V.D   Appointment, Reappointment, and Promotion Policy and Procedures

Open searches are required to fill initial appointments within the ranks of ladder and adjunct faculty. Searches are not required for appointments to any other ranks or for reappointments or promotions within the ranks of ladder and adjunct faculty. Ladder positions are normally open only to persons who hold the Ph.D. degree, its equivalent, or an appropriate terminal professional degree. Rules governing ladder appointments and promotions are consistent with FAS policies as described in Section IV.

Qualifications for an initial appointment as assistant professor include promise of success as a teacher and achievement as a scholar or professional. Reappointment as assistant professor requires evidence of success as a teacher and achievement as a scholar or professional. To be considered for appointment or promotion as associate professor on term, candidates must present original significant creative and professional accomplishments or published research and scholarship representing early demonstrations of disciplinary or interdisciplinary leadership, excellent teaching and mentoring of students, and engaged university citizenship. For candidates being considered for promotion to associate professor on term, review criteria shall include, if appropriate, a statement of professional practice together with documentation of built or design work.

1. Term Appointments, Reappointments, and Promotions.

a. Non-tenured Ladder and Adjunct Faculty. Proposed term appointments, reappointments, and promotions to the ranks of non-tenured ladder and adjunct faculty are presented by the Dean to the Executive Committee for review and recommendation. Voting is limited to members of the Executive Committee at the rank under consideration or higher without distinction between ladder and adjunct status, e.g., all professor, professor adjunct, associate professor on term, and associate professor adjunct members of the Executive Committee may vote on appointment or reappointment for an associate professor on term. The Dean forwards appointments, reappointments, and promotions recommended by the Executive Committee to the Provost. If the Provost approves an appointment, reappointment, or promotion, in consultation with the School's Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC) when appropriate, the recommendation is forwarded to the Corporation for final approval.

Adjunct faculty members are reviewed for promotion when recommended by the Dean.

b. Other Term Faculty. Proposed term appointments and reappointments of one year or less to ranks other than mentioned above ( D.1.a ) are made by the Dean and forwarded to the Provost for approval. Those appointments longer than one year are proposed by the Dean for approval by the Executive Committee and then forwarded to the Provost for approval.

2. Tenure Appointments and Promotions.

A candidate for appointment or promotion to a tenure position, whether at the rank of professor or associate professor, must have attained distinction of a high quality in scholarly, creative, or professional accomplishment as demonstrated by both (i) written or professional work and (ii) teaching. Candidates for the rank of associate professor with tenure will be expected to have produced a substantial body of significant professional work or have published or have expected for publication a substantial work or body of scholarship. Criteria for promotion shall include, if appropriate, documentation of built or design work.

Proposed appointments to tenure as well as proposed promotions from associate professor with tenure to professor are presented by the Dean to the Executive Committee for review and recommendation. Only tenured members of the Executive Committee at the rank under consideration or higher may vote. The Dean forwards appointments and promotions recommended by the Executive Committee to the Provost. If the Provost approves an appointment or promotion, with the advice of the Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC), the recommendation is forwarded to the Corporation for final approval.

Associate professors with tenure must be reviewed for promotion to professor within five years of hire or promotion to that rank. At any time after seven years have passed from the date of appointment or promotion to associate professor with tenure, the Provost, in consultation with the Dean, may recommend that individual directly to the Corporation for promotion to professor.

3. Non-reappointment Notification Policy for Term Appointments.

a. Ladder and Adjunct Faculty. Faculty members of ladder and adjunct ranks holding appointments of three or more years shall receive written notice of non-reappointment at least one year before the terminal date of the appointment. Appointments for terms of fewer than three academic years shall receive notice of non-reappointment at least six months before the expiration of the appointment. Failure to provide such notice does not create any right to extension or reappointment.

b. Other Faculty. For full-time faculty in the fifth or any subsequent year of successive years of appointment in the non-ladder and non-adjunct ranks, notice of non-reappointment normally will be given by December 31 of the final year of appointment. There is no requirement of notification of non-reappointment for any ranks not mentioned above.

