SECTION III – UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

Faculty Recruitment
The recruitment process is initiated through the program dean’s office in collaboration with Human Resources that makes his/her need for a new faculty member known to the President/CEO, Provost, Vice President of Operations and Development Human Resources is responsible for ensuring placement of advertisements. Searches are performed to recruit a highly qualified cadre of candidates. AUHS recruit faculty from a variety of sources. Faculty members are generally recruited from a local or national pool but on occasion, a global recruitment process is utilized. A national search can be accomplished in several ways including placing ads on appropriate job boards, in journals, bulletin boards, etc.

Qualified candidates are preliminarily reviewed by the program dean, University President, Vice President of Operations and Development, and the Provost to ensure that candidates 1) can support the mission of the University; 2) understand the requirements of the position; 3) are highly qualified; and 4) are committed to the students and the Mission of the University. These interviews can take place in person or by video conference. Once potential final candidates have been identified, the candidate is brought into the University for a Teaching Presentation and meeting with a specially selected panel for the School or office for which they are applying. The applicant makes a presentation to faculty and administration panel during which they are asked appropriate questions. Feedback is sought from the panel.

The selected candidate is contacted by University Administration who offers an initial offer contract, and a start date is set.