Making the Offer
Negotiations with a prospective hire are generally the purview of the department Chair and the college Dean, and either may use this form to request ADVANCE funds to supplement a start-up package or hiring offer. Women in STEM fields are statistically more likely to have an academic spouse than men in the same field;* (See Policy Here).
Best practices:
- Do not assume that all faculty candidates will negotiate aggressively. Studies have shown that women in particular are less likely to negotiate or make aggressive counter offers.** Ensure that your opening offer is attractive enough to at least start the conversation.
** Babcock, Linda and Sara Laschever, Women Don’t Ask (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003).