The administration and the faculty, with their professional expertise, are best able to determine whether a candidate's qualifications are the equivalent of the minimum qualifications.

In order that applicants be given careful consideration, the equivalency process has been made flexible enough to allow applicants to provide evidence that they have education and experience at least as good as that required by the minimum qualifications, even if their formal education is not identical to degree requirements or they have acquired their qualifications by a route other than the conventional one.

The equivalency process will assist the college in achieving its Faculty and Staff Diversity goals.

The equivalency process is not a waiver of minimum qualifications and will not result in the hiring of less qualified individuals.