Procedures
for Reappointments and Promotion
4. By 1 October each department Chair shall submit to the
Dean a list of those departmental faculty being considered
for tenure or promotion to a senior rank (i.e., either promotion
to or reappointment in the rank of Associate Professor or
Professor). The Dean shall forward that information to the
President and to the elected faculty members of the Committee
on Tenure and Promotion, a Committee which will review each
candidate's qualifications and the several recommendations.
Upon notification that he or she is being considered for tenure
or promotion to a senior rank, a candidate should add to the
Faculty File any additional information he or she believes
relates to the case.
For each
candidate being considered for tenure, the Committee on Tenure
and Promotion shall summarize its findings in a written report,
including signed majority and minority opinions, for the Board
of Trustees, no later than 1 February. The signed copy of
the CTP's "Report(s) to the Trustees" shall be sent
to the candidate's Faculty File in the Dean's Office and an
unsigned copy to his or her departmental file. Copies of all
other materials which may have been added to the Dean’s
File subsequent to the department’s review, including
any response by the candidate him- or herself, or evaluations
solicited or unsolicited, shall be placed in the departmental
file once the Board of Trustees has communicated its decision
to the candidate. By 1 February each candidate shall receive
from the Dean an unsigned copy of the written report(s). The
actual number of votes in both the CTP Majority and Minority
shall be disclosed to the candidate and, under bonds of confidentiality,
to the senior tenured members of the candidate's department.
The President shall present each report to the Board of Trustees
for final ratification and, no later than 1 March shall notify
each individual of the final result orally or, at an individual's
request, in writing, in a summary statement through the Dean
and Department Chair.
For each
candidate with tenure being considered for promotion to a
senior rank, the Committee on Tenure and Promotion shall summarize
its findings in a written report, including signed majority
and minority opinions, for the Board of Trustees, no later
than 15 May. The signed copy of the CTP's "Report (s)
to the Trustees" shall be sent to the candidate’s
Faculty File in the Dean's Office and an unsigned copy to
his or her departmental file. Copies of all other materials
which may have been added to the Dean’s File subsequent
to the department’s review, including any response by
the candidate him- or herself, or evaluations solicited or
unsolicited, shall be placed in the departmental file once
the Board of Trustees has communicated its decision to the
candidate. By 15 May each candidate shall receive from the
Dean an unsigned copy of the written report(s). The actual
number of votes in both the CTP Majority and Minority shall
be disclosed to the candidate and, under the bonds of confidentiality,
to the senior tenured members of the candidate’s department.
The President shall present each report to the Board of Trustees
for final ratification and, no later than 15 June, shall notify
each individual of the final result orally or, at an individual’s
request, in writing, in a summary statement through the Dean
and Department Chair.
