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Scripps College
President
Claremont, CA

Scripps College seeks an exceptional president to achieve its vision: to become the premier women's college in the United States. The next president will lead the College to continue to realize its mission first adopted at its founding in 1926: The paramount obligation of a college is to develop in its students the ability to think clearly and independently, and the ability to live confidently, courageously, and hopefully.

The next president of Scripps College will have a record of high achievement and proven leadership, with a deep and demonstrated commitment to the liberal arts and a passion for the value and values of women's education. The president will possess the requisite intellectual gifts and credentials necessary to lead an elite women's liberal arts college with a unique inter-disciplinary approach to learning. The president will personify the core values of the College and will be its forceful and effective advocate in leading the institution, seeking philanthropic support, implementing the College's strategic plan, and representing Scripps within the Claremont University Consortium.

By all measures - student academic scores and achievement, faculty teaching and scholarship, quality of the campus, financial resources, and alumnae support to name but the most obvious - Scripps is among the very best colleges in the nation. Scripps benefits from its membership in the Claremont consortium, making available the extraordinary resources of its adjacent undergraduate and graduate institutions. Because Scripps is located within the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, its students and faculty are able to explore new challenges within the context of a broader urban and global community. With the intimacy and rigor of a liberal arts college and the intellectual diversity of a university, Scripps is singularly positioned to build upon its legacy of a superior pedagogical experience for undergraduate women.

Scripps' next president will lead the College during a period of unprecedented opportunities. With its spectacular campus, a strong financial position, a history of fund-raising success, a dedicated Board of Trustees, active and loyal alumnae, and, above all, faculty and students committed to exceptional academic and personal excellence, Scripps is now poised to become a national and global leader in the education of women, and its next president will guide Scripps to achieve that goal.

Scripps College's motto is Incipit Vita Nova - here begins new life. Building on a superb foundation, Scripps' next president will have the opportunity to make a profound and personal imprint and to lead the institution into a new life.

Recruitment will continue until the position is filled. Nominations, expressions of interest, and applications (including a cover letter and resume) should be submitted electronically to the consultants supporting Scripps College in this search, Dennis M. Barden, Robin G. Mamlet, and Gaele E. McCully, at ScrippsPres@wittkieffer.com.

Material that cannot be sent electronically may be mailed to:

This search will be conducted with the utmost respect for candidate confidentiality. Inquiries and questions concerning this search may be directed to Dennis M. Barden at 630-575-6167, Robin G. Mamlet at 610-544-3474, or Gaele E. McCully at 781-564-2624.

Scripps College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, place of national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation or physical handicap in its employment practices, in accordance with the requirements of Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 and other applicable laws.

Employment is contingent upon the new employee providing documents verifying U.S. citizenship or, for aliens, documents verifying legal permission to work in the United States.

Scripps College is one of the seven members of The Claremont Colleges cluster located 35 miles east of Los Angeles. In a continuing effort to enrich its academic environment and provide equal educational and employment opportunities, Scripps College actively encourages applications from women and members of historically underrepresented groups.

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