Faculty Appointments
The faculty is composed of regular faculty (tenured or
tenure-generating) and auxiliary faculty who are appointed for limited
terms (year-to-year or 2-5 years by written contract).
University Policy provides the following summary of faculty
membership,
PPM
9-2:
The university faculty shall consist of the president, vice
presidents, and deans, directors of libraries, professors (including
distinguished professors, presidential professors, and university
professors), associate professors, assistant professors,
instructors, librarians, associate librarians, assistant librarians,
and auxiliary faculty. All shall have the full rights of faculty
members except that persons holding auxiliary faculty positions
(research, clinical, lecturer, visiting) or emeritus appointments
shall not have the right to vote and shall not have tenure or the
expectation of tenure.
Faculty are appointed to either 9 or 12 month terms.
Faculty (and academic library staff) appointments are made by the
president with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Faculty of the
appointing department and college play significant roles in
appointments. The president makes appointments only after receiving
written recommendations from the department (faculty and chairperson),
the college, and the vice president.
PPM 8-4
Appointment Process: Search Procedure Guidelines
The faculty search process strives for a diverse pool of applicants.
Guidelines for Faculty
Searches & Appointments
Required Disclosure of Criminal Record
No person convicted of a felony may be appointed to a faculty
position without the approval of the vice president.
PPM 8-4, Section 3
Search/Appointment Process for Appointments to Department or Single
Department College
PPM 9-5
Joint Appointment Procedures for Faculty Appointed to Several
Departments
PPM 2-2.2
Auxiliary faculty members participate in the university’s academic
programs and make substantial contributions, but their continuing
professional activities do not span the full range of responsibilities
of regular faculty members in the appointing department or college.
Auxiliary faculty members are non- tenured and have probationary
appointments that either terminate automatically every year or are
limited by written contracts. Auxiliary faculty may serve on committees
and participate fully in departmental affairs but can not vote on RPT
policies or appointments. Auxiliary faculty may serve on some
university-wide committees and, depending on college and department
policies, may serve on some department and college committees. They
cannot vote on appointments, retention, promotion, or tenure of regular
faculty.
Ranks of Auxiliary Faculty:
PPM 9-2,
Section 4
Research Faculty
Auxiliary faculty members who are primarily devoted to research
projects.
PPM 9-2, Section
4, D, 1
Clinical Faculty
Auxiliary faculty members whose expertise is in the practice or
clinical setting.
Lecturer or Lecturing Faculty
Auxiliary faculty members who are primarily devoted to teaching.
Adjunct Faculty
Faculty members whose professional activities do not span full range
of regular faculty responsibilities.
Visiting Faculty
Special policies pertaining to Visiting Faculty appear in
PPM 9-2, Section
4, D, 5.
Terms of Appointments
An appointment to a regular faculty position which is either tenured
or tenure-generating is considered to be continuous rather than
terminal. All tenured appointments, however, are subject to established
policies regarding tenure.
Tenure Review Process
PPM 9-5.1
Credit for Prior Service
PPM 8-6,
Section 3
Probationary Period
PPM 8-6, Section 3
a. Extension of Probationary Period
The normal probationary period may be extended due to leaves
including medical and family, administrative positions and extenuating
circumstances.
b. Shortening of Probationary Period
The normal probationary period may be shortened due to prior service
elsewhere or extraordinary progress.
c. Instructor can opt out of counting service when switches to
regular rank. (PPM
9-2)
Retention, Promotion and Tenure Process
PPM 8-6
Annual Reviews for all Regular Faculty: Informal and Formal
PPM 8
Post Tenure Review
The department chairperson administers a review of the work of each
tenured faculty member of the department in five year cycles, with the
involvement of a faculty review committee.
PPM 8-3
Procedures and criteria for post-tenure reviews are normally
established by each department.
Unless a faculty member has prior experience elsewhere, s/he is
usually appointed to the tenure track in the rank of assistant
professor. S/he will then progress up through the ranks via the RPT
system. The rank of associate professor is usually awarded at the time
tenure is granted. Regular faculty includes professors, associate
professors, assistant professors, instructors (who shall not have
tenure), and the following categories of honored faculty: Distinguished
Professor, Presidential Professor, and University Professor.
PPM 9-2
University Professorship
Each year, at least one faculty member is selected for the special
rank of University Professor. This professorship recognizes individuals
who have demonstrated extraordinary skills in teaching, distinguished
scholarship in their field, and an interdisciplinary approach to
undergraduate instruction.
Distinguished Professor/Presidential Professor
PPM 9-2
General University Policy
PPM 2-10
Retirement Programs and Benefits
PPM 2-42
Early Retirement Incentive Program
PPM 2-46
Phased Retirement
PPM 2-49
Appointments to emeritus status for retired faculty members and
certain administrative officers are made by the Board of Trustees on
recommendation of the president and vice president for academic affairs.
PPM 2-10
Emeriti faculty (and spouses) are able to enroll in classes free of
tuition.
PPM 2-45
|
