Additional Resources
Resources for the Steps of the Search
On this page:
Checklist
Best Practices for Faculty Search Committees (downloadable Google Doc)
Key Websites and Tools
- Careers at NYU
- Faculty Candidate Evaluation Tool (downloadable Google Doc)
for faculty to provide feedback on candidates
- Faculty Cluster Hiring Initiative
- Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
- Interview dos and don’ts (see information in NYU Recruiting and Hiring Policy and Procedure for Full-Time Faculty and for Professional Research Staff - New York, District of Columbia, and California)
- NSF/NCSES list of top 20 doctorate-granting institutions, ranked by number of minority US citizens and permanent residents doctorate recipients
- NSF earned doctorate data
- NYU Work Life
- Partnership for Faculty Diversity
- Sample Candidate Rating Form
for search committee to evaluate candidates
- Search waiver form (PDF: 336KB)
- Unconscious bias training: OEO 601: Best practices for inclusive faculty searches
Bibliography
Those who want more information may be interested in these additional resources on diversifying faculty recruitment:
Development and cultivation of faculty pipeline
- Pipeline, Recruitment, and Retention
- Priming the Pipeline: Understanding the Obstacles and Incentives for Considering an Academic Career (PDF: 2.5MB)
Best practices in the faculty search and interview process
- Moody, J. (2012). Faculty Diversity: Removing the Barriers. Second edition. Routledge. (Bobst Library ebook)
Sample materials from peer universities
- Inclusive Search and Recruitment Toolkit: For Faculty, Graduate Students, and Postdoctoral Fellows (UT system, PDF: 254KB)
- Faculty Search Committee Toolkit (UCLA, PDF: 574KB)
- Handbook of Best Practices for Faculty Searches (U Washington, PDF: 756KB)
- Guide to Best Practices in Faculty Search and Hiring (Columbia University, PDF: 240KB)
- Best Practices for Conducting Faculty Searches (Harvard University, PDF: 1.4MB)
- Handbook for Faculty Searches and Hiring (University of Michigan, PDF: 5.7MB)
- Building on Excellence: Guide to Recruiting and Retaining an Excellent and Diverse Faculty at Stanford University (Stanford University, PDF: 629KB)