Resources for Department Chairs and Faculty A&P Leads

The Search Committee is a group of faculty members who oversee a search for a Professoriate position, who will look for candidates, review CVs, interview, discuss, rank, and vote on candidates. At the end of the search process, they will make a recommendation to the department chair on which candidate or candidates to select, or will report that no qualified candidate was found. For an overview on Faculty Searches and information about the Search Committee, including membership composition and committee charge, please click here.

This section provides document references and guidance on best practices for searches, the search initiation checklist, search initiation form, and search report and draft offer letter checklist.

• 2021 Presentation: Best Practices for Searches
• Checklist - Professoriate Search Initiation Request
• Form - Search Initiation
• Checklist - Professoriate Search Report and Offer Letter
• Rolling Search Guidelines
• Faculty Search and Applicant Tracking (FSAT) User Guide

The below includes guidelines and a search report narrative example.

• Outline of the Search Report Narrative
• Sample Search Narrative #1 - Updated April 2023! (PDF)
• Sample Search Narrative #2 - Updated April 2023! (PDF)

This section provides document references and guidance on the search waiver process and search waiver checklist.

• 2021 Presentation: Search Waivers
• Checklist_Professoriate Search Waiver Request

For more information on guiding principles and instructions for requesting a search waiver is here, Please Click Here

The below includes a search waiver transmittal memo example.

• Search Waiver Transmittal Memo Example