Standards and Procedures on Promotion and Tenure FY2020


Committee Details:

Committee: Standards and Procedures on Promotion and Tenure
Committee Category: Standing Committees of the Faculty Senate
Fiscal Year: FY2020
Fiscal Year: 2020

Members

  • Chair: Melanie DeRousse, Law (2020)
  • Jason Matejkowski, Social Welfare (2020)
  • Araceli Masterson-Algar, Spanish & Portuguese (2022)
  • Bruce Frey, Education (2021)
  • Anil Misra, Civil/Environ/Arch Engineering, (2021)
  • Shawn Alexander, FacEx Representative, Ex officio
  • Chris Brown, Vice Provost, Faculty Development, Ex officio

Charges

Standing Charges

  1. Review department and school criteria and procedures for promotion and tenure pursuant to section 6.3.5.1 of the Faculty Senate Rules and Regulations for consistency with the requirements of Article VI of the rules and regulations, and approve criteria, guidelines, and procedures that are consistent with those requirements.  Identify inconsistencies and coordinate with the Provost’s office to provide feedback to departments, the College, schools, and other administrative units to correct problems.  Submit issues that cannot be resolved to FacEx as provided in section 6.3.5.1 (ongoing).
  2. Review guidelines and forms developed by the Provost, and procedures developed by the UCPT, pursuant to 6.3.5.2 for consistency with the requirements of Article VI of the rules and regulations, and identify problems or concerns.  Provide comments to the Provost and UCPT, and report issues that cannot be resolved to FacEx as provided in section 6.3.5.2 (ongoing).
  3. Promote and facilitate compliance with the standards and procedural requirements of Article VI of the Faculty Senate Rules and Regulations by maintaining and disseminating guidance documents for departments, the College, schools, and other administrative units (ongoing).
  4. Monitor the implementation of Faculty Senate Rules and Regulations concerning Promotion and Tenure.  Identify issues and problems as they arise and report recommendations to FacEx as needed (ongoing).
  5. In coordination with the Policy Office, annually review technical modifications to Promotion and Tenure polices submitted to the Policy Library.

Specific Charges

  1. Explore the potential consequences (positive and negative) of changing the criteria of 6.3.2.2 to “meets” or “does not meet” expectations for promotion and tenure.  Research consequences at KU and data from other universities. 
  2. Review and propose updates to the promotion and tenure guidelines and faculty evaluations regarding teaching evaluations. 

Standards and Procedures on Promotion and Tenure FY2020