Responsible Office: Academic Affairs
Policy Administrator: Chief Academic Officer
Scope:
|Faculty
Approved By: Office of the President
Approved Date: 5/1/2013
Effective Date: 5/1/2013
Category: Academics
Description/Purpose:
Responsibilities for Promotion and Tenure
Details:
A. Candidate
- Meets annually with his or her department chair and reviews his or her progress toward promotion and tenure.
- Knows the minimum eligibility requirements.
- Understands thoroughly the promotion and tenure procedures and his or her role in them.
- Understands and meets all deadlines.
- Gathers, prepares, and submits a complete application.
B. Department Chair
- Meets annually with all department faculty and reviews their progress toward promotion and tenure.
- Makes annual classroom visitations.
- Prepares and submits an annual evaluation for all non-tenured faculty.
- Prepares and submits a written appraisal to accompany promotion and tenure applications that includes an unambiguous recommendation for or against the application.
C. Dean
- Meets annually with department chairs and reviews faculty progress toward promotion and tenure.
- Prepares and submits a written appraisal to accompany promotion and tenure applications that includes an unambiguous recommendation for or against the application.
D. Committee on Promotion and Committee on Tenure
- Validates the possession by the applicant of the minimum academic and service qualifications.
- Renders a qualitative judgment on the applicant's qualifications based upon the appropriate criteria.
- Makes a recommendation on each applicant to the President.
- Formulates summary recommendations on promotion and tenure policies and procedures, if any, to the President.
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