Lehigh ADVANCE hosts this toolbox of resources to enhance Faculty Recruitment Processes, Practices and the diversity of the outcomes, with special attention paid to issues of interdisciplinary faculty.

We have and will continue to have university-wide and department specific focused discussions, workshops, and resources on recruitment. Some materials were developed through hard work at other ADVANCE institutions and used with permission (at times they have been modified to be Lehigh Specific).

Lehigh University Documents and Policies:

• Faculty Recruitment: Best Practices for Diversity and Excellence Booklet-New resources are coming soon
• Lehigh Work-Life Balance For Faculty Info-Card
• Faculty Dual Career Assistance Program
• Faculty Candidate Interviews:  Request to Schedule ~30 min. University & Diversity Resources Meeting- NEW December 2018

• Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiative

National Data:

• Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering  Calculate the percentage of PhDs awarded to women by using Table 7-2 and Table 7-1. 

Tip Sheets and Checklists to put recommendations into practice at each stage:

PREPARING FOR THE SEARCH

• Cornell ADVANCE: Reducing Stereotypic Biases in Hiring
• Videos about unconscious bias and schemas (each is ~5 min.)
  • ​The Ohio State University: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZHxFU7TYo4
  • UCLA Series (Narrated by UCLA Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang):
    • Implicit Bias Preface: Bias & Heuristics
    • Implicit Bias Lesson 1: Schemas
    • Implicit Bias Lesson 2: Attitudes & Stereotypes
    • Implicit Bias Lesson 3: Real World Consequences
    • Implicit Bias Lesson 4: Explicit vs. Implicit
    • Implicit Bias Lesson 5: The IAT
    • Implicit Bias Lesson 6: Countermeasures

DOCUMENTATION: THE AD

• Sample Language for Job Advertisement-Welcoming Broad Application from Qualified Candidates

LAUNCHING THE SEARCH

• Broaden the Pool: sample letter asking colleagues to help identify applicants
• Resources for Reaching a broader pool: Appendix 10

EVALUATING CANDIDATES AND THE CAMPUS INTERVIEW

• Understanding bias in letters of recommendation-Updated Fall 2018
• Stick to the Criteria: Sample Candidate Evaluation Tool
• Candidate Evaluation Form: Another option for sticking to criteria
• Candidate Evaluation: Tips and Rubrics
• Evaluate one criterion at a time, as opposed to one candidate at a time
• Faculty Candidate Interviews:  Request to Schedule ~30 min. University & Diversity Resources Meeting- Created December 2018, see Checklist Part IV, section Bb. 

It is a best practice to have a neutral pair of people not involved in evaluating the candidate to have 30 minutes on the itinerary where the candidate can ask additional questions and the university resources for diversity and faculty success can be shared. To arrange this meeting,  use this link: https://goo.gl/forms/xGebE2O6YzB9gBP43 and await confirmation. 

• Guidelines for Interview Questions

Multi-Media Tools to Support Inclusive Recruitment:

• Cornell Interactive Theatre Event: It Depends on the Lens DVD
• Interrupting bias in the faculty search process: Free video & facilitation guide (University of Washington ADVANCE, 2010) *AVAILABLE in Lehigh ADVANCE Office!
• Lehigh ADVANCE Faculty Recruitment Information Module 
• Write ADVANCE to invite us to your department or search committee meeting or to meet your candidate.