Office of Affirmative Action Waiver Info

Office of Affirmative Action
Search Waivers

Waivers are granted for the following reasons:

1. When there is a need to fill a vacancy quickly without having adequate time to conduct a full search, i.e., late resignations, illness, or death. (If approved, the waiver normally does not exceed one year.)

2. In order to implement the College's affirmative action goals by providing upward mobility/internal promotions.

3. When a new College President wishes to reorganize existing staff into a pattern compatible with his or her own administrative style.

4. When there is a need to fill a temporary vacancy for a duration not to exceed six months (i.e., special circumstances for development), which makes a search impossible or impractical to conduct because of time restrictions or requires someone already familiar with the campus equipment or operation. Temporary part-time appointments to positions for a period not to exceed six months normally will not require a full and open search. The appropriate vice president, however, will recruit on a periodic basis for candidates for future part-time temporary vacancies.

In order to obtain approval for a waiver, the department head or chair must submit a completed search waiver request to the Affirmative Action Office after obtaining the approval of the dean/director and vice president of that unit, delineating the reasons for the request and the name of the individual being recommended for appointment. The justification must be based on the criteria (1-4) listed above.

The granting of waiver extensions is discouraged. In the event that special circumstances beyond departmental control occur, an extension must be requested by the dean/director and approved by the Affirmative Action Office.

Extensions will not be granted for more than one year.