Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Purpose. Promotion shall be viewed as
recognition of a faculty member's scholarship, teaching, and service. For the
purposes of this policy, "scholarship" is broadly defined to include research,
scholarly and creative work. For the purposes of this policy "service" is
broadly defined to include administrative service to the university,
professional service to the faculty member's discipline, and the provision of
professional expertise to public and private entities beyond the university.
(1) For promotion purposes, the term "unit"
shall be defined as a department, school, or college without subordinate
academic departments or schools (hereafter, 'independent college'). The term
"faculty" shall be defined as those who hold regular full-time tenured or
tenure-track appointments. Given some variance in procedures followed for
faculty from independent colleges and/or regional campuses, sections of this
policy have been included to delineate these specific procedural
differences.
(2) Criteria
appropriate to a particular unit shall be formulated by that unit in light of
college (if applicable) and university standards and guidelines, the mission of
the unit, and the demands and academic standards of the discipline.
(B) Promotion criteria.
Recommendations for promotion shall be based upon two major classes of
criteria. The first, "academic credentials and university experience,"
describes the normal minimums of credentials and time-in-rank necessary for
promotion consideration. The second, "academic performance and service," refers
to the record of actual performance and the accomplishments by the faculty
member in academic and service areas, as defined by the unit handbook. Unless
otherwise specified in the unit handbook, documented in-press and forthcoming
scholarly or creative works will be considered as part of the record of
accomplishments.
(1) Academic credentials and
university experience.
(a) Assistant
professor. A faculty member will not be considered for advancement to this rank
until either completion of three years as an instructor and possession of at
least the master's degree, or until the academic credentials minimally required
for initial appointment at the assistant professor's level are
achieved.
(b) Associate professor.
This is one of the two senior ranks in academia; accordingly a faculty member
must possess the terminal degree in the faculty member's discipline
before promotion consideration. In exceptional cases, this rule may be modified
with the approval of the unit's promotion committee and the provost. A faculty
member will not usually be considered for advancement to this rank until
completion of five years as an assistant professor, but in cases where the
candidate has met the expectations for promotion, they may be considered after
completion of fewer years as an assistant professor. Unless otherwise specified
in the unit handbook, the criteria for evaluating an application for early
promotion will be the same as the criteria for an on-time application for
promotion. If the initial appointment as assistant
professor carries some years of credit toward tenure, the number of years shall
be deducted from the normal expectation that the candidate has completed five
years as an assistant professor; thus if an assistant professor is hired with
two years credit towards tenure and applies for promotion to associate
professor after completion of three years as an assistant professor, the
application would not be considered an application for early promotion. A
non-tenured faculty member applying for promotion to the rank of associate
professor must also undergo a successful tenure review.
(c) Full professor. As with associate
professor, a faculty member must possess the terminal degree in
the faculty
member's discipline before promotion consideration. In exceptional cases,
this rule may be modified with the approval of the unit's promotion committee
and the provost. A faculty member will not usually be considered for
advancement to this rank until completion of five years as an associate
professor, but in cases where the candidate has met the expectations for
promition, they may be considered after completion of fewer years as an
associate professor. Unless otherwise specified in the unit handbook, the
criteria for evaluating an application for early promotion will be the same as
the criteria for on-time application for promotion. A non-tenured faculty
member applying for promotion to the rank of full professor must also undergo a
successful tenure review. Unlike tenure and promotion to associate professor,
promotion to professor does not involve an assessment of productivity within a
set number of years. Rather, it recognizes success in meeting the academic
unit's requirements for scholarship, teaching, and service commensurate with
the rank of full professor, irrespective of the number of years in the rank of
associate professor.
(2)
The criteria for assessing the quality of scholarship, teaching and service
shall be clearly specified and included in the handbook of each unit and
campus. Guidelines for weighting the categories of scholarship, teaching and
service shall be established by each unit for Kent campus faculty. For regional
campus faculty, guidelines for weighting the categories of scholarship,
teaching and service shall be established by each campus faculty council and
this weighting shall be used at all levels of review. The handbook should
indicate with some specificity, how the quality and significance of scholarship
and the quality and effectiveness of teaching and service are to be documented
and assessed. Only documented evidence of scholarship, teaching, and service
will be used in assessing a faculty member's eligibility for promotion. In the
evaluation of scholarship, emphasis should be placed on external measures of
quality.
