Senate
(Approved, 4/10/2006)
(Amends Senate Document 89-2)
(Supersedes SD 88-37)
(Amended & Approved, 9/18/1989)
(Amended, 10/10/1994)
ETCS Assembly Document 93-94 03
(Amended & Approved 9-18-89)
(Amended 11-22-93)
(Amended 3-28-94)
(Amended 2-6-2006)
TO: Fort Wayne Senate
FROM: Faculty Affairs Committee
Nash Younis, Chair
DATE: March 6, 2006
SUBJ:
DISPOSITION: To the presiding officer for implementation
Whereas the
Faculty Affairs Committee has approved the Procedures for Promotion and Tenure
of the
Therefore be it resolved that the Senate approve said document.
(Senate
(Approved, 4/10/2006)
(Amends Senate Document 89-2)
(Supersedes SD 88-37)
(Amended & Approved, 9/18/1989)
(Amended, 10/10/1994)
ETCS Assembly Document 93-94 03
(Amended & Approved 9-18-89)
(Amended 11-22-93)
(Amended 3-28-94)
(Amended 2-6-2006)
(Language with the amendment imbedded (in bold), and the old language struck)
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE PROCEDURES
PREAMBLE
FWSD 88-13 (Amended 12/12/1988 and Amended and Approved 1/16-1/23/1989) charges each school/division faculty (1) to approve departmental/program promotion and tenure committee composition and functions (Section 1.1) and 92) to establish, with approval by the Senate, school/division promotion and tenure committee composition and function (Section 1.3). This document is submitted to the Senate pursuant to FWSD 88-13, its provisions are subordinate to it, and revisions to it require Senate review.
A. CAMPUS COMMITTEE
1. The Assembly of Representatives shall conduct a faculty election by ranked ballot each Fall semester for up to three nominees to serve on the Campus Committee. The slate of candidates will be from the tenured faculty of the school. The names of the nominees will be forwarded to the chief executive officer of IPFW by the chair of the Assembly of Representatives. When necessary a tie shall be resolved by a simple ballot.
B. SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1. The committee shall consist of five tenured faculty members from the School. Each department shall be represented on the committee. No nominee shall serve on any promotion and tenure committee. No individual shall serve on both the School and the Campus P&T committees. Department Chairs and Associate or Assistant Deans shall not be eligible to serve on the School committee.
2. Each
department with a vacant position on the School P&T Committee shall send
the names of two qualified faculty, if available, to the Assembly by September
15. The Assembly of Representatives shall conduct a faculty election by
voting for one of the two from each required department to select
the needed five committee members who shall serve for their
rotating three-year term. the remainder
of the academic year. The Assembly of Representatives shall complete
conduct their election by September 30. as
early as possible in the Fall semester. Each department shall send
the names of two qualified nominees, if available, to the Assembly by September
15. When necessary a tie shall be resolved by a coin toss simple
ballot.
3. The Dean of the
school shall be an ex officio and non-voting member of the committee. chair of the committee but shall be a non-voting
member.
4. The committee shall meet to evaluate and make recommendations on all cases for promotion and/or tenure. A positive vote in the committee shall consist of a simple majority. A tie vote of the committee shall be considered neither an endorsement nor a rejection of the nominee's application for promotion and/or tenure.
5. When the case is for both promotion and tenure, the case for promotion shall be considered first. A positive recommendation for promotion is also a positive recommendation for tenure. In the event of a negative recommendation for promotion, the case for tenure shall be considered separately.
6. The committee shall elect a chair from among the five elected members. The duties of the chair shall be to run the meetings of the committee, keep the record of discussions for use in writing the committee statement and hold the open votes on each case. The committee's statement shall be a written statement of the decision and the candidate's strengths and/or weaknesses. The committee shall agree to the final written committee Statement. Any individual member of the committee shall be allowed to write an unsigned attachment (statement or minority report) should they not be able to agree with the majority final written committee statement. The chair shall communicate the final written committee statement, along with any committee member attachment(s) to the Dean of the School. The final written committee statement for each case shall be delivered to the Dean within three working days of the end of all case deliberations. The recorded vote (totals only) shall be a part of the written committee statement for each case.
6.7.
Only the Dean shall communicate the committee's decision. The Dean’s
communication shall be a written statement of the decision and the candidate’s
strengths and/or weaknesses. This statement The
committee's written statement (and any minority report(s)) shall be
provided to the candidate, the next higher level, the chair of the departmental
committee, the chair of the department, the departmental committee members, and
the school committee members, within seven working days after the committee
completes its reports deliberations on all cases.
7.8.
The deliberations of that committee shall be strictly confidential. Within the
confidential discussions of the committee, each member's vote on a case shall
be openly declared.
C. DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE
1. Each department shall inform all full time tenured or tenure-track members of the department of all cases for promotion and/or tenure, from that department, and provide opportunity for discussion. The department committee shall then be formed. The department committee shall then be elected according to departmental procedures.
2. The department committee shall meet to evaluate and recommend action on the case. A simple majority vote in favor of promotion or tenure shall be interpreted as constituting a positive recommendation. When the department chair serves as chair of the committee, then that person shall not vote.
3. When the case is for both promotion and tenure, the case for promotion shall be considered first. A positive recommendation for promotion is also a positive recommendation for tenure. In the event of a negative recommendation for promotion, the case for tenure shall be considered separately.
4. All voting
members of the department committee shall be tenured or tenure-track
faculty. Departments may choose to further restrict committee membership.
5. The committee chair shall communicate the committee's decision. The chair communication shall be a written statement of the decision and the candidate's strengths and weaknesses. This statement shall be provided to the candidate, the next higher level, and all members of the department committee, within seven working days after the committee completes its deliberation on all cases.
6. The deliberations of the committee shall be strictly confidential. Within the confidential discussions of the committee, each member's vote on a case shall be openly declared.