Faculty Search Committee Planning Guide

The search committee for a faculty position(s) should have

• five members (single campus recruitment)
• seven members (multiple campus/center recruitment)
• The committee chair may be a department chair or a faculty member.
• The committee chair may vote.
• Committee representation should include:
  
  
  • two faculty members (from each campus/center conducting a search) selected for their knowledge of the content area and instruction,
  • an individual with management/administrative responsibilities,
  • a representative of the student services area,
  • an individual with knowledge of technology as it applies to the position, and
  • a representative of the EA/EO committee.
• The committee should be diverse in its makeup and representative of the college population.
• All members of the search committee will screen applications and will participate in all interviews.
• List the name of the committee chair and the name of each committee member on Approval of Search Committee- HR-200 and indicate all applicable areas represented by each member
• Obtain approvals before submitting to HR.

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