New Faculty Search Procedures

(for tenure-track, full-time positions)

Normally appointments will be at the junior, assistant professor level.
The searches will be national in scope. Faculty Requisition Forms should be obtained from the Human Resource Office. These, along with position descriptions, qualifications, etc., should be submitted by the School Dean to the Academic Dean’s Office. After they are approved, they will be returned to the Human Resource Office. The latter may place the ads in The Chronicle of Higher Education and other appropriate listings. Faculty job announcements will be placed on the Edgewood College Job Posting Board and its website, and on higheredjobs.com. When possible, ads from a number of schools and/or departments will be coordinated and run together.
A Human Resource Office representative will meet with the Search Committee Chair to review college procedures and definitions governing expenses for overnights, hospitalities, relocation, etc. They will also inform the Chair as to how the Human Resource Office can assist in the search.
Normally, candidates will be accommodated at the Inn-Towner on University Avenue, Howard Johnson Plaza on West Johnson, the Inn on the Park on the Square, or Hotel Red on Monroe Street. The Human Resource Office will make the reservations for the candidate. Meals off campus should be limited to 3 or 4 individuals. Fifteen percent tips are generally appropriate. If it is necessary to include more individuals, the meals should be held on campus. Candidates are generally advised to make their own airline reservations, but should be asked to consider making travel arrangements with enough time in advance to obtain reasonably priced airfares. Expense reports should be completed in a timely manner and submitted to the Human Resources Office with appropriate documentation (receipts, etc.). The College Business Office can normally prepare checks within a day of receiving receipts or if they are submitted early in the day they can be ready by the end of the business day.
Search committees will be established for each new position. Each search committee will consist of appropriate members of the school or department receiving the new position, two faculties from outside the school or department and one student. Recommendations for membership on the committee should be made to the Academic Dean or School Dean who will set up the committee and charge it with its responsibilities. These will include screening applications, identifying candidates for interviews, interviewing the candidates and making final recommendations to the Academic Dean.
Applicants considered for the position should fit the broad based goals and objectives of the school/department and the College. Their areas of expertise should be broadly defined rather than narrowly so. They should exhibit a clear understanding of their responsibilities as Edgewood College faculty, in teaching, advising, Human Issues, school/departmental and college governance and to their own professional development. They should also exhibit a clear understanding of an agreement with the mission, vision and identity of the College and its Dominican Catholic identity.
The first stage of the review process should be narrowing the applicant pool to 6 – 8 candidates. Members of the search committee should do phone interviews with each of these candidates. The phone interviews should narrow the pool to three candidates. These candidates will then be brought to campus for interviews by the search committee, the School Dean, the Academic Dean, the President and the Executive Director of Diversion and Inclusion. A Human Resource representative should be included on the candidates’ schedule for a discussion of benefits and relocation policy. After the interview process is complete, the committee will request input from the President, the Academic Dean and the School Dean on the merits of each candidate. Recommendations for filling the position will then be made by the School Dean to the Academic Dean. It is highly recommended that candidates be invited to teach a class while they are on campus for their interview.
In the rare event that tenure is recommended upon hire, the following requirements must be satisfied:
- The candidate has obtained tenure at a previous institution
- Edgewood College tenured and tenure-track faculty in the relevant constituent unit must support the application for hire with tenure
- The Vice President of Academic Affairs, Academic Rank Committee, President and the Board of Trustees must approve the tenure request.
In keeping with the College’s mission, vision, identity and strategic initiatives, and with academic planning priorities, we encourage the hiring of minority candidates.
The files of applicants who are not hired must be returned to the Human Resources Offices at the conclusion of the search. The Human Resource Office will notify all applicants that the position has been filled.
When the position has been filled, the Dean/Chairperson should refer to the New Faculty Intake Procedures in the Faculty Policy Manual.