By-laws specify the role of the Executive Committee of the Senate in filling of administrative posts. When campus or system administrative appointments are to be filled and where it is appropriate for faculty to be of assistance in the recruitment and screening of candidates, the Executive Committee shall assist in the selection of the faculty members of such screening committees and lend its counsel to the development of procedures for recruitment and screening of such candidates . The purpose of this report is to more specifically describe how the faculty would be consulted on these matters. Both the degree and method of involvement obviously should vary depending both on the position and the circumstances preceding the appointment. The degree of faculty interest in filling of administrative positions could be described in terms of three levels.
Involvement is before the fact.
The persons or groups which are to be involved help develop and define guidelines for selection, advise on criteria or characteristics desired in person filling the position and seek or suggest names for consideration. Screening and Search committees work at this level. This is also before the fact. They serve as a reaction committee to those who make decisions about administrative appointments. In this situation faculty are informed about an appointment after the fact.