Office of the Provost and Dean of the College
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Department Chairs
From: Phyllis Larson, Assistant Provost
Date: August 30, 2011
Re: 2012-13 Tenure-track Searches
Proposals to conduct searches to fill tenure-track positions with a start date of September 1, 2013 should be submitted to me by noon on Friday, October 28, 2011. The proposal must explicitly address
- how the proposed position relates to your department’s long-range academic plan, including your department’s contributions to the college’s general education program and its support of other departments and interdisciplinary programs;
- considerations such as evidence of student interest; developments within the discipline; the college’s need for faculty with special expertise, diverse perspectives, or international knowledge and experience; plans to reduce the reliance on term faculty; and, support for student-faculty research and inquiry;
- significant staffing changes (e.g., retirements) and additional requests for tenure-track searches anticipated over the next 6 years;
- the case for conducting this search during the 2012-13 academic year; and,
- other relevant information such as the likelihood of attracting an especially diverse pool of candidates or the opportunity to make a joint appointment.
Proposals should be no more than three pages in length and should not include staffing charts, tablulated enrollment data, or similar information that is already publicly available. Please consult with your associate dean if you have questions about the preparation of a proposal.
Departments that are authorized to initiate searches will be expected to begin working on the marketing and recruitment phase of the search process early next spring.
Cc:
Provost
Associate Deans,
Bruce King, Assistant to the President for Institutional Diversity
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