Open searches are required to fill initial appointments within the ranks of ladder and adjunct faculty. Searches are not required for appointments to any other ranks or for reappointments or promotions within the ranks of ladder and adjunct faculty. Ladder positions are normally open only to persons who hold the Ph.D. degree, its equivalent, or an appropriate terminal professional degree. Rules governing ladder appointments and promotions are consistent with FAS policies as described in Section IV.

Qualifications for an initial appointment as assistant professor include promise of success as a teacher and achievement as a scholar or professional. Reappointment as assistant professor requires evidence of success as a teacher and achievement as a scholar or professional. To be considered for appointment or promotion as associate professor on term, candidates must present original significant creative and professional accomplishments or published research and scholarship representing early demonstrations of disciplinary or interdisciplinary leadership, excellent teaching and mentoring of students, and engaged university citizenship. For candidates being considered for promotion to associate professor on term, review criteria shall include, if appropriate, a statement of professional practice together with documentation of built or design work.

1. Term Appointments, Reappointments, and Promotions.

a. Non-tenured Ladder and Adjunct Faculty. Proposed term appointments, reappointments, and promotions to the ranks of non-tenured ladder and adjunct faculty are presented by the Dean to the Executive Committee for review and recommendation. Voting is limited to members of the Executive Committee at the rank under consideration or higher without distinction between ladder and adjunct status, e.g., all professor, professor adjunct, associate professor on term, and associate professor adjunct members of the Executive Committee may vote on appointment or reappointment for an associate professor on term. The Dean forwards appointments, reappointments, and promotions recommended by the Executive Committee to the Provost. If the Provost approves an appointment, reappointment, or promotion, in consultation with the School's Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC) when appropriate, the recommendation is forwarded to the Corporation for final approval.

Adjunct faculty members are reviewed for promotion when recommended by the Dean.

b. Other Term Faculty. Proposed term appointments and reappointments of one year or less to ranks other than mentioned above ( D.1.a ) are made by the Dean and forwarded to the Provost for approval. Those appointments longer than one year are proposed by the Dean for approval by the Executive Committee and then forwarded to the Provost for approval.

2. Tenure Appointments and Promotions.

A candidate for appointment or promotion to a tenure position, whether at the rank of professor or associate professor, must have attained distinction of a high quality in scholarly, creative, or professional accomplishment as demonstrated by both (i) written or professional work and (ii) teaching. Candidates for the rank of associate professor with tenure will be expected to have produced a substantial body of significant professional work or have published or have expected for publication a substantial work or body of scholarship. Criteria for promotion shall include, if appropriate, documentation of built or design work.

Proposed appointments to tenure as well as proposed promotions from associate professor with tenure to professor are presented by the Dean to the Executive Committee for review and recommendation. Only tenured members of the Executive Committee at the rank under consideration or higher may vote. The Dean forwards appointments and promotions recommended by the Executive Committee to the Provost. If the Provost approves an appointment or promotion, with the advice of the Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC), the recommendation is forwarded to the Corporation for final approval.

Associate professors with tenure must be reviewed for promotion to professor within five years of hire or promotion to that rank. At any time after seven years have passed from the date of appointment or promotion to associate professor with tenure, the Provost, in consultation with the Dean, may recommend that individual directly to the Corporation for promotion to professor.

3. Non-reappointment Notification Policy for Term Appointments.

a. Ladder and Adjunct Faculty. Faculty members of ladder and adjunct ranks holding appointments of three or more years shall receive written notice of non-reappointment at least one year before the terminal date of the appointment. Appointments for terms of fewer than three academic years shall receive notice of non-reappointment at least six months before the expiration of the appointment. Failure to provide such notice does not create any right to extension or reappointment.

b. Other Faculty. For full-time faculty in the fifth or any subsequent year of successive years of appointment in the non-ladder and non-adjunct ranks, notice of non-reappointment normally will be given by December 31 of the final year of appointment. There is no requirement of notification of non-reappointment for any ranks not mentioned above.