Forms from MSU Human Resources
Searches
- Academic Hiring Manual
- CAL Position Request Guidelines
- CAL Spousal-Partner Hire Decision Guidelines
- Faculty Search Dispositions
- CAL Virtual Interview Tip Sheet
- Suggestions for Interviews Using Videoconferencing and the Telephone
- Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS)
- Office of Inclusion & Intercultural Initiatives (OI3)
- University Faculty Search Toolkit
- Automatic Advertising Sourcing for all searches/postings (paid for by MSU HR)
- Pure Michigan Talent Connect – http://mitalent.org
- Inside Higher Ed – http://careers.insidehighered.com/jobs
- HERC – https://main.hercjobs.org/jobs
Faculty Appointments
Onboarding
- AAN – Academic Administrators’ Guide to Commonly Needed Info
- CAL Academic Administrator Companion 2021
- New Faculty Teaching Resources 2021
- General Information: E-mails, NetID’s, etc.
- MSU Acronyms
- WorkLife Office Listservs
Fixed Term and Academic Staff
For Fixed Term and Academic Specialists
- Fall 2025 Fixed-Term Faculty Promotion Guidance and Timeline from the Office of the Provost
- Annual Performance Review for Fixed Term Faculty and Academic Staff
- Best Practices in Online Course Evaluation
- CAL MOU Checklist
- College of Arts & Letters Non-Tenure Stream Promotion Review Committee — See CAL Bylaws, Section 3.4.2
Academic Specialists
- 2025-2026 Academic Specialist Reappointment, Promotion, and Continuing (RPC) Memo from the Office of the Provost
- Academic Specialist Handbook
- MSU Academic Specialist Advisory Committee
- College of Arts & Letters Criteria and Procedures for Fixed-Term and Continuing System Promotion Review of Academic Specialists and/or Reappointment, Awarding of Continuing System Appointment Status — See CAL Bylaws, Appendix 4
- Procedures for Changing from Fixed Term Specialist to Continuing System Academic Specialist
- 3-year Contract Program Policy for Fixed-term Faculty and Fixed-term Academic Specialists
Fixed-Term Faculty (Including Senior Instructor)
- CAL Guidelines for Promotion to Senior Instructor, Fixed Term Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, or Associate Professor to Professor — See CAL Bylaws, Appendix 3
- MSU Guidelines for Promotion to Senior Instructor, Fixed Term Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, or Associate Professor to Professor
Designation B for Fixed Term Faculty and Specialists
UNTF
- UNTF Contract
- UNTF Letters of Offer, Non-renewable Letter, Designation B, Payroll Deduction Authorization, etc.
Tenure System
- CAL Annual Evaluation Rubric (use is optional)
- Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure (RPT) Guidelines
- CAL MOU Checklist
- Tenure System Hiring Information
- Tenure System Letter of Offer Template