(3) All tenured and
tenure-track faculty members of the unit must have the opportunity to
participate in the establishment, development and revision of the unit's
criteria. These processes should be democratic and public.
(4) As the university enters new fields of
endeavor, including interdisciplinary initiatives, instances may arise in which
the scholarship of faculty members may extend beyond established disciplinary
boundaries. In such cases, care must be taken to apply the criteria with
sufficient flexibility. In all instances, superior scholarly attainment, in
accordance with the criteria set forth in the unit handbooks, is an essential
qualification for promotion.
(5)
Criteria based on sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability,
sexual orientation, or political activity or other legally protected categories
are expressly forbidden.
(C) Procedures for making decisions regarding
promotion.
(1) Due process is integral to an
effective promotion policy. The guiding premise in the following procedure is
that the essential phases in promotion consideration occur at the unit level
and at the regional campus (if applicable). Assessments and the recommendations
beyond these levels should reflect due regard for the professional judgments
and recommendations made at the unit and regional campus levels. Review and
assessment by extra-unit and extra-regional campus faculty and the academic
administration are necessary to insure the integrity of the system.
(2) External reviewers. All candidates for
promotion must submit the names of at least five persons outside the university
who are qualified to evaluate their achievements objectively. The unit
administrator shall solicit evaluations from at least three of the qualified
individuals whose names have been submitted by the candidate. The unit
administrator may also solicit evaluations from external reviewers other than
those named by the candidate but must inform the candidate of the persons
contacted. In addition, the college dean, where appropriate) may consult with
the unit administrator regarding any letters the dean may wish to solicit for
consideration at the unit level and inform the candidate of such letters
received. The candidate shall be given a copy of the letter to be sent to
outside evaluators and have the opportunity to comment before the letter is
mailed.
(3) Any agreement at the
time of appointment concerning a candidate's future promotion must be approved
in writing by the unit administrator with the advice of the unit's faculty
advisory committee. Such agreement also must be approved by the college dean
(if applicable) and the provost. If previous experience at another institution
or in a related field is to be counted toward eventual promotion, that shall be
made clear in such an agreement.
(D) Procedures for making decisions regarding
promotion: the unit level. Any action for the promotion of a faculty member
shall be initiated at the academic unit level. (See paragraph (A)(1) of this
rule for definition of "unit".) Consideration of those standing for promotion
shall be undertaken by a unit promotion committee chaired by the unit
administrator as a nonvoting member and composed of the tenured members of the
unit's faculty advisory committee and any full-time
faculty who are tenured full professors of the unit who may not be on the
faculty advisory committee. No member of the committee shall be present while
the committee deliberates or votes on the promotion of a spouse,
domestic partner, or relative.
No
member other than the unit administrator (who shall not be present when
the unit
administrator's own promotion is discussed) shall be present while the
committee deliberates or votes on promotions to a rank higher than that of an
individual committee member. A member of the committee
who intends to vote on a regional campus candidate at the regional campus level
of review may be present, but shall not vote on that candidate at the unit
level.
(1) Each spring semester, the
unit's faculty advisory committee shall review all faculty members below the
rank of full professor in the unit, including regional campus faculty members,
and from them nominate by simple majority vote a list of nominees for
promotion. To this list must be appended any names submitted by persons in
their own behalf, by the unit administrator and/or by an academic
administrative officer of the university. Those nominated shall be notified by
the unit administrator and permitted to withdraw their names if they wish.
Faculty with dual appointments shall be considered for promotion in their
primary academic unit after consultation with the secondary academic
unit.
(2) The unit administrator
shall make available copies of the guidelines, timetables and other information
concerning promotion review to all candidates in the unit, Kent campus and
regional campus faculty members alike, no later than three weeks before the
deadline for submission of materials, which is at the end of the first week of
the fall semester.
(3)
All promotion reviews wil be carried out on a
paperless, electronic system provided by the university for this purpose.
Candidates for promotion, reviewers and administrators must submit and review
promotion file documents on this system and any official notification required
under this policy will appear in this system. Faculty members being
considered for promotion are responsible for developing, organizing, and
submitting to the unit administrator the evidence supporting their candidacy
for promotion. The unit administrator will meet with
the candidate review the file for promotion in order to ensure that the file is complete
and the candidate and the unit
administrator will certify that the file is complete.
Thereafter, the candidate
must be informed of anything that is added to or removed from the file, and
provided the opportunity to insert written comments concerning that new or
removed material. At each level of review, advisory bodies and administrators
will have access to the complete file before they consider the case.
