Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs > Faculty Information & Resources > Faculty Search Handbook Guidelines

Appendix 16 Faculty Search Resources

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Lehigh At-A-Glance

http://www4.lehigh.edu/about/glance

President & Leadership

http://www4.lehigh.edu/about/leadership

Work/Life Balance for Faculty

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/faculty/worklifebalance.html

Work/Life Balance for Lehigh Faculty Summary Card (PDF)

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/pdfs/work_life_balance_faculty_card_11-2012.pdf

Working & Living in the Lehigh Valley

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/faculty/aboutlv.html

Office of Human Resources

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inhro/documents/FAC_BeneGuide2012.pdf

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inhro/workplace_new_employees.html

Office of Faculty Development

http://www.lehigh.edu/~infdli/

Office of Vice Provost for Academic Diversity

http://www.lehigh.edu/diversity

Manual for Disability Accommodations for Faculty

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/pdfs/resources_and_forms_adamanual.pdf

ADVANCE Grant

http://www.lehigh.edu/LUAdvance

Research at Lehigh

http://www4.lehigh.edu/research/default.aspx

Office of the Provost Cluster Hiring Initiative

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/initiatives/cluster.html

Office of the Dean, College of Arts & Sciences

http://cas.lehigh.edu/casweb/default.aspx?id=1

http://cas.cas2.lehigh.edu/content/office-dean

Office of the Dean, College of Business & Economics

http://www4.lehigh.edu/business/default.aspx

http://www4.lehigh.edu/business/about/dean/deansdeskjune12.aspx

Office of the Dean, College of Education

http://www.lehigh.edu/education

http://coe.lehigh.edu/about/department-education-human-services

Office of the Dean, College of Engineering & Applied Sciences

http://www.lehigh.edu/engineering/

http://www.lehigh.edu/engineering/about/dean/index.html

http://www.lehigh.edu/engineering/about/dean/bio.html

Office of International Affairs

http://www.lehigh.edu/international/

Library & Technology Services

http://www.lehigh.edu/lts/

Student Affairs Office

http://www.lehigh.edu/~instuaff/

Lehigh Athletics

http://www.lehighsports.com/

Zoellner Arts Center

http://zoellner.cas2.lehigh.edu/

Office of Multicultural Affairs

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inmca/index.shtml

The Women's Center

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inwnc/contactus.shtml

Child Care Center

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inluccc/index.html

LGBT Communities

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inrainbo/

Office of the General Counsel

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inogc/

 

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   • Message from the Provost
2. Before the Search Begins
   • Reviewing the Candidate Pool
3. Legal Issues & the Search Process
   • Guidelines
4. Initiating the Faculty Search Process
   • Introduction
   • Completing All the Appropriate Paperwork
   • Composition of the Committee
   • The Search Committee’s Charge
   • How To Make Recruitment Work
   • Reviewing Previous Departmental Search
   • Defining the Position Suggestions
   • Wording for Announcing Positions
5. Recruiting Activities During the Search
   • Broadening the Hiring Net Suggestions
   • Active Recruiting Practices
   • Prescreening of Candidates
   • Creating the Short List
   • Interdisciplinary Hiring
6. Managing Campus Visits
   • Interviewing the Candidates
   • Campus Visit
   • Factors that Bias Interviews
   • Suggestions on Ways to Eliminate Bias
   • Examples that Bias Interviews
   • Best Management Practices for Interviewing
   • Guidelines for Interview Questions
   • Guidelines for Hiring National Employees at Lehigh University & Services Available to a New Foreign National Faculty Member (8/16/12)
   • Work Life Balance & Dual Career Resources
   • Guidelines for Conducting Reference Checks
   • Guidelines for Providing Accommodations for Disabilities
7. Final Selection of a Candidate
8. Negotiating Contracts / Offers
9. Evaluating the Search

APPENDIX

1. Faculty Recruitment & Initial Appointment Checklist
2. Faculty Employment Request Form
3. Permission to Advertise Request Form
4. Reason for Declining Faculty Appointment Offer Form
5. Workshops to Support the Process
   • Cornell Interactive Theatre Ensemble Group
   • Internal Group—Faculty Search Workshops
6. Principles of Our Equitable Community Document
7. Lehigh University’s Core Values
8. Board of Trustees Diversity Statement
   • Mission Statement
9. Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action / Non-Discrimination Policy
10. Resources for Recruitment: Workshops, Publications, Organizations & Websites
    • General Resources for Faculty Searches
    • Women Faculty & Institutions
    • African American / Black Faculty & Institutions
    • Asian Faculty
    • Faculty with Disabilities
    • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered Faculty
    • Native American Faculty
    • Hispanic Faculty & Institutions
    • Minority & Women Doctoral Directory
11. College & University Addresses
    • Women’s List
    • Black List
    • Hispanic List
12. Women & Minority Institutional Doctoral Directory
13. Women & Minority Doctoral Award History
14. Readings on Diversity, Gender & Faculty Recruitment
15. Handbook References
16. Faculty Search Resources
17. Lehigh University Administrative Offices to Support Faculty Search