Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

(vi)Changes in substantial departmental matters and policy that arerecommended by Standing Committees to the Faculty ExecutiveCommittee will go to faculty functional units for discussion and to `the full Faculty for discussion and vote.a) Membership and Duties of Standing Committees(i)Committee on the Appointments, Promotions and Appraisals `(CAPA)1) Membership(a)CAPA will consist of seven (7) elected, tenured facultymembers for the purpose of evaluating dossiers, writingsmmmary letters and voting for:i) Existing faculty for tenure and promotion,ii)iii)iv)New hires for rank and tenureFourth year appraisals for Assistant ProfessorsStep 6 Reviews for Professorial rank.v) Full Step Accelerations2) Eligible Members for Electiona) The seven (7) elected member will be comprised of three(3) Full-Professors, three (3) Associate Professorsand one (1) member from either of the above ranksb) Assistant Professors will be involved in the review processon a case-by-case basis in order to help them learn theprocess and refine skills for future service on theCAPA committeec) The Chair of CAPA will be elected by the seven (7)member committee for a two (2)-year term.3) Term of Servicea) Length of service on CAPA to begin the initial process:88