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Berea College seeks applications and nominations in its search for the Dean of Community and Commitments (DCC). The first interracial, co-educational college in the South, Berea is dedicated to serving students from Appalachia and across the world. Reporting to the Provost and housed within Academic Affairs, the DCC will be responsible for advancing mission-centered programing throughout the college community, guided by the college’s eight Great Commitments—a unique framework that articulates the college’s core principles, including educational opportunity, interracial education, gender equality, and sustainability. The DCC will encourage collaborative work across departments to integrate values into the college’s unique mission, culture, and operations. A complete position profile can be found here.

Located in Berea, Kentucky, the private, residential, undergraduate college has an historic and distinctive mission to educate students of great academic promise but limited economic means. No Berean student has paid tuition since 1892, and Berea students graduate with the least debt in the country. Academic Search is honored to assist Berea in their search and will accept applications, nominations, and exploratory conversation requests sent in confidence to BereaDCC@academicsearch.org. The position is open until filled, but only applications received by April 11, 2025 can be assured full consideration.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of “impartial love” and social equality, welcomes “all peoples of the earth” to learn and work here. The College provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, national origin, political affiliation, disabling condition, or service in the uniformed services, in accordance with applicable law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.