Hiring and Academic Planning Committee

From the updated bylaws (November 2023):

1. The charge of the Hiring and Academic Planning Committee (HAPC) is to make recommendations to the Dean academic planning of the College.
2. HAPC shall consider the College strategic plans in its deliberations about academic planning.
3. HAPC shall collaborate with the Dean’s office to revise the College Academic Master Plan (CAMP) annually or when necessitated by university planning, such as the Long -range Academic Master Plan (LAMP).
4. Each fall the HAPC shall issue a call to academic departments and programs for hiring proposals for faculty and staff.
5. Tenure-track faculty hiring proposals will apply to hires for which searches will be conducted in the following academic year; staff hiring proposals will apply to whatever timeline is established for that cycle of recruitment.
6. HAPC shall present the Dean a prioritized list of recommended faculty searches late in the fall semester. The list shall consider and attempt to balance the needs of all departments that submit proposals. It shall also consider and attempt to balance needs of large and small departments.
7. HAPC shall present the Dean a prioritized list of recommended staff searches in the spring semester. The HAPC shall review staff hiring proposals in the context of department and College needs.
8. The Dean shall respond in a timely manner to HAPC’s recommendations and meet with the committee to explain the final list of faculty and staff searches that the Dean will bring to the Provost as hiring requests.