S-2317-3: Prevalence, Procedures, and Challenges of Faculty Occupancy of Dual Leadership Roles

FPAC is charged with investigating and making recommendations it deems necessary on the following two issues:

1. How common are dual full-time faculty leadership role situations at Rutgers, and what are the rationales under which such dual roles are undertaken?
2. What is the process by which such dual role leadership situations are undertaken, regarding (but not necessarily limited to):
   1. the potentially unfilled portion of FTE in one or both positions;
   2. the identification and selection of other individuals to supplement one or both of the dual roles, including how existing procedures for filling such positions are or are not followed (e.g., is one or both role in such situations reverted to being appointed rather than competitively hired in any circumstances);
   3. the clarification of the work tasks required for each of the leadership roles held, and evaluation of performance in those roles, given that they are engaged at less than 100% FTE;
   4. assurance that potential conflict of interest is identified and pre-empted or managed?

Note: This charge focuses on faculty specifically, excludes roles fulfilled through funding buy-outs and/or by involving summer work for those on 9-month contracts, and also omits focus on within-unit dual leadership roles unless each role historically constitutes 100% FTE (e.g., a department chair assuming the chairship of a second department within a school or college).

Response By

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee - 2025-2026 04/24/2026

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Response Document

S-2317-3: Prevalence, Procedures, and Challenges of Faculty Occupancy of Dual Leadership Roles