Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)

EMU, along with twenty-three neighboring public and private institutions, have joined together to launch the HERC (Higher Education Recruitment Consortium) in Michigan .

Developed in 2000, the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) is a collaborative response of higher education institutions throughout the United States to the many challenges of academic recruitment and retention. Of particular interest to HERC is finding effective ways of assisting the spouses and partners of faculty and staff to secure area employment and encouraging diversity at member institutions.

The first HERC began in northern California , the home of silicon Valley, in 2000 and now includes 46 member institutions.  There are now HERCs in other competitive areas where the hunt for talent is at a premium including northern & southern California , metro New York/south Connecticut , New Jersey , upstate New York , New England and Greater Chicago.  HERCs are also planned for metro St. Louis .  Plans are underway to create a national HERC that will establish itself as an independent non-profit organization and provide services to all the regional HERCs.

The Michigan HERC launched in January 2008 and consists of the following institutions:

 

Alma College	Central Michigan University
College for Creative Studies	Concordia University
Cornerstone University	Davenport University
Delta College	Eastern Michigan University
Ferris State University	Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Valley State University	Henry Ford Community College
Michigan State University	Mott Community College
Oakland Community College	Oakland University
University of Detroit Mercy	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Michigan - Dearborn	University of Michigan - Flint
Washtenaw Community College	Wayne County Community College District
Wayne State University	Western Michigan University

You can access the MI-HERC website here.

 

 

 

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