At the end of 2005, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FacEx) created the Task Force on Promotion and Tenure and charged it with the massive task of conducting a comprehensive review of current standards, procedures, and practices relating to tenure and promotion and proposing revisions to Article VI of the Faculty Senate Rules and Regulations. FacEx was responding to a variety of problems that had arisen in regard to the promotion and tenure process including poorly organized and confusing provisions, multiple sets of overlapping standards and procedures, and issues of communication, transparency, and fairness throughout the process. The task force, chaired by Prof. Rick Levy, met throughout 2006-07 and sought broad participation by the University community through a series of pubic fora and by posting a lengthy discussion draft for public review and comments. The Faculty Senate approved the original Task Force Report and Recommendations on  May 3, 2007 and the Chancellor approved on September 17, 2007.

As nearly five years have passed since the new provisions in FSRR Art. VI were implemented, the Faculty Executive Committee is creating a new task force.

Chair: Susan Twombly, Ed Leadership & Policy Studies

Vince Barker, Business

John Broholm, Journalism

Judith Emde, Libraries

Kenneth Fischer, Mechanical Engineering

Jennifer Gleason, Ecology

Megan Greene, East Asian Studies & History

Mike Kautsch, Law

Margaret Marco, Music

Thomas Prisinzano, Medicinal Chemistry

Michael C. Roberts, Applied Behavior Science

Mohamed El-Hodiri, Economics

Ex-officio non-voting:  Mary Lee Hummert