Additional Resources

Resources for the Steps of the Search

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
  • Subfield of study and race/ethnicity (Table 22)
    
  • Subfield of study and sex (Table 16)
• 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)