Faculty Hiring Manual 2023–2024

Introduction

This RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FACULTY HIRING MANUAL (the “Manual”) is intended to support efforts in Rutgers departments, colleges/schools, and other academic units (“Hiring Units”) across our Chancellor-led Units (“CLUs”) to build an academic community committed to inclusive academic excellence. It outlines University Policies, procedures, and best practices for identifying, selecting, and hiring exemplary future colleagues whose research, teaching, and service will advance the university’s threefold mission of:

• Providing for the instructional needs of New Jersey’s residents through its undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs; 
• Conducting the innovative research that contributes to the medical, environmental, social, and cultural well-being of the state, as well as aiding the economy and the state’s businesses and industries; and
• Performing public service in support of the needs of the residents of the state and its local, county, and state governments.

Hiring faculty is one of the most important decisions that a university can make. This Manual is designed to clarify the hiring process and to guide all individuals involved in the hiring process as they set about conducting rigorous and inclusive searches. It provides an overview of best practices in conducting a faculty search, specific direction on how to conduct a search that complies with any applicable legal obligations, University Policies, and collective bargaining agreements, and actionable ideas about how to broaden outreach and constitute outstanding applicant pools.¹

¹ This Manual incorporates reports, guidance, and language from “Increasing Faculty Diversity: A Handbook for Deans, Department Chairs, and Members of the Faculty Search Committees” (2009, 2011) by the Members of the President’s Council on Institutional Diversity and Equity, co-chaired by then-President Richard L. McCormick and Cheryl A. Wall, Board of Governors Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English in November 2009