MU-ADVANCE Recruitment Efforts

Application data collected by MU-ADVANCE for the 2006/2007 academic year for tenure-track positions in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines shows that half the offers were to female applicants, but fewer than half of those chose to come to Marshall. Dual career conflicts were cited in a couple of cases where the candidates declined offers. Candidates who accepted offers indicated research opportunities, facilities, and impression of the department as the most important factors in their decisions.

 Recruitment data summary:

• In the physical sciences and mathematics, 13% of the applicants were female while women represent 21% of the Ph.D.s in these fields (NSF data)

• In the life sciences, 23% of the applicants were female while women represent 49% Ph.D. in these fields (NSF data)

• 67% of male candidates who were offered positions accepted 

• 46% of the female candidates who were offered positions accepted

For the 2007/2008 academic year, MU-ADVANCE again offers free job posting on HigherEdJobs.com. All job postings on HigherEdJobs.com include links to a all positions listed for Marshall, a Marshall University Profiles and the MU-ADVANCE Candidates resources webpage which provides information about Marshall, Huntington and the Tri-State area, and employment resources for partners and spouses.

The MU-ADVANCE Program also has produced a Search Committee Strategies and Guidelines brochure which includes best practices for search committee structure, activities during the search, evaluation of the applicant pool, and considerations for the campus visit. Brochures are available from the MU-ADVANCE Office.