(4) Before convening the promotion committee,
the unit administrator shall formally invite written comments from all tenured
faculty members who are not eligible to vote on the promotion. The unit
administrator shall provide those comments to the promotion committee, shall
provide a copy to the candidate, and shall place the comments in the
file.
(5) Members of the promotion
committee on leave of absence or absent for justifiable reasons shall be
notified of the nominations and shall vote by absentee ballot, or they may
request from the committee the right to abstain from voting.
Except where a member of the promotion committee is
ineligible to vote in accordance with paragraph (D) of this rule or has been
granted the right to abstain from voting, all committee members shall submit a
vote on each candidate. If the promotion committee
will
consist of fewer than four voting members,
then a
special procedure for enlarging it shall be developed by the unit administrator
with the advice of the faculty advisory committee and the assistance of the
college dean, if applicable, and the approval of the provost.
(6) The unit administrator shall discuss
the unit
administrator's estimate of the strengths and weaknesses of each
candidate with the unit promotion committee.
(7) The case of each candidate shall be the
subject of candid discussion by the committee. During the committee meeting,
each voting member shall indicate the member's
nonbinding "yea" or "nay." After the meeting, each voting member shall record
the
member's final vote by completing a signed evaluation form with
comments.
(8) Approval of at least
three-fourths of the members of the unit's promotion committee who vote,
excluding those
who abstain under paragraph (D)(5) of this rule
, shall constitute
the formal endorsement to the unit administrator for promotion.
(9) The unit administrator shall assemble the
recorded votes, signed evaluation forms, along with supporting statements, as
well as other relevant documents regarding the faculty member's application for
promotion. The unit administrator shall weigh and assess all relevant
information and decide whether to recommend promotion.
the unit
administrator shall record the unit
administrator's decision, along with a signed statement supporting
it.
(10) In the case of regional
campus and Kent campus faculty alike, the unit administrator shall extend an
invitation to the candidate to meet in order to discuss the assessment and
recommendation. This meeting should take place as soon as possible. In all
cases that are not unanimously positive, the unit administrator must meet with
the candidate within five working days from the date of the submission of the
unit administrator's letter to the administrator at the next higher
level.
(11) The unit administrator
shall inform the offices of the appropriate college dean, regional campus dean,
where appropriate, and the provost of the results of the unit's deliberations.
The file must be completed and closed at the unit level and no material shall
be added or removed except as provided for in this policy.
(12) No later than the date when the unit
administrator transmits the unit administrator's recommendation to the next
higher administrative officer, the unit administrator shall notify the candidate of
his/her recommendation by letter.
(a) The unit
administrator shall include with this letter a copy of
the unit
administrator's letter of recommendation to the next higher
administrative officer, a summary of the advisory recommendations of the
promotion committee, and copies of the committee's signed evaluation
forms.
(b) In the unit
administrator's letter to the candidate,
the unit
administrator shall inform the candidate that the candidate
has the right, within ten working days, to add a letter to
the
candidate's file responding to any procedural errors or errors of fact
that the candidate believes have been included in either the unit
administrator's letter, or the committee members' statements.
(c) The letter shall also indicate that, if
the candidate wishes to appeal a negative recommendation, such intent shall be
expressed to the next higher academic officer in writing within ten working
days of receipt of the unit administrator's letter.
(E) Procedures for making
decisions regarding promotion: the regional campus level. Regional campus
candidates for promotion will be reviewed at the unit level (as described in
paragraph (D) of this rule) and at the regional campus level. The promotion
committee of a regional campus shall be composed of the tenured members of the
faculty council and full-time faculty of the campus who are tenured full
professors. No member of the committee shall be present when the committee
deliberates or votes on the promotion of an individual to a rank higher than
that of the individual faculty member of the promotion committee, or on the
promotion of a spouse, domestic partner, or
relative. A member of the committee who intends to vote
at the unit level of review may be present, but shall not vote on that
candidate at the regional campus level. The faculty chair is a voting
member of the campus promotion committee, except in cases when the committee
deliberates or votes on the promotion of an individual to a rank higher than
the faculty chair. In such cases, the faculty chair will recuse himself or
herself and a tenured individual with the appropriate rank will be elected from
and by the campus promotion committee to fill the role of the faculty chair
provided for in the policy.
