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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED282488 AUTHOR: Kaplowitz, Richard A.
TITLE: Selecting College and University Personnel: The Quest
and the Questions. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 8,
1986.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1986
NOTE: 121 p.
AVAILABILITY: Association for the Study of Higher Education,
One Dupont Circle, Suite 630, Washington, DC 20036 ($10.00,
nonmembers; $7.50, members).
ABSTRACT: Issues and steps in the search process for both
faculty and administrators are considered, based on a review
of the higher education literature, selected literature from
the corporate and industrial personnel field, and
conversations with personnel practitioners and consultants.
After discussing organizational tasks for the search
committee and the use of search consultants, attention is
directed to ways to identify and reach prospective faculty
members, salaries issues such as the labor market and
equity, and temporary and part-time faculty members. Aspects
of confidentiality in the search process are addressed,
including: the problems of disclosure or openness in a
search, sunshine laws, and maintaining confidentiality.
Affirmative action in the later 1980s is also discussed,
including the latest statistics, governmental and judicial
shifts in direction, and affirmative action policies and
procedures for personnel search and selection. Factors that
contribute to administrative leadership are examined, along
with attributes and skills that support the performance of
presidents, chief academic officers, and other selected
campus administrators. Additional topics discussed include:
reviewing references, interviewing candidates, and the
campus personnel office. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Consultants-; Disclosure-; Employment
Interviews; Employment-Practices; Higher-Education; Teacher
Salaries; Teacher-Selection
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Administrator-Qualifications; *Affirmative
Action; *Confidentiality-; *Faculty-Recruitment; *Personnel
Selection; *Search-Committees-Personnel
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