Office of the Provost

The December 2025 Monthly Academic Report spotlights VCU’s Board of Visitors approving new Promotion & Tenure policies, a milestone shaped by extensive faculty input. Provost Beverly Warren reflects on faculty resilience, COACHE survey learnings, and her return “home” to VCU, while celebrating NIRA and inaugural EPIA award recipients. Additional highlights include Olivia Landry’s new book, Steven Lindauer’s retirement, pedestrian safety initiatives, AI Ready RVA partnership, global engagement programs, and upcoming faculty learning opportunities.

Explore VCU’s November Academic Report featuring major updates to Promotion and Tenure policies, faculty honors, student success highlights, and new learning opportunities. See how faculty voice is shaping institutional change and advancing excellence across teaching, scholarship, and service.

Virginia Commonwealth University’s October 2025 Academic Report highlights transformative faculty-led initiatives, national recognition for online learning, and groundbreaking research in health, psychology, and violence prevention. With record-breaking COACHE survey engagement, VCU is advancing interdisciplinary collaboration, inclusive scholarship, and mentorship across career stages.

VCU's September academic report spotlights new global partnerships, faculty honors, and strategic data initiatives. From onboarding wins to IRDS’s call for collaborators, it’s a snapshot of progress and possibility.

Message from the Provost Dear Colleagues, The images above come from a presentation that I will be sharing with VCU’s Board of Visitors at a workshop later this month – and they are remarkable. We have a great story to tell about our university today. Enrollment is poised to increase for the third consecutive year; […]

Message from the Provost Dear Colleagues, As I mentioned in my message at the top of the year, 2025 is focused on expanding the culture of care for VCU’s faculty members as the university strives for uncommon excellence. VCU’s enrollment is increasing, sponsored research is growing, and our national reputation and rankings are rising. None […]

Message from the Provost Dear Colleagues, I wanted to update you on an ongoing process that touches every school and college across VCU: our review of academic program productivity. Program productivity involves regular annual assessments of all programs to evaluate their health based on a set of common metrics. The components of productivity include defining […]

Message from the Provost Dear Colleagues, From ConnectEd general education and our interdisciplinary Practical AI minor, to our undergraduate and graduate degrees in fields such as Information Systems and Computer Science, several thousand students are enrolled in AI-related courses and programs at VCU this semester. That’s great news for them, and it’s a testament to […]

Message from the Provost Dear Colleagues, I often say that there’s never been a better time to be part of VCU, as we continue our ascent and establish ourselves as an institution that matters for the future. The latest rankings released by the U.S. News & World Report affirm this, moving VCU up seven spots […]

Message from the Provost Dear Colleagues, As we begin a new academic year, some information from the 2023 Faculty Data report is encouraging: A lot of work remains, however, when it comes to attracting and retaining a diverse community of highly-qualified faculty members. For example, we know that we must retain more VCU faculty members […]