(1) The regional
campus dean will make available to the candidate and the unit copies of those
sections of the campus handbook concerning the campus' method of weighing unit
criteria.
(2) Regional campus
faculty members being considered for promotion are responsible for developing,
organizing, and submitting to the unit administrator the evidence supporting
their candidacy for promotion. The unit administrator will review the files
with the candidate for promotion in order to ensure that the files are complete
and will prepare a statement for inclusion in each file indicating that the
file is complete as indicated in paragraph (D)(3) of this rule. The unit
administrator must notify the regional campus dean in a timely fashion that the
file is available for review by the campus promotion committee. Thereafter, the
candidate must be informed of anything that is added to or removed from the
file and provided the opportunity to insert written comments concerning the
added or removed material.
(3)
Before convening the campus promotion committee, the faculty chair shall
formally invite signed written comments from all campus tenured faculty members
who are not eligible to vote on the promotion. The faculty chair will provide
the comments to the campus promotion committee, copy the candidate, and place
the comments in the file.
(4)
Members of the campus promotion committee on leave of absence shall be notified
of the candidacies and shall vote by absentee ballots or they may request from
the committee the right to abstain from voting. Except
where a member of the promotion committee is ineligible to vote in accordance
with paragraph (E) of this rule or has been granted the right to abstain from
voting, all committee members shall submit a vote on each candidate. If
the campus promotion committee will consist of fewer than four
voting members, including the voting chair, then
a special procedure for enlarging it shall be developed by the regional campus
dean, with the advice of the faculty council and the approval of the
provost.
(5) The case of each
candidate shall be subject to candid discussion by the committee. During the
committee meeting, each voting member shall indicate the member's
nonbinding "yea" or "nay." After the meeting, each voting member shall record
the
member's final vote by completing a signed evaluation form with
comments.
(6) Approval of at least
three-fourths of the members of the campus promotion committee who vote
(excluding those abstaining under paragraph (E)(4) of this rule) shall be
required for a recommendation to the regional campus dean for
promotion.
(7) The faculty chair
shall then summarize the committee's vote, signed evaluation forms, and
recommendation for support or non-support of granting promotion to the
candidate in a signed letter to the candidate and the regional campus dean. The
letter shall indicate that, if the candidate wishes to respond to a
recommendation for non-support, such a response must be made to the campus dean
and copied to the unit administrator within ten working days of receipt of the
letter. Copies of the faculty chair's letter shall be provided to the college
dean and to the unit administrator of the candidate's unit.
(8) The regional campus dean shall assemble
the records, along with supporting statements, ballots, and other relevant
documents. The regional campus dean will then review the file and the advisory
recommendations of the campus promotion committee and the unit administrator,
weigh and assess all relevant information, and decide whether to recommend the
granting of promotion to the candidate. The dean shall
record the
dean's decision along with a signed statement supporting the
decision.
(9) The regional campus
dean should extend an invitation to the candidate to meet in order to discuss
the assessment and recommendation. This meeting should take place as soon as
possible in all cases. In all cases that are not unanimously positive, the
regional campus dean must meet with the candidate within five working days from
the date of the submission of the dean's letter to the appropriate
administrator.
(10) The regional
campus dean's recommendation to grant or deny promotion to the candidate shall
be submitted to either the college dean (in the case of a candidate from a
dependent department or school) or to the provost (in the case of a candidate
from an independent college), with copies to the unit administrator and (where
the recommendation is to a college dean) to the provost. The file must be
completed and closed at the regional campus level and no material is to be
added or removed except as provided for in this policy.
(11) No later than the date when the regional
campus dean transmits the regional campus dean's recommendations to the
college dean or provost, the regional campus dean shall notify the candidate of
the regional
campus dean's recommendation by letter.
(a) The regional campus dean shall include
within this letter a copy of the regional campus dean's letter of recommendation to
the college dean or provost, a summary of the advisory recommendations of the
tenure committee, and copies of the committee's signed evaluation.
(b) In the regional campus dean's letter to
the candidate,
the regional campus
dean shall inform the candidate that the candidate
has the right, within ten working days, to add a letter to
the
candidate's file responding to any procedural errors or errors of fact
that the candidate believes have been included in either the regional campus
dean's letter, the faculty chair's letter, or the committee member's
statements.
(c) The letter shall
also indicate that, if the candidate wishes to appeal a negative
recommendation, such intent shall be expressed to the next higher academic
officer in writing within ten working days of receipt of the regional campus
dean's letter.
