Term Faculty Promotion Guidance

As defined in Policy 4004.10.1, for term faculty members promotion to the penultimate and ultimate ranks “is awarded on the basis by which a faculty member performs his or her role statement. Each candidate must present evidence of effectiveness in all of the professional domains in which he or she performs and must present evidence of excellence in the major emphasis of his or her role statement.”

Guidance for candidates’ self-assessment letters and documentation of excellence are identical to that of tenure-track faculty. Lecturer ranks, however, do not require the solicitation and collection of external review letters as part of the promotion process.

Timeline Guidance for Term Promotions

Upon the hiring of a faculty member with a term appointment, the department head “in mutual agreement with the faculty member,” will appoint a promotion advisory committee “no later than the fall semester of the first year following the faculty member’s hire date and the committee will meet at this time.” Following this first meeting, the “committee will meet annually during the fall semester, at the faculty member’s request, until promotion occurs” (Policy 4004.11.2).

As outlined in Policy 4004.10.43, “faculty with term appointments may request promotion to the next highest rank at any time.” However, “the promotion advisory committee and ombudsperson shall meet upon the request of the faculty member during the spring semester of the academic year prior to the academic year when the candidate’s dossier will be reviewed for promotion” (Policy 4004.11.2).

Questions?

Please contact Associate Dean Julia Gossard or Natalie Archibald Smoot in the College of Arts & Sciences with questions.