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Faculty Search Process
   

Quest for Excellence: Reflections on the Faculty Search Process (160K PDF) - offers practical suggestions for Department Chairs, Department Personnel Committees, and ad hoc Search Committees developed by the Office of the Provost in 2004.

Recruiting and Retaining Minority and Female Faculty - Some Suggested Best Practices (113K PDF) suggests best practices developed by the Faculty Diversity Committee in 2004.

Faculty Affirmative Action Search Guidelines (31K PDF) - includes specific guidelines covering all steps of the process to assist deans and department heads in carrying out searches for qualified candidates.