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The search process can begin after the dean has informed the department chair or school director that their searches have been approved by the Office of the Provost and the University Office of Budget and Planning. The next step in the process involves the chair or school director establishing a search committee.
Search Search Committees
It is crucial that search committees be intentionally composed of representatives of various identities (including but not limited to race, gender, sexual orientation, research and creative activity). It may also be strategic to include faculty and staff external to your academic unit and/or the college, such as representatives from the VPA Councils and alumni. The goal is to ensure that search committees have diverse representation, beyond token or minimal requirements.
Although 2.1 of the University Faculty Manual states “teaching professors of any rank may not vote or otherwise supervise the hiring, evaluation, and tenure and promotion of tenure-track faculty,” the Office of the Provost confirmed in spring 2021 that NTT faculty can chair search committees for TT faculty positions.
Since search committees must be involved with the crafting of the Faculty Search Proposal Form, committees must be approved by the dean and the office of the provost prior to submitting the Faculty Search Proposal Form, attached at the end of this document to the dean with a copy to VPA’s Office of Academic Affairs (Betsy Henderson, eaparis@syr.edu.)
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In January 2021, the Provost issued a memorandum stating -- hiring individuals who earned their terminal degree(s) at Syracuse University is generally discouraged. Prior approval from the Provost is required for interviewing these individuals and will be approved only in the following instances:
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All applicants will be initially screened by the search committee to determine which individuals meet the qualifications of the position. Each committee member will review the completed applications and materials according to the criteria for assessment as developed by the search committee. Committee members will rate each finalist and complete a rating sheet with comments. (A sample rating sheet template is attached at the end of this document.)
Phone or virtual interviews are normally conducted with a short list of candidates (at least six), including internal candidates. Interview questions should be the same for each candidate. In most cases, two external finalists, at least one from an underrepresented minority are invited to campus. Given that searches are unpredictable, there may be circumstances whereby the dean will approve additional on-campus interviews. The dean must approve all candidates for campus interviews prior to invitations being extended.
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Responses from references should be well documented as they will be included in the final report to the chair or director and the dean.
Campus Visits*
Per the Office of the Provost and the Director of Emergency Management and Business Continuity, Department of Public Safety, faculty/staff finalists will not be permitted to interview on campus during Spring 2021.
Campus and/or virtual itineraries must be approved by the chair or director in advance of being sent to the candidates. In preparing the itinerary, please note the following:
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Post-campus interview and the offer
he The chair of the search committee will submit a report, with a hiring recommendation to the chair or director. This report must include the names and titles of each reference and their documented responses to the questions posed by a member of the search committee. The chair or director will make an independent assessment of the eligibility, strengths and weaknesses of candidates. Chairs and directors may opt to conduct additional reference checks prior to forwarding the final report to the dean. Upon receiving the search committee’s report, the dean will meet with the chair or director to review the recommendations. Lack of adequate representation of diversity may require extending or ending the search if efforts to seek additional qualified candidates form a wider pool is not possible. The dean will make the final hiring decision.
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