How to attract good teachers to a young university? I won't go into much detail, but I work at a young private university at a non-managerial position.

The uni has a strong need for better teachers and more adequate students. In my opinion, a viable strategy for quickly increasing the education quality level would be to focus on only 1 faculty/ department/ specialty first, because:


It would be cheaper to focus on one department (i.e. program creation, teachers acquisition and salary, advertizing to students).
Even if a lot of students drop out due to suddenly intensifying the program, students from other departments would continue to financially support the university.
Being great at one thing while temporarily neglecting others is better than being below mediocre at everything.


Focusing on one department would mean:


Intensifying the program.
Attracting good teachers.
Attracting better students (more willing to learn, with better background) (with the help of 1. and 2.).


I believe intensifying the program and attracting good teachers for one department (probably for CS) before attracting better students is the way to go.

I have a CS background and can help with creating the program (classes).

If I manage to convince the people in charge, how should we go about attracting good teachers (probably from other universities)? Adequate salaries would probably not be enough.

Thanks for the answers!
Adequate salaries would probably not be enough


That's true.

Superior salaries

Superior salaries are needed to attract superior staff. There are many examples of companies that pay (significantly) above-average salaries so they can attract the best. This is true in retail (The Container Store), tech (Google), and other industries. I see no reason why it would be different in academia. While salary is not the only thing that matters it does matter a great deal. Countless research on motivation (Herzberg, Ariely, Pink) shows that what is important is to pay enough that people stop thinking about money. If people are just "getting by" then they will be thinking about money rather than thinking about how to be the best in their field.

Freedom

Once you get the money right, you need to give freedom (as written in the comment by Sverre). Hire the best and get out of their way. Yes, support them but do not "tie their hands" and make them do things because "it has always been that way." This is one point which it should be both easy for your university to do as well as to convince candidates that it is true. Your school is young and so has not been doing things the same way for 50 years. Let the candidates know they will have freedom to do as they see fit.

Support

Giving freedom does not mean abandoning them. If your teachers want start producing videos, acquire the tools they will need. If they want to experiment and they need help, help them. If they are not from the area, help them transition. Be open and supportive.