HIRING POLICY FOR TENURE TRACK FACULTY

Academic Senate Policy F88-158

3.1

HIRING COMMITTEES.

Hiring committees shall be elected by secret ballot of probationary and tenured faculty in the department from among the tenured full-time faculty. At the discretion of the president and upon request of the department these hiring committees may also include probationary faculty. Departments shall have hiring committees which consist of at least three members. When there are too few eligible faculty to serve on the hiring committee within the department, the department shall elect members from among the tenured full-time faculty in related disciplines. The department chair may serve on the hiring committee in addition to the elected members. Only in the event the department chair does not sit on the Hiring Committee, will she or he write a separate recommendation. If the department, after consultation with the dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee, desires it may elect additional members from the qualified faculty at large to enhance hiring of women, minority group members, and disabled individuals.

When in the judgment of the department faculty concerned it is desirable to combine hiring, retention, tenure, and promotions functions in a single committee (HRTP) or to separate committees, this may be done provided both the conditions of this policy and of the University retention and tenure and promotions policies are met.