It is most important that we bring into our faculty new members who show promise as outstanding and committed teachers, dedicated and able scholars, contributing citizens of the Roanoke College community, and cooperative departmental colleagues. It is both helpful and wise to employ standard procedures in faculty recruitment and selection. The authorized procedures outlined below should normally be used in filling all new and replacement faculty positions. No later than the end of September each year there should be discussion in a meeting of the full department about the need for recruiting new faculty for the following academic year. This discussion should include consideration of the desired specialty of any proposed new faculty member, his or her responsibilities in regard to the curriculum, and other pertinent matters.
Recruitment always requires full departmental involvement.
In multidisciplinary departments this is as important a principle as in single-discipline departments, for much more is at issue than disciplinary qualifications, which are obviously best determined by those in the relevant disciplinary area. If recruitment at professional meetings is deemed important, funds will be provided by the dean's office, as feasible, for one member of the department to attend a meeting for that purpose. The department is required to develop plans for attracting into the applicant pool qualified minority and women candidates, and should provide the Dean of the College with a written statement of such plans prior to advertising a position. Normally only candidates with terminal degrees will be considered qualified for tenure-track appointments to the Roanoke faculty. The position description determines the minimum criteria for qualified candidates .