<p>Organizational Summary:</p> <p>Criminology is defined as the interdisciplinary scientific study of crime, criminal behavior, and the social control of crime. The Department of Criminology provides a scientific, philosophical, and humanistic approach to the understanding of these subjects in contemporary society. The Department is committed to a liberal arts education, believing that this pedagogy best prepares students for whatever choices they might make upon graduation. Accordingly, faculty strive to achieve excellence in the dissemination of knowledge, to be at the cutting edge of advances in the field, and to participate with both public and private agencies involved in the prevention and control of deviant behavior. The faculty is dedicated to ensuring that the perspectives of the academic criminologist, the criminal justice professional, the offender, the victim, and society are each critically examined within an academic/scholarly framework.</p> <p>Position Summary:</p> <p>An Academic Services Administrator is responsible for the administration of a specific academic program, project, service, or function to include academic program planning, implementation and evaluation. This job performs administrative functions directly related to academic instruction.</p> <p>This position generally reports to a member of the faculty with administrative duties, such as a Dean, Associate or Assistant Dean, Department Chair, or Academic Program Director, but may also report to an administrative department directly supporting instructional functions. Academic Administrators are involved in a broad range of administrative duties supporting instruction, including matters such as curriculum development, evaluating quality and methods of instruction, researching and recommending new programs and/or revisions to existing programs, establishing and maintaining academic standards and degree requirements, accreditation matters, course scheduling and space allocation, program marketing and recruitment. An Academic Administrator must maintain extensive knowledge of university, college, and department policies and procedures, and be able to interpret and apply them to support faculty and students. This is administrative and analytical work which is directly related to the academic mission of the university, requiring the application of discretion and judgment on matters of significance with respect to curriculum, course management and instruction. As such the duties of this position are intended to qualify for exempt status under the administrative duties exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The duties of this position are distinguished from positions providing general business administration support to academic departments, which would not be appropriate for this classification.</p>