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Appendix 17 Lehigh University Administrative Offices to Support Faculty Searches

Office of the Provost
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/

Office of Vice Provost for Academic Diversity
http://www.lehigh.edu/diversity

Office of the Provost Cluster Hiring Initiative
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/initiatives/cluster.html

Office of the Provost—Strategic Hiring Initiative
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/pdfs/StrategicHiring.pdf

Office of Human Resources
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inhro/

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

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

Office of International Affairs
http://www.lehigh.edu/international/

Office of the General Counsel
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inogc/

Student Affairs Office
http://www.lehigh.edu/~instuaff/

Office of Multicultural Affairs
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inmca/index.shtml

Office of Women Center
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inwnc/contactus.shtml

Office of LGBT Communities
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inrainbo/

Academic Support Services for Students with Disabilities
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inacsup/disabilities/index.shtml

ADVANCE Grant
http://www.lehigh.edu/luadvance

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