Candidate Statements
The UNL College of Engineering requires all faculty candidates to submit teaching and/or research statements with their application packages (depending on whether the position will involve a research and/or teaching apportionment).
Faculty search committees are asked to use the ‘holistic’ rubrics below when assessing candidate statements, and are encouraged to refer to the ‘extended’ rubric for more guidance if they wish. At the beginning of each academic calendar year, search committee members attend training sessions to learn how to use the holistic rubrics.
The training emphasizes the following:
- The use of rubrics helps in search committee assessments of faculty candidates.
- The department and search committee may decide to give different weightings to different categories on each of the assorted rubrics, based on the nature of the position being hired.
- Search committee members are expected to complete these rubrics on their own, rather than as a group. Multiple members of the committee should be assigned to complete the assessments for each faculty candidate.
- The rubrics are not to be interpreted as strict quantitative measures; a composite score of 10 should not be considered to be significantly different from a score of 9. Instead, the rubrics are a guide to facilitate discussion, identifying when members of the search committee appear to have different views of the candidate's qualifications and providing a framework for further discussion.
Teaching Statement Assessment
Holistic Rubric Extended Rubric
Research Statement Assessment
Dual Career
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is committed to the recruitment and retention of an outstanding, innovative faculty and staff. Often, this means providing support and assistance for career opportunities for spouses and partners. We’re proud that the university has provided dual career assistance since 1992. While we cannot guarantee employment, we will assist as early in the recruitment process as possible to direct spouses and partners to appropriate job openings. We will also facilitate conversations and activate networks within the university and local community.
Faculty Life
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has a number of policies and resources that promote work-life balance. The University wishes to be supportive of faculty who need time off for personal reasons, approved professional development, or academic reasons.