Principles and policies
Faculty search policies
Open searches
Open, nationally advertised, searches must be run to hire faculty in these ranks:
Ladder ranks: assistant professor, associate professor, professor
Instructional ranks: Professor in the Practice, adjunct ranks (assistant professor adjunct, associate professor adjunct, professor adjunct), and initial multi-year appointments to the lecturer, lector, and critic ranks.
Approval of shortlist
The pool of candidates to be invited for full interviews (the shortlist) must be approved by the relevant Dean’s designee and the Provost’s designee prior to issuing invitations.
Final candidate professional conduct review
Final candidates may be asked to complete a professional conduct review.
Faculty search principles
Best practices: guidelines on best practices in faculty searches
These guidelines discuss principles in running effective searches. The one most effective way to improve your search? Persue an aggresive outreach plan to attract a strong, deep, and heterogeneous applicant pool.
Procedures
- All academic units except the School of Medicine are overseen by the
Office of Faculty Administrative Services (OFAS) - Medical School faculty searches are overseen by Medicine’s
Office of Academic & Professional Development (OAPD)
Other Matters Related to Search Processes
Guidelines on what not to ask
A decision not to hire someone cannot be based on the “proteted characteristics” of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, disability, status as a special disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era or other covered veteran, or membership in any other protected classes as set forth in Connecticut and federal law. It is a best practice not to ask questions to candidates at any stage of a search about any of these categories.
Connecticut pay equity law
Connecticut prohibits employers from asking candidates about their compensation history. For more infomation and the full text of the law, click here.
Connecticut wage range law
Yale provides information about faculty wage ranges here.