Administrative Appointments Committee
Standing Rules
The Administrative Appointments Committee, representing the interests of the University and
the Faculty, recommends three faculty members who shall serve on each Search Committee for
appointments to vacant or newly created administrative positions. The individuals so recommended
shall ordinarily be members of the Administrative Appointments Committee itself. The Committee
monitors and reviews policy and procedures used to fill administrative positions and recommends
changes in such policy and procedure to the Faculty Senate and to the President.
In addition to newly created administrative positions, the following positions are to include
involvement on the part of the Administrative Appointments Committee:
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General Administration: All positions at the Provost, Vice President,
Vice Provost and Associate Provost level.
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College and Deans: All positions at the Dean level.
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Other positions of academic significance: Including, but not limited to,
University Honors College Director, Undergraduate Academic Programs Director,
Admission and Orientation Director, and Registrar.
Whenever there is an impending vacancy,
or an actual vacancy occurs, in any of the
above listed positions, or when a new administrative position is created, the Administrative
Appointments Committee shall confer with the President (or his/her designated representative),
review the requirements of the position, and provide advisement concerning composition of a
Search Committee and the range and timing of its search.
The appointment of a director or administrator who reports directly to one of the
administrative officers listed above does not require a Search Committee involving the
Administrative Appointments Committee but, upon request, the Administrative Appointments
Committee may suggest appropriate procedures.
The Administrative Appointments Committee consists of nine Faculty.
Each Search Committee shall ordinarily consist of nine (9) to twelve (12) members.
Of these members:
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The majority shall be Faculty members of Oregon State University, three of
these selected by the Administrative Appointments Committee. A minimum
of one and as many as three of the latter shall be members of the Administrative
Appointments Committee itself, specific determination to be made by the Committee
according to the nature of the appointment and the Committee's preexisting
commitments.
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Undergraduate and/or graduate students shall be appointed following consultation
of the appropriate student governance bodies.
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Additional members (staff, students, or individuals outside the University) shall be
appointed following consultation with the Administrative Appointments Committee.
The Chair of a Search Committee is designated by the appropriate administrative officer prior
to its first meeting. The Search Committee solicits, receives, and screens applications and nominations,
gathers pertinent information and credentials, interviews candidates, and recommends one or more
candidates for the vacant position. All members of a Search Committee serve until the position is filled,
or until the Committee is dismissed, at which time the Chair of the Committee, if requested, reports to the
Faculty Senate on the result of the search and procedures used to accomplish this result.
(05/98)
