Dean, Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies
Job Details
- Description
With programs across nursing, public health, nutrition, healthcare administration, and social work, the Egan School has a strong history of supporting and retaining its exceptional academic and clinical faculty. The School is home to 61 full-time faculty, more than 55 part-time faculty, and 13.5 staff. All speak very highly about the Egan School’s terrific culture, which is consistently described as deeply caring and collaborative. While high quality teaching is a clear priority within the Egan School, the School also takes great pride in producing high quality research and securing grant funding. The Egan School is the current recipient of three federal HRSA grants and the CT Health Horizons Grant Initiative, totaling over $6 million to support students and faculty innovation.
Egan School graduate programs continue to be recognized by U.S. News and World Report. In the 2024-2025 rankings of Best Graduate Schools for Nursing, Egan ranked #58 nationally among nursing schools with master’s programs and #72 nationally among schools with DNP programs. In the rankings of specialty programs, the Egan School’s nursing midwifery program ranked #17, the nursing anesthesia program ranked #29, and the social work program ranked #142. The undergraduate nursing program is also very highly ranked across multiple publications: U.S. News and World Report ranks the Egan School among the top 15% undergraduate nursing programs; College Factual ranks Egan among the top 5% nursing programs and the undergraduate public health program #42 in the U.S.; and Niche ranks Egan among the top 10% colleges for nursing.
Reporting to the Provost, the Dean will provide visionary leadership to propel the Egan School forward in ways that advance the national reputation of Fairfield University. A key priority will be to engage in School-wide strategic planning processes in line with the University’s mission and strategic trajectory. The next dean will also grow graduate programs strategically with an emphasis on further bolstering the health studies areas, expand clinical and practice partnerships to strengthen opportunities for on-site applied learning, and build interdisciplinary and interprofessional programs across Fairfield University. In addition, the next dean will ensure the academic quality and continuous improvement of all Egan School programs through successful (re)accreditation, promote the School’s research enterprise and increase research expenditures and grant funding, and develop the financial resources of the School, especially through fundraising and external donor relations.
The full Position Profile is available at https://bit.ly/FairfieldEgan.
Interested candidates should submit confidentially, in electronic form, a curriculum vitae and a letter of interest to Fairfield.Egan@russellreynolds.com by January 27th.
- Posted On
- 12/10/2024
- Job Type
- Dean/Director
- School/Institution
- Fairfield University
- Job Location
- Fairfield, CT