In follow up to the August DEO Retreat, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has announced the call for departmental faculty hiring plans and faculty deployment charts.

By October 31, 2025 at 5:00 p.m., all departments must submit a 5-year faculty hiring plan utilizing the required CLAS hiring plan template. No separate pre-proposal form will be submitted this year.

By November 14, 2025 at 5:00 p.m., all departments must submit a faculty deployment chart for the 2026-27 year. Decisions on faculty hiring plans will not be considered until a faculty deployment chart has been submitted. CLAS has provided a faculty deployment template. It is acceptable to provide slight deviation from this template if your department creates their own version of this chart or regularly uses a MAUI report (example: the Course Sections report) in your course planning, as long as it includes (1) a list of full course offerings by semester with instructor assignments and (2) a summary documenting overall faculty loads and showing full deployment of all instructors (faculty and TAs). Please be sure to include a note of all course releases/course buyouts by faculty. If you do utilize the MAUI report, please ensure it is formatted into a similar format as the sample template.

Faculty Hiring Plans and Faculty Deployment Charts should be submitted by the noted deadlines using the CLAS File Cabinet.