Reporting to the President of the College, the Provost will be responsible for the following: Lead faculty and academic personnel matters, including recruitment, appointment, workload, evaluation, tenure and promotion, professional development, succession planning, and the resolution of academic personnel issues in accordance with CUNY policy and collective bargaining agreements; Lead the development, implementation, and continuous evaluation of an academic plan that advances LaGuardia’s 2030 Strategic Plan and student-success goals in alignment with CUNY priorities; Encourage and support innovative and high-impact teaching and learning practices across in-person, online, hybrid, and other modalities, and support the use of educational technology, OER, instructional design, artificial intelligence, and emerging approaches to teaching and learning; Oversee academic program development, review, assessment, and discontinuance; Identify opportunities for new degrees, certificates, credentials, and programs responsive to student interest, transfer opportunities, employer needs, and labor-market demand; Lead efforts to strengthen and promote Liberal Arts programs and ensure successful transfer pathways to four-year colleges for students seeking baccalaureate degrees in Liberal Arts disciplines; Oversee accreditation and compliance activities and ensure that academic policies, programs, assessment practices, and operations meet CUNY, state, federal, and accrediting requirements; Support faculty scholarship, research, creative activity, grants, sponsored programs, and opportunities for external funding; Support initiatives that enable faculty and students to participate in research and experiential learning; Manage academic resources, personnel, and budgets strategically and transparently; Align resource allocation with academic priorities, student outcomes, enrollment needs, and institutional goals; Partner with the President and Cabinet on college-wide planning and decision-making and serve as a senior institutional leader, including representing the President as appropriate and serving as a visible ambassador of LaGuardia, including at events that highlight, celebrate, and amplify student and faculty achievement; Build strong relationships with CUNY’s Office of Academic Affairs, other CUNY colleges, government and education agencies, accrediting organizations, community organizations, employers, industry partners, and other external stakeholders to advance the College’s academic mission; Ensure that academic policies and practices are developed through effective shared governance, consultation, transparency, and timely communication with faculty, staff, students, and other constituents. The Provost directs and supports colleagues in the Division of Academic Affairs who are responsible for Student Assessment and Placement, Advising, Remediation, Tutoring and Academic Support, Peer Support Programs, Transfer to Baccalaureate Programs, the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Office of Credit for Prior Learning, Dual Enrollment, and Instructional Technology and AI.