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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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Hiring question

I am a faculty member at a rural two-year college. I have just been assigned to be part of hiring committees for a new department chair and a new vice president for the satellite campus that I teach on. What kind of questions should I be asking, or what kind of information should I be seeking out, in the interviews? Thank you for your input.
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Chair:

* How do you see your role as between faculty and administration? Try to tease out if they are a coalition builder or a divider. Does your school have a contentious relationship between faculty and admin? Or is it more collaborative? Do you need a chair who is going to fight for your faculty or one who will build relationships? Do you need someone who just transmits info from admin, or one who creates policy? 
* How will you support faculty as they prepare for tenure or promotion? How do you support faculty who have already gained tenure or promotion? 
* How have you dealt with / will you deal with faculty who are not meeting expectations? 
* Various behavioral questions, various targeted questions applicable to your department/campus. What's something specific to your school that has caused problems in the past? Ask them something about that.

VP: What are they going to be VP of? This is going to affect the questions...are they staff side or faculty side? The VP of Student Affairs is different from VP of Academic Affairs (or whatever). The VP of a satellite campus could wear a lot of hats or have a strict focus. No matter what, ask about disaster planning and support for faculty in "these trying times..."