Introduction
The School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness (School) offers undergraduate and graduate programs. The program includes undergraduate majors in Nutrition, Applied Nutrition, and Exercise Physiology, and an undergraduate minor in Applied Nutrition. Graduate programs are offered in Athletic Training, Food and Nutrition Sciences, and Physiology of Exercise. Faculty are selected for their teaching abilities, research, scholarship, and their professional activities required to meet the School's curricular goals and objectives. To create and sustain strong programs, our faculty must be exemplary University citizens (e.g., respect the opinions of others and accept their share of faculty responsibilities for the governance of the institution) and be dedicated to achieving excellence in teaching, research/creative activity/scholarship, clinical activities, and professional, institutional, and public service.
Formative and summative evaluations of the faculty member's efforts related to fulfilling the above-stated aims are essential to judge the meaningfulness of performance and improving the quality of programs offered by the School. Depending on academic rank and track, faculty participate in several evaluations. Tenure-track faculty will annually submit documentation for Progress Toward Tenure. Tenure-track faculty are evaluated according to the Pre-Tenure Review Evaluation procedure described in this document and in the College of Health Sciences and Professions (CHSP) Promotion and Tenure (P&T) Policy. At the end of the probationary period (not to exceed seven years), tenure-track faculty must be evaluated for Promotion and Tenure, based on their Promotion and Tenure dossier and supporting materials. Tenured faculty members may submit materials for promotion, according to their years in rank as summarized within this document and the CHSP P&T Policy.
These guidelines or any subsequent revisions shall be applied to faculty tenure and/or promotion decisions at various hire dates according to the following table:
| Promotion | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a newly hired faculty member as of the first day of Fall Semester, 2023. | New guidelines (or duly approved revisions) | New guidelines (or duly approved revisions) |
| Is a pre-tenured faculty member approaching the form P&T review. | Use hire-date policy unless opted in writing to use new guidelines (or duly approved revisions) | Use hire-date policy unless opted in writing to use new guidelines (or duly approved revisions) |
| Has tenure and promotion and is seeking promotion to full professor. | After at least a 3-year grace period (during which either old or new guidelines may be used, the candidate will be governed by the new guidelines (or duly approved revisions) | N/A |
Notes:
Source: Faculty Handbook (2023), Appendix A, Section F, Paragraph 5.
Date of activation of new AHSW Faculty Evaluation Guidelines: May 15, 2023.
The School’s Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure will be reviewed not more than five years after the previous adoption by the School P&T Committee. To approve any changes to the guidelines, a majority of tenure-track faculty must vote in favor.