Senate
(Amends SD 95-4)
(referred back to SBMS, 9/13/2004)
(Approved, 10/18/2004)
TO: The Senate
FROM: Faculty Affairs Committee
David Oberstar, Chair
DATE: April 21, 2004
RE: Promotion and Tenure Procedures of the School of Business and Management Sciences
DISPOSITION: To the presiding officer for implementation
Whereas the School of Business and Management Sciences has proposed revisions to the school's promotion and tenure procedures (see attached), and
Whereas the Faculty Affairs Committee has approved these revisions,
Therefore be it resolved that the Senate approve said revisions.
Senate
(Amends SD 95-4)
Proposed changes to the
II. POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR PROMOTION, TENURE
The
purpose of this section is to set forth a promotion and tenure policy to govern
such personnel decisions within the
A. Departmental Action.
The School Retention Promotion and Tenure policy shall serve as a guide to SBMS departments which will in turn promulgate departmental policies consistent with the School policies.
1. Application for Promotion/Tenure
Application for promotion/tenure shall be initiated at the departmental level. Each probationary faculty member has the right to apply for promotion/tenure. Such applications shall be made in writing and submitted to the Department Chair no later than May 1 of the calendar year in which consideration is sought.
2. Departmental Evaluation
The initial and most significant evaluation of a candidate for promotion and/or tenure shall occur at the departmental level. Departmental committees shall consist of at least three tenured voting faculty members. Should there be less than three eligible members from within the candidate's department, the Department Chair and the candidate shall jointly select additional eligible committee members from other disciplines within SBMS to bring the total committee membership to three.
In cases of promotion to ranks less than full professor, there shall be a meeting of those tenured faculty members in the department excluding the Department Chair, holding the rank of associate professor or above; if there are insufficient numbers, representation may include a tenured assistant professor and one or more tenured associate professors from other disciplines within SBMS chosen jointly by the candidate and the Department Chair.