The dean provides leadership for academic programs, faculty and staff, budgets and resource planning, personnel processes, program quality and assessment, specialized accreditation, clinical operations and partnerships, enrollment and student outcomes, interdisciplinary initiatives, scholarship, advancement, and engagement with the university and broader community. Fluency in enrollment management, demographic and workforce trends, and the range of curriculum delivery modes, including online, hybrid, and accelerated formats at the undergraduate and graduate levels, needed to keep programs competitive and relevant while maintaining academic rigor.