Common use of PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT TO EXISTING DEPARMENTS Clause in Contracts

PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT TO EXISTING DEPARMENTS. 1. Whenever the appointment of a faculty member has been authorized by the President, the Academic Vice President or his or her designee shall inform the department chairperson in the department which the faculty member is to serve or, in the case of the Library, the Director of Libraries. 2. The Academic Vice President or his or her designee in consultation with the department chairperson concerned or, in the case of the Library, the Director of Libraries, shall determine the qualifications and background characteristics of applicants and the academic rank and appropriate salary range. Normally the salary shall be within the minimum and maximum range established for the rank; however, exception to the maximum salary may be made by the Academic Vice President based upon prevailing market conditions or other appropriate conditions that might influence the availability of potential employees. a. The department or, in the case of the Library, the full-time members of the professional library staff shall elect a committee of not more than three (3) of its members, at least one of whom shall be tenured, if possible, which with the Department Chairperson or, in the case of the Library, the Director of Libraries, shall conduct the search for and the evaluation of applicants. The Department Chairperson or, in the case of the Library, the Director of Libraries shall serve as the chairperson of the Committee and shall have the right to vote and to participate fully in all deliberations of the Committee. Each search committee shall include the Affirmative Action Officer or his/her designee. The appropriate Academic Officer shall have the right to consult with the search committee during the search for and evaluation of candidates. b. The position shall be open to any qualified person. c. The search shall be widely publicized. d. Copies of all applications for the position and other pertinent data shall be reviewed by the Committee. e. The Committee shall keep appropriate and necessary records of its proceedings. These records shall be kept in the Chairperson’s office or, in the case of the Library, the Director of Libraries’ office during the search and evaluation process and thereafter shall be forwarded to the appropriate Academic Officer for permanent filing. f. All Affirmative Action forms will be completed by the Department Chairperson and forwarded to the Affirmative Action Officer at the conclusion of the search. g. In the recruitment for any vacant position major attempts will be made to recruit qualified women and/or minorities. The College in all its components will be mindful of the goals set in the Affirmative Action plans that it has adopted. a. The Committee shall recommend three (3) persons as academically qualified to the Academic Vice President or his or her designee unless the Committee determines that fewer than three (3) applicants are academically qualified in which case the number qualified shall be recommended. b. Normally the President shall appoint as a member of the faculty only a person who has been recommended as academically qualified by the Committee. However, for good reason, which the President should communicate to the appropriate Department Chairperson, the President may appoint as a faculty member a person not recommended by the Committee but who is academically qualified.

PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT TO EXISTING DEPARMENTS. 1. Whenever the appointment of a faculty member has been authorized by the President, the Academic Vice President or his or her designee shall inform the department chairperson in the department which the faculty member is to serve or, in the case of the Library, the Director of Libraries. 2. The Academic Vice President or his or her designee in consultation with the department chairperson concerned or, in the case of the Library, the Director of Libraries, shall determine the qualifications and background characteristics of applicants and the academic rank and appropriate salary range. Normally the salary shall be within the minimum and maximum range established for the rank; however, exception to the maximum salary may be made by the Academic Vice President based upon prevailing market conditions or other appropriate conditions that might influence the availability of potential employees. a. The department or, in the case of the Library, the full-time members of the professional library staff shall elect a committee of not more than three (3) of its members, at least one of whom shall be tenured, if possible, which with the Department Chairperson or, in the case of the Library, the Director of Libraries, shall conduct the search for and the evaluation of applicants. The Department Chairperson or, in the case of the Library, the Director of Libraries shall serve as the chairperson of the Committee and shall have the right to vote and to participate fully in all deliberations of the Committee. Each search committee shall include the Affirmative Action Officer or his/her designee. The appropriate Academic Officer shall have the right to consult with the search committee during the search for and evaluation of candidates. b. The position shall be open to any qualified person. c. The search shall be widely publicized. d. Copies of all applications for the position and other pertinent data shall be reviewed by the Committee. e. The Committee shall keep appropriate and necessary records of its proceedings. These records shall be kept in the Chairperson’s office or, in the case of the Library, the Director of Libraries’ office during the search and evaluation process and thereafter shall be forwarded to the appropriate Academic Officer for permanent filing. f. All Affirmative Action forms will be completed by the Department Chairperson and forwarded to the Affirmative Action Officer at the conclusion of the search. g. In the recruitment for any vacant position major attempts will be made to recruit qualified women and/or minorities. The College in all its components will be mindful of the goals set in the Affirmative Action plans that it has adopted. a. The Committee shall recommend three (3) persons as academically qualified to the Academic Vice President or his or her designee unless the Committee determines that fewer than three (3) applicants are academically qualified in which case the number qualified shall be recommended. b. Normally the President shall appoint as a member of the faculty only a person who has been recommended as academically qualified by the Committee. However, for good reason, which the President should communicate to the appropriate Department Chairperson, the President may appoint as a faculty member a person not recommended by the Committee but who is academically qualified.