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II-1.00(C) UMCP Procedures Governing the Search Process for Permanent Faculty, Associate Staff, and Academic Administrators
APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT FEBRUARY 1989
The following search and selection guidelines, with
appropriate rationale and procedures, have been developed to
assist units in conducting and documenting the process
leading to the employment of permanent faculty and associate
staff at the University of Maryland College Park.
- The academic or administrative unit head (Authorizing
Official) makes a request to the appropriate Dean, Vice
President or to the President (Major Unit Head) for
approval to fill a position.
The formal request for initiating a search is intended
to provide an opportunity for the Equity Administrator,
the Major Unit Head, and the person making the request
to discuss the affirmative action goals within the
academic or administrative unit. This discussion should
serve as a basis for approving the initiation of a
search and the charge to the search committee.
With the exception of the President's Office, all
reviews of requests to initiate searches and all
subsequent reviews of activities and materials related
to the affirmative action components of searches should
be conducted by Equity Administrators who are external
to the hiring unit. In the instances of appointments to
Deans' or Directors' staffs, such reviews should be
conducted by the Equity Administrator in the
appropriate Vice President's unit. In the instances
when the Vice Presidents are the authorizing Officials,
such reviews should be the responsibility of the
Assistant to the President for Equity Administration.
The request should include:
- a position announcement, and
- a list of the membership of the search committee
or alternative screening committee.
The academic or administrative unit head has
responsibility for appointing a committee chairperson
and a "fair representation" of committee members, i.e.,
by race, rank, sex, and relevant discipline. Every
effort should be made to have female and minority
faculty or staff representation on all search
committees, even if such representation comes
from outside of the academic or
administrative unit.
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