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esumption of teaching one three-credit-hour course or its equivalent during an
appointment year, the full-time employee may have that work count as full-time ranked
teaching experience toward advancement in rank, which will be added to previous ranked
teaching experience;
b. as long as a ranked faculty member holds an academic administrator position, it will be
presumed that the criteria set forth in Article 17.2.5 for Service to the University have
been met. The Committee on Rank and Tenure will identify a Special Academic
Evaluator from the department or program in which promotion will be granted as
described in 13.1. The administrator seeking promotion will submit an Application for
Promotion to the Special Academic Evaluator and follow the procedures on review and
recommendation outlined in section 17.4. If it is the Dean seeking promotion, the Vice
President for Academic affairs will serve in the role of the Dean delineated in these
sections; and
c. the academic administrator must meet all other criteria for promotion to the next rank.
17.4 Procedures for Promotion in Rank
The procedures set forth in this section are in addition to the procedures set forth in Article 13.1.
Promotion in rank is a decision made by the President, on the advice of the Committee on Rank and
Tenure, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Dean, and subject to the approval of the Board
of Trustees. This decision is based on a judgment by the Committee on Rank and Tenure of whether the
individual meets the criteria for the next rank established in this Article. In arriving at this decision, the
Committee on Rank and Tenure oversees and is governed by the procedures established below.
By April 7, the Dean will send a notice to each department chair or program director, and the Chair of the
Committee on Rank and Tenure showing where each faculty member under the chair's or director's
supervision is with respect to rank. By April 30, the Chair of the Committee on Rank and Tenure will
send a copy of the “Application for Promotion Form” to each faculty member in the first year that
member is eligible for promotion. (Note that an application for tenure also constitutes an application for
promotion to the rank of Associate Professor if the member has not already attained that rank. See also
Article 16.5.) This form must be completed by September 21.
A supervisor or the Committee on Rank and Tenure may recognize superior service by recommending
advancement in rank and the University may concur by offering advancement in rank. However,
individual faculty members generally may not apply for advancement until the minimum length of time in
current rank has been completed as defined in Article 17.2.2. If a supervisor intends to nominate
someone for promotion, the letter of nomination must be received by the Chair of the Committee on Rank
and Tenure by April 21.
A faculty member desiring promotion in rank must indicate this on the self-evaluation form and must fill
in the form in conformity with the instructions thereon.
After receiving the faculty member's “Application for Promotion Form,” the immediate academic
supervisor must provide an independent judgment about whether the faculty member should be promoted
at this time, and substantiate the recommendations using the applicable guidelines published in this
handbook (see Article 13.1). The immediate academic supervisor will give a copy of the
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