In most cases, salaries will be tied to the averages published by the Oklahoma State University Salary Survey. The department head, in consultation with Henry Bauer, Associate Dean, formulates a start-up package. Henry Bauer is responsible for drafting a memo which sets forth the specifics of the fiscal responsibility for each contributing unit for the start-up package, and a copy will be sent to all contributing units. As a rule, the department pays for advertising and trips to national meetings to identify prospects. The dean's office will help pay certain expenses for no more than two candidates for each search .
Additional candidates are at the department's expense.
Appoint the Search Committee. At the recommendation of the department head, the consulting associate dean approves the search committee. Each search committee will include an associate dean, who will provide general guidelines of college faculty search procedures. It is expected that an associate dean will meet with the search committee. Committees elect their own chairs.