Best Practices for Faculty Search Committees

The essential guidebook for effective faculty hiring committees Best Practices for Faculty Search Committees presents a clear, direct action plan for faculty and administration involved in hiring. Written by a veteran university administrator, this book lays out a step-by-step process for selecting the right candidate for the job. Practical guidance on application review, interviewing, and evaluation walks you through established and effective methods, while case studies and examples from a variety of institutions provide insight into real-world implementation. Whether you're serving on a faculty search committee for the first time, or simply seeking a more efficient route to the best candidate, this book provides invaluable guidance that can streamline the search and selection process. Tenuretrack and longterm opportunities don't come about every day, so it's essential for hiring committees to make the correct choice. While the search process may be codified to an extent by your institution, there is still plenty of room for error or misjudgment; this book helps you keep the process on track and moving forward until the best candidate is identified. * Develop criteria for efficient and informative application review * Conduct indepth interviews that provide a clear picture of fit * Evaluate final candidates on the most pertinent points for the job Most faculty search resources are technical in nature, with little guidance on getting the job done properly and efficiently; best practices tend to be unwritten, and frequently verge into "habit" rather than critically evaluated method. Best Practices for Faculty Search Committees provides clear, concise, concrete guidance for a more efficient, effective, and successful candidate search.

JEFFREY L. BULLER has served in administrative positions ranging from department chair to vice president for academic affairs at four very different institutions: Loras College, Georgia Southern University, Mary Baldwin College, and Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of twelve books on higher education administration, a textbook for first year college students, and a book of essays on the music dramas of Richard Wagner. More recently, he has been active as a consultant to the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia, where he is assisting with the creation of a kingdom-wide Academic Leadership Center. Along with Robert E. Cipriano, Dr. Buller is a senior partner in ATLAS: Academic Training, Leadership, & Assessment Services, through which he has presented numerous workshops on academic leadership and faculty searches. His earlier books include The Essential Academic Dean, 2nd edition (2015), Change Leadership in Higher Education (2014), Positive Academic Leadership (2013), Best Practices in Faculty Evaluations (2012), The Essential Department Chair, 2nd Edition (2012), Academic Leadership Day by Day: Small Steps That Lead to Great Success (2011), and The Essential College Professor: A Practical Guide to an Academic Career (2010), as well as numerous articles for The Department Chair, Academic Leader, Recruitment and Retention in Higher Education, and Student Affairs Leader.