Chairing a Search
In general, a search committee chair:
- Understands the policies and rules for campus searches and communicates this information to committee members
- Leads the committee in developing evaluation criteria for applications
- Establishes projected dates for search committee meetings
- Leads the committee in reviewing applications and interviewing candidates.
- Makes recommendations to the appointing administrator
- Ensures that the whole search proceeds within time constraints imposed by the search plan and the charge to the search committee
- Documents search committee actions and decisions
- Completes a final summary form for submission to the Office of Equal Employment and Access
Learn more about chairing or serving on a search committee:
View detailed checklists for advertising, searching and hiring academic professionals
Visit the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access
Search Guidelines and Procedures for Academic Appointments Manual (PDF)
Official Provost Policy Document on Academic Appointments (PDF)