University Tenure and Promotion Committee

Purpose

To review existing policy and procedure with respect to promotions and tenure. To review applications for promotion and tenure including recommendations prepared by the relevant Chair, the College Tenure and Promotion Committee, and the relevant Dean and to make appropriate recommendations to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs based on this review. The committee’s report will be a statement of its findings as to whether the faculty member meets the stated criteria for promotion and/or tenure based on the documentation presented by the faculty member. A candidate’s application may be considered only if a representative of the candidate’s college is present.

Personnel

The University Tenure and Promotion Committee will consist of senior, tenured members of the faculty. Each college shall be represented by one tenured committee member for each twenty line-item, full-time positions, or major fraction thereof. All members of the committee will be elected within their college for two- year staggered terms. In a college with two or more representatives, the terms of college representatives will be staggered. No academic department may have more than one elected representative. The members must hold at least the rank of associate professor, be tenured, and have a record of continuing professional activity. If one of those elected is being considered for promotion, an alternate will be elected from that college to serve one year of the term. No faculty member can serve more than two consecutive terms. College Deans, the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or the University President may not serve on the committee. A Department Chair may serve on the committee, provided that no faculty member from that Chair’s department is being considered for tenure and/or promotion. No member of the University Tenure and Promotion Committee may serve concurrently on the College Tenure and Promotion Committee. The Committee will annually elect a Chair for the next year from members not serving the final year of a two-year term and who are not likely to apply for promotion during the subsequent year.

Reports To

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs