To outline responsibilities in the process of hiring new regular faculty members. The Dean of each College is responsible for the staffing of teaching and research positions within the approved budget of that College. Questions regarding the budgeting of such positions should be referred to Budget Resource and Analysis. Within the framework of a college, the recruiting of candidates to staff these positions primarily is the responsibility of the department head, division head, or chief executive officer, as appropriate. While the practices in selection of candidates differ in the several colleges, a position will be offered to a candidate only upon the prior approval by the dean as to the candidate and as to the terms of employment.
National advertising is required for tenure-line or tenured faculty positions.
Exceptions to this policy should be approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost in consultation with the Affirmative Action Officer. Faculty members shall be on all search committees. The majority of members of a search committee should be faculty members from the academic unit or those who hold joint appointments with the academic unit in which the appointment will be made. Faculty members from other academic units, administrators, members of the staff, and students may be included on search committees as appropriate. The general charge to search committees will be to identify qualified candidates.