(F) Procedures for making decisions regarding
promotion: colleges with dependent units. The college dean shall conduct a
review of the unit's decision and, where applicable, the regional campus'
actions and shall convene the college advisory committee, which shall function
as the college promotion committee. On the basis of the qualifications of the
candidate, this committee shall evaluate all assessments deriving from the unit
and, where applicable, the regional campus levels, and recommend to the college
dean either promotion or denial of promotion.
(1) The college dean shall be the chair and a
nonvoting member of the college promotion committee. Tenured members of the
elected college advisory committee shall serve as the college promotion
committee to review recommendations and evaluations from the departments and
schools and recommend to the college dean in each case whether promotion should
be granted. This committee shall have made available to it all data developed
by the unit and, where applicable, the regional campus. These materials shall
be the subject of candid discussion by the committee, except that no member of
the college promotion committee may vote on candidates from their own unit
or own regional campuse and no member of the
committee shall be present when the committee deliberates or votes on the
tenure of a spouse, domestic partner, or
relative.
(2)
Members of the college promotion committee on leave of
absence shall be notified of the candidacies and shall vote by absentee ballots
or they may request from the committee the right to abstain from voting. Except
where a member of the promotion committee is ineligible to vote in accordance
with paragraph (F) of this rule or has been granted the right to abstain from
voting, all committee members shall submit a vote on each candidate. If the
college promotion committee will consist of fewer than four voting members,
then a special procedure for enlarging it shall be developed by teh college
dean, with the advice of the college advisory committee and the approval of the
provost.
(3) During the
committee meeting each voting member shall indicate the member's
nonbinding "yea" or "nay." After the meeting, each voting member shall record
the
member's final vote by completing a signed evaluation form with
comments.
(4) Approval of
three-fourths of the members of the promotion committee who vote (excluding
those who abstain for reasons under paragraph (F)(1) of this rule) shall
constitute a recommendation for promotion by the college promotion committee to
the college dean.
(5) The college dean
shall prepare a written statement in which is recorded the recommendation of
the college promotion committee, along with the numerical vote. In addition,
the college dean shall submit a recommendation for approval or disapproval of
the candidate's promotion.
(a) For Kent campus
and regional campus candidates alike, the college dean's statement and
candidate's file are submitted to the provost.
(b) The file must be completed and closed at
the college level and no material shall be added or removed except as provided
for in this policy.
(6) No later than the
date the college recommendation is submitted to the provost, the college dean
shall notify the candidate of the college dean's recommendation by letter.
(a) The college dean shall include with this
letter a copy of the college dean's letter of recommendation to the
provost, a summary of the advisory recommendations of the promotion committee,
and copies of the committee's signed evaluation forms.
(b) In the college dean's letter to the
candidate,
the college
dean shall inform the candidate that the candidate
has the right, within ten working days, to add a letter to
the
candiate's file responding to any procedural errors or errors of fact
that the candidate believes have been included in either the college dean's
letter or the committee member's statements.
(c) The letter shall also indicate that, if
the candidate wishes to appeal a negative decision recommendation, such intent
shall be expressed to the next higher academic officer in writing within ten
working days of receipt of the college dean's letter.
(G) Procedures for making
decisions regarding promotion: the provost level. The provost shall conduct a
review of the previous actions and shall make an academic administrative
recommendation on promotion forwarded to the president.
(1) To assist in this process with respect to
Kent campus faculty, the provost shall convene the Kent campus promotion
advisory board. The members of this board shall be appointed by the provost in
consultation with the provost's advisory council, from a list of tenured
associate and full professors nominated by the faculty senate executive
committee, the college advisory committees, and the college deans. It is
ordinarily expected that, through such discussion, consensus on the Kent campus
promotion advisory board members will be reached. In the unusual circumstance
that the provost's faculty advisory council and the provost are unable to reach
consensus in regard to the members of the board by the specified date for the
beginning of the board's activity, the provost shall convene a Kent campus
promotion advisory board that includes those for whom consensus has been
reached and others that the provost appoints. This board shall evaluate from a
Kent campus-wide perspective the recommendations made thus far and shall
formally advise the provost as to whether, in its view, these recommendations
should be accepted.
