Academic Affairs. Office of the Vice President. administrative review summaries , 2010-2021

The Office of Academic Affairs was created during the comprehensive academic reorganization of Kennesaw College in 1983, as part of the school's change to senior college status in 1977. With the reorganization, the Office of Vice President for Academic Affairs was established. The first Vice President for Academic Affairs was James Kolka, who held the position from 1983 to 1986. In 1988, Edwin A. Rugg, who had assumed the postiion during the interim, was made the permanent Vice President for Academic Affairs. Rugg served in this position until 2002, when he took over leadership of the Center for Institutional Effectiveness (now Enterprise Information Management). Lendley C. Black followed Rugg, serving as Vice President for Academic Affairs from 2002 to 2006. In 2006, the position of Provost was created and Black served as the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs from 2006 to 2010. W. Ken Harmon was appointed as the Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs in 2010 and moved into the position permanently in 2011. An online review system was introduced by the Office of Academic Affairs during the spring of 2010 to allow faculty and staff to comment on the performance of administrators.Note written by Anne M. Graham