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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED227806 AUTHOR: Waggaman, John S.
TITLE: Faculty Recruitment, Retention, and Fair Employment:
Obligations and Opportunities. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education
Research Report, No. 2, 1983.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1983
NOTE: 73 p.
AVAILABILITY: nonmembers, $6.50).
ABSTRACT: The central issues and processes of recruiting and
retaining college faculty are examined in the context of
managing human resources and the principles of fair
employment. Although attention is focused on the needs of
department or division heads, the analysis may be helpful to
administrations with responsibility for recruiting faculty.
The following stages of the recruitment process are
addressed: receiving notification of a vacant position,
receiving the authorization to recruit, determining salary,
organizing the recruitment effort, screening applicants'
files, conducting campus visits, and making an offer.
Attention is directed to vacancies resulting from
retirement, involuntary separation, negative decisions about
promotion and tenure, contract termination, and disability
or death. Affirmative action search guidelines are
presented, along with a list of items that should be
contained in job vacancy advertisements. The screening
process is discussed in regard to: excluding ineligible
applicants, identifying candidates who have received some
preferential attention, and evaluating nominees' files. With
regard to the need to retain qualified faculty, the
following issues are briefly discussed: orientation,
professional development, periodic counseling, and
mentorship. A substantial bibliography is included. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Faculty-College-Relationship; Higher
Education; Job-Applicants; Teacher-Selection
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *College-Faculty;
*Employment-Practices; *Faculty-Recruitment; *Personnel
Policy; *Teacher-Persistence
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