2.3 SEARCH, APPOINTMENT, AND ORIENTATION PROCEDURES

The following sections describe the policy on search, appointment, and orientation procedures.

The faculty of an academic unit and the administrator of the academic unit are jointly responsible for establishing the specific procedures to be used in making recommendations for faculty appointments, consistent with other policy statements.

A search committee is appointed by the appropriate Dean or Chairperson. The search committee is to be composed of faculty and students from the academic unit and will include the Special Assistant to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs as an ex officio member.

Searches for positions for which there is justification and budget for the following academic year should begin as early as October 1.

The search committee evaluates those applicants meeting the established and advertised criteria. After evaluating the applicants' credentials to ensure that they meet the specified criteria, the search committee selects the top three applicants and submits their names and evaluations to the appropriate Chairperson with a rationale. The Chairperson adds comments and forwards the information to the appropriate Dean. The Dean submits the names, along with his or her recommendation, to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs. The recommendations are reviewed by the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs who makes a recommendation to the President. Upon the approval of the President, the top applicant(s) is (are) invited to campus for an official interview. All applicants will be required to make a class presentation as part of the interview process. After the official interview process, the search committee informs the Chairperson or Dean in writing of the committee's recommendation. The same channel of communication is used to forward the committee's, the Chairperson's, and the Dean's recommendations to the Provost who forwards these recommendations, along with his or her own recommendation to the President. The final decision regarding appointment is made by the President.

Temporary visiting appointments of one year or less may be made upon recommendation of the President and approval of the Board of Regents without consulting the faculty of a unit. In such cases, the faculty must be consulted before any decision is made to reappoint, even though the reappointment might be temporary or visiting.

Full-time temporary and visiting faculty may be offered contract renewals as defined under section 2.2.1.

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