Faculty Search Committee Training Principles, Processes, and Information

Please see the resources below for information about faculty hiring and recruitment

• ACAF 1.00 Recruitment and Appointment of Tenured, Tenure – Track, and Non-Tenure Track Faculty
• ACAF 1.01 Recruitment and Appointment of Academic Admin
• EOP 1.00 Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
• EOP 1.01 Equal Opportunity Complaint Processing Procedures
• EOP 1.02 Sexual Harassment
• EOP 1.03 Prohibition of Unlawful Discrimination and Harassment
• HR 1.25 Appointments for Non-US Citizens
• Resources from the Office of International Scholars (UofSC User ID and password required to view documents)
• HR 1.27 Nepotism
• Affirmative Action Recruiting Sources Guide (from the Equal Opportunity Programs Office)
• Attestation of Hiring Process Form (this is submitted to the College with the hiring proposal for the finalist)
• Legal-Illegal Interview Questions
• PA Search Committee Applicant Review Instructions (for the committee members to review the applications in PeopleAdmin)
• Strengthening Academic Excellence through Affirmative Recruiting (from the Equal Opportunity Programs Office)
• Faculty Candidate Resource Guide

 

Conducting Inclusive Faculty Searches Workshops (Information and Registration)

The Office of the Dean will be holding two virtual Fall 2021 Faculty Search Committee Diversity Training Workshops this fall, facilitated by Interim Associate Dean Dr. Todd Shaw. These sessions will provide search committees with best practices for recruiting diverse and inclusive faculty applicant pools and finalists as well as interviewing, offer, and retention factors.

The sessions will be held on the following dates:

• Friday, September 17^th: 10:00 AM–11:00 AM – via Zoom
• Friday, October 1^st: 10:00 AM–11:00 AM – via Zoom

Department Chairs/Directors, Search Committee Chairs and/or Affirmative Action Advocates in units that have approved faculty searches for this academic year must attend one of the above sessions to share this information with your respective search committees.  

The Office of the Dean will also be holding an optional session for any department chair that has a faculty search or unit administrator search authorized for this academic year. These sessions, Search Committee Overview, will be offered directly following each Diversity Training Workshop:

• Friday, September 17^th: 11:00 AM-11:30 AM – via Zoom
• Friday, October 1^st: 11:00 AM-11:30 AM – via Zoom

Please complete the CAS Conducting Inclusive Faculty Searches Registration Form.

As in the past, the Department Chair or Director is responsible for ensuring that all search committee members undergo search committee training at the departmental level using the previous materials provided by the CAS HR team.

Please contact Associate Dean Todd Shaw with any questions regarding these sessions.

 

Resources for Conducting Inclusive Faculty Searches

• "Best Practices for Conducting Faculty Searches," Harvard University, Office of the Senior Vice Provost, Faculty Development and Diversity -- https://faculty.harvard.edu/files/fdd/files/best_practices_for_conducting_faculty_searches_v1.2.pdf
• "Diversity and Inclusion Search Committee Toolkit" Division of Human Resources, The Office of Talent Acquisition, University of South Carolina -- https://www.sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/human_resources/docs/search_committee_toolkit.pdf
• "Handbook of Best Practices for Faculty Searches" Office for Faculty Advancement, University of Washington -- https://www.washington.edu/diversity/faculty-advancement/handbook/
• "Inclusive Search and Recruitment Toolkit for Faculty, Graduate Students, and Postdoctoral Fellows" -- University of Texas, Austin, Office of Inclusion and Equity -- http://equity.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/OIE-Recruitment_Sept2016_v_1.2.pdf 
• "Handbook for Faculty Searches and Hiring" University of Michigan, Office of the Provost and ADVANCE -- https://advance.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Handbook-for-Faculty-Searches-and-Hiring.pdf 
• "A Guide to Inclusive Hiring" University of Florida, Office of Talent Acquisition -- https://learn-and-grow.hr.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/02/UFHR_AiAtUF_InclusiveHiring.pdf 
• Slides from presentation, "Conducting Inclusive Faculty Searches," by Todd Shaw, Interim Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Arts & Sciences, UofSC (available after September 17th)