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Promotion and Tenure Process
Process Overview Emphasizing Key Dates
A faculty member must petition for peer review. The petition shall be in writing and presented to the Dean of the School of Pharmacy, the chair of the faculty member's academic department, and the Chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee by no later than September 1 of any academic year the faculty member desires to undergo peer review. The petition shall request peer review for promotion, tenure, or both. All tenure track faculty members not yet tenured must be notified to seek peer review in writing by the Dean on or before September 1, of their fifth year for Assistant Professors, third year for Associate Professors, or Second year for Professors, or be advised that the untenured faculty member will be given a terminal, one year contract at the beginning of September. The Departmental review shall be completed by the first Monday following October 15. All external peer reviews and the petitioner's dossier and all affidavits and information given by the faculty member shall be presented to the chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee no later than the first Monday following November 15 of the academic year the faculty member petitions for peer review.
Faculty, Chair, Departmental, Dean, Executive Vice President, and Regent Responsibilities
Once the academic department chair has received the faculty member's complete dossier and any supporting affidavits or information, the academic department chair shall call a meeting of all the tenured faculty in the department for a petition for tenure, or all faculty members at a higher academic rank than the petitioner for promotion review. This body will serve as the Departmental Peer Review Committee. The Departmental Peer Review Committee will review the faculty member's performance according to the criteria, standards and guidelines for promotion and tenure in the Department, current at the time the faculty member petitions for peer review, including any other relevant information submitted by the petitioner. The Department Peer Review Committee will vote anonymously on the petition. Neither the chair of the department nor the Dean of the School shall participate in the Departmental Peer Review Committee deliberations and vote.
Once the Chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee has received the faculty member's dossier, supporting affidavits and information, and the academic Chair's recommendation, including external peer reviewers' comments, the Chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee, shall call a meeting of the Faculty Affairs Committee.
The Dean shall review the dossier and all appended affidavits, information, and recommendations according to the standards and guidelines for promotion and tenure current at the time the faculty member petitioned for peer review. The Dean shall append a written recommendation with justification to the dossier and present the complete dossier along with all appended affidavits, information, recommendations and external reviews to the President according to the University prescribed time-table. The Dean shall present a verbal summation of prior recommendations and the Dean's recommendation to the petitioner, maintaining confidentiality of the identify of any person's recommendation.
Criteria
Each academic department in the School of Pharmacy will establish the criteria, standards and guidelines to be considered in the tenure and promotion decision for faculty members of the department. It shall be the responsibility of the Dean to approve these standards and guidelines and to monitor their application.
Tenure Track:
An academic department may recommend tenure at the time of the initial appointment of a professor in exceptional cases. An initial appointment at the rank of Associate Professor may not be recommended for tenure at the time of the initial appointment. This recommendation must be initiated by the Chairperson of the Department, and recommended by a majority of the members of the Faculty Affairs Committee. The peer review of individuals for initial appointments shall be an expedited review.
Non Tenure Track:
According to Board policy, persons holding a rank below Associate Professor may not be tenured.
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