A&S Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committees

College of Arts & Sciences Policy on Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committees

• Role of Advisory Committees and Dean
• Formation of Advisory Committees
• Procedures for the Advisory Committee

Role of Advisory Committees and Dean

Advisory committees at the college level will carefully study promotion and tenure dossiers prepared by candidates for promotion and tenure and advise the dean on the recommendation to the provost. The dean will make the final recommendation to the provost.

Formation of Advisory Committees

The associate dean will assemble advisory committees and seek a balance of members from the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Each committee will consist of five members and typically the committee will evaluate 7-8 dossiers.

Advisory committees that consider candidates for promotion to associate professor may include both associate professors and professors. Advisory committees for candidates for promotion to professor will be composed of professors.

Faculty members will not serve on advisory committees for candidates from their own departments.

Procedures for the Advisory Committee

For every dossier assigned to the advisory committee, every member will provide a determination of either "no concerns" (that is, "yes promote") or that discussion is necessary before a vote. Cases that receive "no concerns" from all committee members will go directly to the Dean as "unanimous P&T advisory committee recommendation in favor of promotion (and possibly tenure)." The advisory committee and the dean will meet to discuss those cases that one or more members would like to discuss. This meeting includes department chairs and advocates, whose presentation will primarily address new or special aspects of the case, and which will normally last no more than five minutes. The committee might also ask questions. The advisory committee will discuss the case and vote in executive session.