[VPAAEtal] Reminder of University Rule 12.99.99.RO.01 Limiting Staffing From Within

[Academic Affairs]

As new faculty positions are posted and search committees are formed, I
want to remind everyone of the importance of university rule
12.99.99.RO.01, Limiting Staffing From Within.  Each job search should
include a national search to obtain candidates with diversity in
educational degrees from top universities from across the country.  Each
time we hire faculty or staff with credentials from outside our
university, we increase our own realm of knowledge and expertise.  I
encourage every person who has the opportunity to serve on a search
committee to refer to this rule.    


Texas A&M University-Commerce
Rules & Procedures


12.99.99.R0.01 Limiting Staffing From Within


1. The excellence of faculty is the single most important factor
determining the quality of a university. A characteristic of a
high-quality university faculty is diversity in the geographic and
educational backgrounds of its members. To insure diversity in the
university faculty, the following procedure is to be used in filling
faculty vacancies.

2. The university observes principles recommended by accrediting
agencies in employing staff and faculty members. These principles
require restraint by departments and offices in the employment of Texas
A&M University-Commerce (A&M-Commerce) graduates which leads to
overstaffing from within. Similar restraint shall be observed in
employing graduates from other individual universities, especially
institutions which represent the same geographic region as A&M-Commerce.

3. Certain guidelines are necessary to implement this procedure:

a. Vacancies on departmental faculties should be filled with personnel
who received their terminal degrees from the best graduate schools
representing different geographic regions of the United States. Special
efforts should be made to accomplish this objective with the filling of
each vacancy.
b. Recruiting practices by department heads must include contact with a
broad cross-section of American universities in locating qualified
candidates.
c. Since the employment of A&M-Commerce graduates on this faculty and
staff constitutes a special area of concern in staffing, the following
procedure shall be observed:

In the event the department head thinks it justifiable to nominate an
A&M-Commerce graduate for appointment to the faculty, he/she may submit
the nomination to the dean of the appropriate school, accompanied by a
statement of justification and evidence of truly superior qualifications
of the candidate. The dean of the school may confer with the Deans
Council in deciding on marginal cases. The existence of A&M-Commerce
graduates on the present staff of a department may be sufficient
justification for denying a proposed appointment.

References: Prior Policy III G 8 and D-2 approved January 22, 1976;
revised January 19, 1990; Procedure A33.03

Contact for Interpretation: Provost and Vice President for Academic
Affairs

 

Thank you,

Larry F. Lemanski, Ph.D.

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Professor

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