Austin Community College District (ACC) is a nationally recognized public institution of higher education serving more than 70,000 diverse students annually. We are among the largest colleges in the nation with 11 campuses located across Central Texas, offering more than 100 programs in ten areas of study. Our identity as a community college is reflected in our work to ensure student success, a skilled workforce, and equitable access to higher education to all who seek it. Our academic and career programs, through traditional and distance learning modes, lead to meaningful credentials, including applied baccalaureate degrees.

ACC is an Achieving the Dream Leader College of Distinction, a member of the League for Innovation in Community Colleges, a Seal of Excelencia College, and a respected educational leader that values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching in a collaborative environment. At ACC, we believe that we are stronger together. The college is a catalyst for building trusted relationships and partnerships within our institution and community, and across the nation. We are dedicated to attracting highly-qualified faculty, staff, and administrators with a wide range of backgrounds, ideas, and viewpoints. To that end, The College has implemented 3 Cs initiative. Collaboration, Connection, and Caring are the hallmarks of the ACC College culture. It is our goal that students, faculty, staff, and the greater Austin community feel supported by the work of this institution.

In collaboration with our many community partners, ACC is working to move low- and middle-income residents into more stable and high-paying jobs by aligning education and training programs with employers' needs. At ACC, we believe that college is for everyone. It is our commitment to put our students on a guided pathway to achieve personal and professional success.

Austin Community College is a Minority Serving Institution and Hispanic-Serving Institution. We are proud to mirror the multicultural diversity of the community we serve. Our college is committed to supporting all students' educational goals as well as the economic and social well-being of the surrounding communities.
 
We are a majority minority institution. In fall of 2020, ACC students were 42% white, 38% Latinx, 8% African-American, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. We serve adult learners, traditional students, and a growing population of dual credit and Early College High School students. The average age of our students is 24.

Austin Community College pursues educational excellence by being accountable and committed to achieving diversity in our faculty and staff ranks. ACC seeks to be innovative and collaborative in all its operations and provides students with guidance and support in achieving success in their educational goals, whether they are seeking a degree, successful transfer, employment or lifelong learning.

The ideal candidate will share ACC's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. In addition, the ideal candidate will be experienced in culturally-responsive academic practices for engaging with first-generation students and returning students who have been historically underserved.

The successful candidate will join a college dedicated to the use of curriculum that is responsive to the students it serves. Such curriculum includes use of pedagogical techniques that draw on a wide range of high impact and effective practices as well as varying culturally-relevant illustrations and approaches.

The Austin Community College District promotes student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training in its service area.

For more information, see http://www.austincc.edu/about-acc/mission-statement.

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and underrepresented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.

As an open access and low-cost institution, ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body. Our dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to the diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds of our students. In 2017 our faculty adopted a Statement of ACC Faculty Values. This Statement affirms that ACC's faculty members value collaboration, service, agency, scholarship, inclusion, and teaching, all of which attest to our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our mission.

For more information, see https://tled.austincc.edu/faculty-values.

The Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor is Austin Community College's Chief Academic and Student Affairs Officer and reports directly to the Chancellor. They represent the Chancellor in their absence. The Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor has broad and comprehensive responsibilities for the success of students in achieving their goals. Strategies to discharge these responsibilities include, but are not limited to strategic academic planning, directing the growth of academic and student affairs programs, the development of academic policy, the fiscal management for the academic enterprise, and advocating for faculty and student rights and responsibilities. The Provost is expected to provide the academic and administrative leadership for the College to achieve a high standard of excellence in instruction and student services. They foster collaboration with faculty, staff, students, and external communities to promote student success through research, use of best practices, evaluation, continuous improvement, shared governance, and student success strategies. They serve as a member of the Chancellor's Leadership Team.