Tenure & Promotion Policy - Sam Fox School - Washington ...

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The following Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts policy document
is designed to facilitate the appointment, retention, and promotion
of highly competent and qualified personnel in the College of Art,
the Graduate School of Art, the College of Architecture, and the
Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, henceforth referred
to as College of Art and College of Architecture, under a procedure
consonant with the goals of academic excellence and academic
freedom at Washington University. They are to be applied consistently
and are subordinate to the current guidelines of Washington
University Policy on Academic Freedom, Responsibility, and Tenure.
See: http://www.wustl.edu/policies/tenure.html.
The quality of the faculty of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts is maintained
predominately through an academic personnel review process that entails thorough and
impartial assessment of each candidate for appointment, retention, tenure, or promotion.
The responsibilities of maintaining and developing the highest quality faculty also imply an
obligation to the candidate for just recognition and encouragement of achievement and the
assurance that fair procedures and criteria form the basis of the review process.
Revisions or amendments to this document require approval of the Sam Fox School’s tenured
faculty and of the deans of the colleges and school. A quorum of 2/3 of the tenured faculty is
necessary for a vote to amend the document.
At the time of appointment, each new faculty member will be given a copy of this document.
*The seven-year probationary period for the College of Architecture outlined in this policy applies only to
Architecture faculty hired after the formal adoption date of the policy on October 24, 2007; those hired prior
to this date will continue on the ten-year tenure track previously in place.
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