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Recruiting and Retaining Faculty and Students: The Role of Faculty Liaison Mary J. S. Roth Lafayette College, Easton, PA

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The Director of Engineering at Lafayette College, in consultation with the Provost, has developed a new position entitled Faculty Liaison for Recruitment and Retention (FLRR). This paid position allows a faculty member to evaluate and address recruitment and retention issues at both the student and faculty level. The primary responsibilities of the position include attending department head meetings within the engineering division, being a resource person and a facilitator for engineering recruiting and retention initiatives, and initiating and developing contacts with new faculty and with students in order to identify and reduce situations that might result in faculty or students leaving the engineering program. The FLRR position has proved initially to be a successful approach to addressing administrative issues related to recruitment and retention.

I. Introduction

As evidenced by many publications and panel discussions at these and similar conferences, recruitment and retention concerns for both students and faculty are important issues for most institutions. Of the papers submitted for ASEE conferences between 1999 and 2001, 16 percent of the papers dealt with issues of retention and 8 percent dealt with issues of recruitment. While at larger schools, there is often an engineering administrator with the specific responsibility to focus on recruitment and retention activities, at smaller schools, such as Lafayette College, the recruitment and retention responsibilities are typically spread over a number of faculty and administrative positions. An administrative position, such as a dean or assistant dean, is usually given the responsibility of overseeing these activities, however, these administrators more often than not have many other responsibilities. Recruitment and retention activities occupy much of their time, but they may not be able to stay in regular contact with the students and faculty who are targeted by the programs as well as with the students and faculty who are directly responsible for these activities. In an attempt to address this problem, the position of Faculty Liaison for Recruitment and Retention (FLRR) was developed at Lafayette College. This paper briefly reviews the development of the position, the responsibilities of the position, and presents some initial feedback concerning the value of the position to the college.

II. Background

At Lafayette College, the administrative positions within the Engineering Division include the Director of Engineering and his/her secretary. Recruitment and retention activities for both faculty and students are coordinated through the office of the director. In addition, faculty members often take on responsibilities for various aspects of these activities as part of the service component of their employment.

Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Roth, M. (2002, June), Recruiting And Retaining Faculty And Students The Role Of Faculty Liaison Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10403