Hiring Practices
Name: Jessica Hockett
Affiliation: National Opportunity Project
Location: UConn Storrs
Request Date Start: Withheld.
Request Date End: Withheld.
Details: I request the following records related to the University’s centralized requirements, practices, and guidelines for recruiting & hiring teaching and research faculty:
1) Internal documents that outline and provide guidance for the recruitment and hiring process.
2) PDF of an application for a faculty teaching/research position. I seek the general application, but if there are only school or department-specific applications, please provide one science department example and one liberal arts example.
3) Copies of any assessments, surveys, screening tools, or modules that applicants or candidates are expected or required to complete or submit to/participate in.
4) All interview questions and protocols provided to school or department administrators for using in the recruitment and hiring process.
5) Guidance/criteria for forming school/department selection committees and interview teams or panels.
6) Rubrics or criteria for evaluating applications, interview responses, or other components of an applicant’s/candidate’s scholarship or teaching skills as a part of the recruitment and hiring process.
7) The total annual dollar amount that University has spent each year for the past 5 fiscal years on implementing plans related to the University’s goal of enhancing or maintaining faculty diversity (e.g., racial, ethnic, gender, sexuality, etc.). In addition to the total amounts, for each year, provide records that show these funds were allocated and spent.
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