Editor's Advisory: Bay Area's Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) to launch first Northern California web site for jobs in higher education

The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, a group of 18 Bay Area campuses founded in 2000 by UC Santa Cruz, will announce on Tuesday, October 21, the launch of the first higher education job web site in northern California.

You are invited to attend
What: PRESS CONFERENCE to announce the launch of www.bayareaherc.org -- the first higher education job web site in northern California's Bay Area.

When: 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2003

Where: UCSC Extension, Cupertino Site, 10420 Bubb Road, Room 119

Who:

UC Santa Cruz Chancellor--M.R.C. Greenwood

UC Santa Cruz Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor--John B. Simpson

Stanford University Vice Provost for Faculty Development--Patricia P. Jones

San Jose State Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs--Peter Lee

Foothill-De Anza Community Colleges Vice Chancellor, Human Resources--Jane Enright

Details: The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)--a group of 18 Bay Area campuses founded in 2000 by UC Santa Cruz--will announce the launch of www.bayareaherc.org, the first higher education job web site in northern California. The site is designed for a wide variety of job seekers to have access for the first time to Bay Area higher education jobs--all in one centralized location.

UC Santa Cruz Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood will join speakers from Stanford University, San Jose State University, and Foothill-De Anza Community College to celebrate the new web site and the benefits of HERC. Reporters will have the opportunity to ask questions of the speakers after their presentations.

Higher Education represents a significant economic force in the Bay Area. HERC member campuses have a combined overall budget estimated at more than $7 billion, with over 20,000 faculty employees and 50,000 staff. Over the next five years, HERC campuses will hire an estimated 20,000 new employees. HERC covers the entire spectrum of higher education, including members from the University of California, California State University, California Community Colleges, private universities, and professional schools.