Rachel Croson

Executive Vice President and Provost Rachel T.A. Croson is the chief academic officer of the University of Minnesota multi-campus system and provost for the Twin Cities campus, with overarching responsibility for fostering the academic excellence of the educational and research missions of the University and providing leadership for undergraduate, graduate, and professional education.

Executive Vice President and Provost Croson has system-wide oversight responsibility for promotion and tenure, for policies and practices spanning all operational areas that affect the academic life of the university and faculty development, and for the development, revision, and approval of academic programs. She also plays a collaborative leadership role for the University’s academic planning and budgeting process, for academic technology, and for capital planning. Provost Croson further has responsibility for managing the colleges, schools, and academic units of the Twin Cities campus and for advancing academic mission through the vice provostial areas. She also has responsibility for implementing the Twin Cities campus Strategic Plan, Driving Tomorrow.

Executive Vice President and Provost Croson works with the president, chancellors, and other leaders to leverage strengths across the multi-campus system to support and strengthen the five distinct campuses—each of which brings distinctive history, vision, and strategy for contributing to excellence in ways that bring value to students, the region and the state, and our nation and globe.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Harvard University (1990 — 1994)
• BA University of Pennsylvania (1986 — 1990)

Companies

• Executive Vice President and Provost University of Minnesota (2020)
• Dean, College of Social Science Michigan State University (2016 — 2020)
• Dean, College of Business UT Arlington (2013 — 2016)
• Division Director, Social and Economic Sciences National Science Foundation (2010 — 2012)
• Professor and Director of The Negotiation Center University of Texas, Dallas (2007 — 2012)
• Associate Professor Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1994 — 2007)