research and make professional presentations, Recruitment and Selection of new Resident Assistants and training and development of their Para-professional staff. They all serve in on-call duty rotation for campus locations for incidents of minor and major student health and safety. In some cases they teach introductory courses or programs for the university.

Resident Assistant/Advisor - Responsible for 44 - 80 students in on campus housing. Develop programs and entertainment for Residential Housing Units, serve as a resource for students in their community, serve as first responders for on call duty in their halls, conduct room inspections for health and safety and are the primary staff for opening and closing residential facilities.

Residential Tutoring or Academic Mentors - (1 Student per 1000 Students or more) Generally students who have Graduate or upperclass status that are majoring in the field of study that they tutor or mentor for and provide services part time.

Academic Instructors - (1 Graduate Student or Adjunct per 100 - 300 Students, 1 Professor or PhD Candidate per 30 - 100 Students at 300 and 400 level courses) Most universities use part time Adjunct Instructors who hold a gradute degree (M.A.) or PhD students to teach their intro courses. Best case, a graduate will take on this role as their employment recently after graduating for a few years. Worst case a PhD student facing their own class work will teach a class or two to cover some of the expenses of gradaute school. In which case the priority is their role as a student not the student in front of them. PhD or Tenure Faculty generally teach upper level and graduate courses in their speciality (*general guidline some institutions may vary).