Faculty Evaluation Procedures

FOR PROMOTION IN RANK

I. General Guidelines

I. General Guidelines

II. Specific Guidelines

Promotion to Associate Professor Promotion to Professor

1. General policies, procedures, criteria, and deadlines governing faculty promotions are outlined in the University Handbook. In addition, specific dates and deadlines pertaining to the promotions process are listed in the University's Calendar for Personnel Decisions developed annually by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
   
   
2. According to University guidelines, faculty under consideration for promotion must document their professional accomplishments in three major areas: 1.) teaching, 2.) scholarship and professional activity, and 3.) service. Therefore, each promotion applicant must prepare a comprehensive promotion application dossier to indicate how he/she meets the University's promotion criteria for the academic rank sought. The specific format of the promotion dossier is left to the discretion of the applicant. However, to document the scope and quality of their performance in teaching, College faculty are encouraged to develop a teaching portfolio prepared according to commonly accepted standards. Information on the preparation of teaching portfolios may be found in the following references:
   
   
   1. Seldin, P. 1991. The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Co., Inc.
   2. Seldin, P. 1993. Successful Use of Teaching Portfolios. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Co., Inc.
      
      
3. All faculty who wish to be considered for promotion in rank in a particular academic year should notify the Dean of that intention as early as possible during that year, but no later than the time the faculty member procures the official promotion application form from the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

II. Specific Guidelines

A. Promotion to Associate Professor

1. Since promotion from Assistant to Associate Professor is generally considered at or near the time the candidate is considered for tenure, the same evaluation committee that performs the tenure evaluation will also serve as the candidate's promotion evaluation committee.
   
   
2. The evaluation committee will examine the candidate's application dossier and, in light of University promotion criteria, will review its evaluee's academic accomplishments in the areas of teaching, scholarship and professional activity, and service. Following this review, the committee will forward its evaluation and recommendations to the Dean for consideration. Should the Chair disagree with the committee majority's evaluation, the Chair has the option of writing a minority report for consideration by the Dean.
   
   
3. The evaluation committee will also draft and send a letter to the evaluee to convey the evaluation results and the recommendations it has made to the Dean. If the candidate is being considered for tenure simultaneously with promotion, the results of both evaluation considerations may be incorporated in the same letter. The committee may meet with the candidate to discuss the evaluation results, if the committee and/or candidate so choose; however, this meeting may not substitute for the written evaluation letter. A copy of the committee's letter to the evaluee should be sent to the Dean for inclusion in the candidate's personnel file. The Dean must receive the committee's evaluation and recommendations no later than one week prior to the announced University date upon which promotion recommendations are due to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
   
   
4. The Dean will review the committee's evaluation and recommendations, and determine whether or not the evaluee should be recommended to the Vice President for Academic Affairs for promotion. The Dean will also draft and send a letter to the evaluee to convey the results of his/her review and recommendations. In addition, the Dean may meet individually with the evaluee to discuss the overall evaluation.

B. Promotion to Professor

1. 1. Upon notification of a faculty member's desire to be considered for promotion to the rank of Full Professor, the Dean will appoint a promotion evaluation committee for that individual. Generally, the committee will consist of five College faculty members who currently hold the rank of Professor. In addition, the College's representative on the University Promotions Committee will serve as an ex officio committee member. However, at the Dean's discretion, faculty from outside the College may be asked to serve on the committee, or the committee membership size may be reduced to fewer than five (but no less than three). This committee will serve as the promotion applicant's evaluation team only for the year appointed, even if the candidate is unsuccessful in achieving promotion. In the latter case, the Dean will reappoint a new evaluation committee upon notifi cation by the candidate of a new promotion application in a subsequent year.
   
   
2. The evaluation committee will examine the candidate's application dossier and, in light of University promotion criteria, will review its evaluee's academic accomplishments in the areas of teaching, scholarship and professional activity, and service. Following this review, the committee will forward its evaluation and recommendations to the Dean for consideration.
   
   
3. The evaluation committee will also draft and send a letter to the evaluee to convey the evaluation results and the recommendations it has made to the Dean. The committee may meet with the candidate to discuss the evaluation results, if the committee and/or candidate so choose; however, this meeting may not substitute for the written evaluation letter. A copy of the committee's letter to the evaluee should be sent to the Dean for inclusion in the candidate's personnel file. The Dean must receive the committee's evaluation and recommendations no later than one week prior to the announced University date upon which promotion recommendations are due to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
   
   
4. The Dean will review the committee's evaluation and recommendations, and determine whether or not the evaluee should be recommended to the Vice President for Academic Affairs for promotion. The Dean will also draft and send a letter to the evaluee to convey the results of his/her review and recommendations. In addition, the Dean may meet individually with the evaluee to discuss the overall evaluation.

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