The Faculty Search and New Appointments Committee would greatly appreciate your participation in this survey, which can be completed anonymously.

Survey responses will be collected directly by Spelman Johnson. Our consultants will use feedback gathered from the survey to draft a position specification that will be useful in the search for a dean who will provide intellectual and strategic guidance to advance the School’s DEI mission.

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* 1. What is your primary affiliation with NYU Silver School of Social Work?

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* 2. Objectives for the inaugural associate dean: What do you want the new associate dean to accomplish? What are the desired outcomes for the role and for the School? How will you know in three to five years that the right person was hired? What will have happened?

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* 3. Qualifications, experience, and personal qualities: Based on the objectives identified, what do you think are the qualifications and experience of an ideal candidate? What is essential and what might be helpful? What are the personal attributes most important for this role?

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* 4. Silver School and our community: What qualities about Silver and our community will help us convince prospective candidates to consider applying for this position?

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* 5. Source and candidate recommendations: Who should Spelman Johnson contact to source and identify candidates? The consultants will draw upon their own networks, but they want to tap into ours as well. This certainly means nominations and suggestions of possible candidates, but just as important, suggestions of good sources who might lead to strong candidates.

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* 6. Additional comments:

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