Hiring and Retention

The College of Liberal Arts seeks to recruit, retain, and promote high quality faculty.

• Getting Approval to Recruit: Obtaining Permission and Identifying Funds
• Recruiting Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty
• Recruiting Temporary Faculty
• Posting and Advertising the Position
• Identifying and Interviewing the Candidate
• List of Deans Allotted to Interview Candidates by Department
• Prior Approval Request (PAR) for Faculty
• Faculty Offers Database
• What You'll Need to Complete the PAR Request Packet
• PAR Screen-by-Screen Guidelines
• How to Record Commitments: Examples
• Sample Offer Letters
• Faculty Moving Expenses
• Faculty Appointment Process Summary and Applicant Pool Statistics Table
• Spousal Hires
• Faculty Counteroffers
• Sample Counteroffer Letter
• Child Care Commitment for Faculty

Faculty retention initiatives include research support, modified instructional duties, special academic assignments, and pre-emptive and counteroffers, as appropriate. University policies can be found at Office of the Provost.