| MICUA Institutions Collaborate to Launch Academic Job Bank |
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MICUA Matters Fall 2008
Twenty leading higher education and research institutions in the region-including College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Goucher College, Hood College, Loyola College in Maryland, Maryland Institute College of Art, and Stevenson University (formerly Villa Julie College)-recently launched the Mid-Atlantic Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (Mid-Atlantic HERC). Similar partnerships have been established in ten other regions of the country, all of which are part of the national HERC network. The purpose of the program is to develop and promote a collaborative employment network for faculty, administrative, and staff positions at member institutions and share best practices for addressing recruitment and retention issues.
The Mid-Atlantic HERC is headquartered at Loyola College, which is sharing the leadership of the project with the University of Richmond, Washington and Lee University, and the National Institutes of Health. As a first step, the Mid-Atlantic HERC has produced a comprehensive and electronically accessible job bank (www.midatlanticherc.org) featuring faculty, staff, and administrative postings at institutions in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The centrality of the job postings and regional resources, as well as the site's ability to accommodate dual-career searches, distinguishes the Mid-Atlantic HERC from other employment websites.
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