ARTICLE 5: APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, AND TENURE OF MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY
§ 5-1. Faculty appointments and promotions. Appointments and promotions in rank are made and tenure is conferred in accordance with the Trustee Policies and Regulations Governing Academic Tenure.
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5-2. Faculty review of
recommendations for conferral of permanent tenure or for promotion to a higher
rank of persons holding permanent tenure. (a) A
recommendation for the conferral of permanent tenure or for promotion to a
higher rank is initiated by the chair of the candidate’s department, if
the candidate’s school or college is organized into departments. The chair is advised by the entire
assembled faculty who are qualified to consult on the action. The department chair’s recommendation
is then communicated to the dean of the school or college, who seeks the advice
of an elected committee of the school or college faculty before acting on the
department chair’s recommendation.
A dean’s recommendation for the conferral of permanent tenure
and/or promotion to a higher rank is reviewed by the elected faculty Committee
on Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure, which advises the provost on the
recommendation.
(b) In schools
without departments, a recommendation for the conferral of permanent tenure or
for promotion to a higher rank is initiated by the dean of the school. The dean is advised by the entire
assembled faculty who are qualified to consult on the action in question. The dean’s recommendation for the
conferral of permanent tenure and/or promotion to a higher rank is reviewed by
the elected faculty Committee on Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure, which
advises the provost on the recommendation.
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5-3. Consultation with respect to
tenured appointments and promotions. Tenured faculty members of all ranks in
an appointing unit are qualified to consult on the appointment or promotion of
a candidate to a rank conferring permanent tenure, except in the case of
initial appointment or promotion to the rank of professor, in which case
consultation may be limited to professors in the appointing unit. [Added
§ 5-4.
Consultation with respect to full-time fixed-term faculty appointments. Chairs or deans making appointments or reappointments of persons to
full-time fixed-term faculty positions consult with an appropriate faculty
committee in the appointing unit. [Added
