Guide to Faculty Searches

Table of Contents

1. Message From The Vice Dean And Senior Associate Dean For Academic Affairs
2. Expanded Table of Contents
3. University Policy Statements
4. Current School Demographics
5. School and University Resources for Faculty Recruitment
6. Things to Know Before Initiating a Search
   1. Overview
   2. Conditions
   3. Special Circumstances
7. The Search Initiation Process
   1. Components of the Search Request
   2. Transmittal Memorandum
   3. Source of Salary and Resources
   4. Search Committee
   5. Advertising
   6. Outreach Efforts
8. Managing the Search
9. Reviewing Applications
10. Interviewing Candidates
11. Post-Interview Deliberations and Outcome

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IV. Current School Demographics

VI. Things to Know Before Initiating a Search

B. Conditions

1. Length of Initial Search Authorization

Upon approval, searches are authorized for a period of twelve months.

2. Extension of a Search

Once a candidate has been identified, the search period may extend as long as necessary (normally up to three months) in order to conclude negotiations with that candidate. If negotiations with that candidate fail and the twelve-month period expires, the search must be renewed or a new search must be initiated.

3. Search Terminations and Reinitiations

If a candidate for the position has not been identified within twelve months of the date of approval by the Office of Academic Affairs, the authorization for the faculty position and the search are terminated.

If the department chair wishes to reinitiate the search, the necessary package of materials (see VII. The Search Initiation Process) should be submitted for review by the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. If approved, the new search will be authorized for a twelve-month period.

4. Change of Rank, Line or Field Specified in the Search

If no candidate who is qualified for the specified rank is found in the pool of candidates identified by the search, the department chair may wish to change the rank, line or field. In that case, the department chair should request authorization from the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs by the same procedure described above for authorization of the original position (including a revised Source of Salary Support form). In some cases, the composition of the search committee will need to be adjusted as a result of the rank, line or field change. If the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs grants approval, the search process must then be repeated in order to announce the availability of a position at the altered rank, line or field to the new group of potential candidates. In such cases, time spent before the change in rank does not count against the new search, and the new search is effective for a full twelve months.

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