New York University School of Professional Studies

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The NYU School of Professional Studies Schack Institute of Real Estate (NYUSPS Schack) invites applications for an Academic Director, a full-time non-tenured faculty position beginning January 4, 2017. The rank of the position will depend on experience and qualifications.

One of the world’s largest centers of real estate education and research, NYUSPS Schack offers three Master of Science degrees: the MS in Real Estate; the MS in Construction Management; and, the MS in Real Estate Development. An undergraduate chair, with whom the academic director will collaborate, administers Schack’s undergraduate degree programs.

Among the responsibilities of the position, the Academic Director is responsible for hiring, oversight, and on-going communication with faculty and staff, management, review, and revision of academic curricula and policies, academic oversight of several research centers, management of various student services, and collaboration with other SPS and NYU offices.

The successful candidate will hold an earned doctorate or other terminal research degree in real estate, urban economics, or a related field, will have relevant experience in the real estate industry, and will have experience teaching at the graduate level in a selective university environment. Administrative experience in a university academic department is also strongly preferred.

Faculty appointments at NYUSPS are for nine months, and are renewable annually based on performance. Administrative appointments are for eleven months. The Academic Director will typically teach two classes per year.

About the NYUSPS Schack Institute of Real Estate
The NYU School of Professional Studies (NYUSPS) Schack Institute of Real Estate was founded in 1967 at the initiative of prominent members of the New York City real estate community, who encouraged NYU to establish an academic center that would provide a world-class education for industry professionals. Nearly 50 years later, the Schack Institute is at the forefront of real estate education and is recognized globally as one of the world’s leading centers of real estate research and pedagogy. Across the Institute’s graduate degree programs—notably the MS in Real Estate, the MS in Construction Management, and the MS in Real Estate Development—as well as a rapidly expanding undergraduate degree program, enrollment has grown to nearly 1,000 full- and part-time students from across the United States and nearly 50 other countries. In addition to its flagship degree programs, thousands of working professionals enroll in the Schack Institute’s executive education, diploma, and career advancement programs each year.

An anchor of real estate academia’s engagement with industry, the Institute is home to the REIT Center, the Center for the Sustainable Built Environment, and the newly established Urban Lab. In addition, the Institute hosts national industry events, including annual conferences on real estate capital markets and the REIT sector. Under the direction of the Schack Institute’s faculty, ongoing applied research at the Institute spans an exceptional range of issues in real estate development and investment, urban economics, and market structure and regulation.

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NYU appreciates all applications but can only respond to qualified candidates.

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