(2) To aid in
making a recommendation with respect to regional campus faculty, the provost
shall convene a regional-campus-wide promotion advisory board. The members of
this board shall be appointed by the provost in consultation with the regional
campuses faculty advisory council and regional campus deans from a list of
tenured associate and full professors nominated by each regional campus faculty
council and the regional campus deans. It is ordinarily expected that, through
such discussion, consensus on the regional campuses-wide promotion advisory
board members will be reached. In the unusual circumstance that the regional
campuses faculty advisory council and the provost are unable to reach consensus
in regard to the members of this board by the specified date for the beginning
of the board's activity, the provost shall convene a regional campuses-wide
promotion advisory board that includes those members for whom consensus has
been reached and others that the provost appoints. This board shall evaluate
from a regional campus-wide perspective the recommendations made thus far and
shall formally advise the provost as to whether, in its view, these
recommendations should be accepted.
(3) No member of the Kent campus or
regional-campus-wide promotion advisory board will vote on a candidate for whom
the
member cast a ballot at a lower level of review and no member may be
present while the board deliberates or votes on the promotion of a spouse, domestic partner, or relative.
(4) The provost shall provide written
notification to the candidates for promotion of the action taken. Such
notification shall be made at least one week prior to the date designated as
the submission date for recommendations for promotion by the president to the
board of trustees. The communication to candidates whose promotions are not
approved shall include reasons why approval was withheld. A negative
recommendation shall include a statement of the relevant handbook criteria or
criteria as established in this policy that the candidate has failed to meet.
Copies of each communication shall be sent to the college dean, regional campus
dean (if applicable) and academic unit administrator.
(H) New material may be added as requested by
a review committee or the responsible academic administrator at any level of
review in order to correct or more fully document information contained in the
promotion file. In such instances, the candidate shall be notified of, and
given the opportunity to review, such new material as is added to the file and
shall also be provided with the opportunity to include written comments
relevant to this material and/or the appropriateness of its inclusion in the
file. In no case will a candidate for promotion be
required to create new material or required to procure material not currently
in possession of the candidate.
(I) Any faculty member whose promotion has
been disapproved at any level shall have the right to appeal to the next higher
academic administrative officer. In the case of denial by the provost, the
appeal shall be to the president, or when appropriate, to the joint appeals
board (see collective bargaining agreement, Article VII, Section 2). All
appeals must be initiated by the candidate in writing within ten working days
of the candidate's receipt of the disapproval notification or as otherwise
specified by the collective bargaining agreement. At each level of appeal, the
appellant shall be offered an opportunity to appear in person to present
the
appellant's case orally before the appropriate promotion advisory
committee or board. The appellant may be accompanied by a colleague who may
assist in presenting the appellant's case. Furthermore, if an individual
other than the appellant is invited to address the committee or board, the
appellant shall have an opportunity to respond to any new information. The
committee or board shall determine whether the information is new and whether
to invite an oral or written response. The academic administrator in question
shall consider the vote of this body seriously before making
the
recommendation and shall inform both the appellant and the academic
administrator at the next higher level of the results of this vote.
(J) Academic administrators and members of
promotion committees are expected to act in accordance with the principles of
due process and abide by the "Professional Code of Ethics" (rule
3342-6-17 of the Administrative
Code). All documents in the promotion process are subject to the Ohio Open
Records Law (section 149.43 of the Revised
Code).
(K)
Applicable university policies and academic unit
handbooks for faculty members being considered for promotion.
(1)
Normally,
probationary faculty members being considered for promotion to assistant or
associate professor will be governed by the university policies and procedures
regarding faculty reappointment, tenure, and promotion and the unit handbook in
place at the time of the initial appointment. In the event that university
policies and procedures regarding faculty reappointment, tenure, and promotion
and/or the unit handbook are revised during the faculty members' probationary
period, the faculty member will have the option of being governed by the
current policies and the current handbook or by the policies and the unit
handbook in place at the time of the faculty member's initial appointment. The
faculty member will include a written election of this option in the faculty
member's file.
(2)
Normally, tenured faculty members being considered for
promotion to associate professor or full professor will be governed by the
university policies and procedures regarding faculty promotion and the unit
handbook in place at the time they submit their promotion file. In the event
that university policy and procedures regarding faculty promotion and/or the
unit handbook are revised during the five year period preceding the submission
of the promotion file, the faculty member will have the option of being
governed by the current policies and the current unit handbook or by the
policies and the unit handbook in place at any time during the five year
period. The faculty member will include a written election of this option in
the faculty member's file.
