Clinical Faculty Promotion Committee

The Promotion and Tenure Committee will be comprised of five tenured Group I faculty from the School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness. Four members of the Promotion and Tenure Committee will be elected by the School's Group I faculty; one will be appointed by the School Director. If all programmatic areas/divisions are not represented on the committee after the vote, the School Director should appoint a person from the unrepresented programmatic area whenever possible. In cases where only five or fewer individuals in the School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness qualify to serve on the Committee, all qualified faculty will serve; if fewer than five qualify, the School Director, in consultation with the Chair of the P&T Committee, will identify potential members, and the Dean of the College of Health Sciences and Professions will appoint additional members from outside the School as needed.

  1. Two Clinical Faculty at or above the rank to which the candidate is seeking promotion shall be elected by the School Faculty at large to serve as voting members on the Promotion and Tenure committee when it is considering a Clinical Faculty promotion.
  2. If fewer than two School Clinical Faculty qualify, the School Director, in consultation with the Chair of the P&T Committee, will identify potential Clinical Faculty members from outside the School. The Dean of the College of Health Sciences and Professions will appoint additional members from outside the School as needed to form an augmented committee.
  3. A faculty member seeking promotion or who has a family member being evaluated for promotion will not be allowed to be voted on or appointed to the Committee. (For a definition of “family,” see Faculty Handbook II.C.7.a-b.)
  4. If a faculty member is unable to complete an assigned term on the Committee (e.g. is a candidate for promotion, on sabbatical), an alternate member will be elected to fill the vacant position. If the vacancy is temporary, the replacement faculty member will complete only the period of the vacancy. If the vacancy is permanent, the replacement faculty member will complete the term.