III.K.1   General

Specific details and documents regarding the appointments process in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences can be found on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Web site. Similar material is normally circulated by the deans of professional schools to their faculties. The normal procedure for appointment and promotion begins with the consideration by the department or school of its needs and a request to the Provost for a defined position. In the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health only tenure and continuing positions must be specifically approved by the Provost. Once the position has been authorized, the department or school takes the initiative on the appointments process, except that the Provost's Office, the appropriate dean's office, and the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs are involved in various stages as set forth in the appointments memoranda.

a. Ladder Positions in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences . When a person is recommended for a ladder position through the search and voting processes of a department in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the recommendation is reviewed by the Dean of Yale College, the Dean of the Graduate School, the Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science or by an appointments committee. Appointments to the rank of assistant professor will be reviewed by the dean who oversees the department. Should the dean have concerns about the search process or appointment that cannot be resolved in discussion with the department chair, the appointment will be referred to an ad hoc committee composed of three faculty members from the Tenure Appointments and Promotions Committee of the relevant division, whose decision will be final. Appointments to the ranks of associate professor on term or with tenure and to professor are reviewed by the Tenure Appointments and Promotions Committee for the division in which the candidate is recommended. (See Section IV.C .) On the initiative of the Provost, the Dean of Yale College, or the Dean of the Graduate School, an ad hoc committee may be impaneled by the Provost as a supplement to (or substitute for) the Tenure Appointments and Promotions Committee.

b. Ladder Positions in the Professional Schools . In each of the professional schools of the University, ladder faculty appointments are initiated either by a school-wide appointments committee or by a department followed by a school-wide appointments committee. They are then voted upon by the board of permanent officers or other authorized governing body of the school. In the case of small or diversified faculties, the Provost will, as a matter of course, impanel either a standing committee (normally called the Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee) or an ad hoc committee to conduct an advisory review of the recommendations for tenure appointments made by the board of permanent officers or other authorized governing body of such faculties. In some schools (e.g., Drama and Music) recommendations of appointments to the ranks of professor adjunct and associate professor adjunct are reviewed in the same way. No appointments are final until voted by the Corporation on the recommendation of the President or Provost.

c. Non-Ladder Positions University-wide. In the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and in each of the professional schools, procedures exist that govern the steps needed to recommend a faculty appointment to the Corporation.

Specific details and documents regarding the appointments process in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences can be found on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Web site. Similar material is normally circulated by the deans of professional schools to their faculties. The normal procedure for appointment and promotion begins with the consideration by the department or school of its needs and a request to the Provost for a defined position. In the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health only tenure and continuing positions must be specifically approved by the Provost. Once the position has been authorized, the department or school takes the initiative on the appointments process, except that the Provost's Office, the appropriate dean's office, and the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs are involved in various stages as set forth in the appointments memoranda.

a. Ladder Positions in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences . When a person is recommended for a ladder position through the search and voting processes of a department in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the recommendation is reviewed by the Dean of Yale College, the Dean of the Graduate School, the Dean of the School of Engineering and & Applied Science or by an appointments committee. Appointments to the rank of assistant professor will be reviewed by the dean who oversees the department. Should the dean have concerns about the search process or appointment that cannot be resolved in discussion with the department chair, the appointment will be referred to an ad hoc committee composed of three faculty members from the Tenure Appointments and Promotions Committee of the relevant division, whose decision will be final. Appointments to the ranks of associate professor on term or with tenure and to professor are reviewed by the Tenure Appointments and Promotions Committee for the division in which the candidate is recommended. (See Section IV.C .) On the initiative of the Provost, the Dean of Yale College, or the Dean of the Graduate School, an ad hoc committee may be impaneled by the Provost as a supplement to (or substitute for) the Tenure Appointments and Promotions Committee.

b. Ladder Positions in the Professional Schools . In each of the professional schools of the University, ladder faculty appointments are initiated either by a school-wide appointments committee or by a department followed by a school-wide appointments committee. They are then voted upon by the board of permanent officers or other authorized governing body of the school. In the case of small or diversified faculties, the Provost will, as a matter of course, impanel either a standing committee (normally called the Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee) or an ad hoc committee to conduct an advisory review of the recommendations for tenure appointments made by the board of permanent officers or other authorized governing body of such faculties. In some schools (e.g., Drama and Music) recommendations of appointments to the ranks of professor adjunct and associate professor adjunct are reviewed in the same way. No appointments are final until voted by the Corporation on the recommendation of the President or Provost.

c. Non-Ladder Positions University-wide. In the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and in each of the professional schools, procedures exist that govern the steps needed to recommend a faculty appointment to the Corporation.