Standards and Procedures on Promotion and Tenure FY2016


Committee Details:

Committee: Standards and Procedures on Promotion and Tenure
Committee Category: Standing Committees of the Faculty Senate
Fiscal Year: FY2016
Fiscal Year: 2016

Members

  • Chair: Rajendra Srivastava, Business, (2016)
  • William Keel, Germanic Languages (2017)
  • Cathy Joritz, Film and Media Studies (2018)
  • Siyuan Han, Physics and Astronomy (2018)
  • Jerry Crawford, Journalism (2017)
  • Robert Sorem, Mechanical Engineering (2018)
  • Sandra Gray, Anthropology, FacEx Representative, Ex officio
  • Mary Lee Hummert, 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.

Meeting Minutes

SPPT Meeting Minutes - Oct. 23, 2015 (pdf)

Final Reports and Outcomes

SPPT Final Report FY2016 (pdf)

Standards and Procedures on Promotion and Tenure FY2016