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.