Transcript UNLV Faculty Senate Tenure and Promotion Forum

UNLV Faculty Senate
Tenure & Promotion Forum
Office of the
Executive Vice President
and Provost
Acknowledgements
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Concept of Tenure
What it is:
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Guarantee of Academic
Freedom
Financial Security
Reward for Faculty
Committed to Excellence
Increased
Responsibilities for
Mentoring, Continued
Commitment to
Excellence in Academics
and Shared Governance
What it is NOT:
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Academic Hazing
(Fear Factor)
 License to Do
Whatever You Please
 Protection for “Dead
Wood” Faculty
 An Entitlement
General Points
Related to Tenure
 Starts
with Hiring Process; With
Excellent Hires, Everybody is
Potentially ‘Tenurable’ & ‘Promotable’
 At UNLV - No Quotas/Barriers
 One of Most Important Faculty
Governance Responsibilities
 Process of Increasing Quality
 Linked Decisions Tenure & Promotion
Role of Provost
Responsibility – Is
Investment Justified?
 Ensures That Comparable Rigor Has
Been Maintained throughout the
Process (Duty that is Shared with the
Faculty Senate Tenure & Promotion
Committee)
 Fiduciary
Policies and Procedures
General Guidelines for Tenure and
Promotion - AAUP “RED BOOK”
 While Providing a Sense of T&P Process
as Practiced at UNLV, it Has NO Legal
Status in Nevada
 Unfortunately, No Single Document:
 NSHE Code for Tenure
 UNLV By-Laws for Promotion
 UNLV Senate By-Laws for Grievance
(Appeals)
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Timing of Tenure
Code – No More than 7 Years,
BUT 1 Year Terminal Contract if
Denied, so Year 6 is Generally
Decision Year
 A Minimum of 3-4 Years Probation;
Generally, No more than 1-2 Years
(Max. 3) Towards Tenure Upon Hire
 NSHE Code Says May Apply Any
Year; Early Tenure VERY RARE
 NSHE
Timing of Promotion
(Full Professor)
 UNLV
By-Laws: An associate
professor is normally expected to
be in rank for five years prior to
applying for promotion to full
professor
 In exceptional circumstances, an
application may be considered
earlier
Evaluation for Tenure
 Categories:
Teaching, Research &
Service
 Evaluation System: “Excellent”,
“Commendable”, “Satisfactory”
and “Unsatisfactory”
 Need “Excellent” in Teaching
and/or Research, AND at Least
“Satisfactory” in Other AS WELL
AS in Service
Evaluation for Promotion
Essential Criteria for Associate
Professors and Full Professors
 Possess
Terminal Degree
 Demonstrated Effectiveness as
Teacher
 Continuing Satisfactory Productivity
in Creative or Research Activity
Evaluation for Promotion
Additional Criteria
Associate Professor
 Demonstrated
Success as a
Counselor of
Students
 Continued
Evidence of
Participation in
Professional or
Academic
Organizations
Full Professor
 Demonstrated
Success as a WISE
Counselor of
Students
 Evidence of
Leadership in
Professional or
Academic
Organizations
Evaluation for Promotion
Additional Criteria (Continued)
Associate Professor
 Record of
Contributions to
University
Community
 Collegiality
 Other
Accomplishments
of Relevance
Full Professor
 Significant Record
of Contributions to
University
Community
 Continued
Collegiality
 Other Significant
Accomplishments
of Relevance
Concept of Collegiality
• “the demonstrated ability to work
productively with colleagues, staff and
students” (UNLV By-laws)
• “ability to work with the faculty and
students of the member institution in the
best interests of the University of Nevada
and the people that it serves, and to the
extent that the job performance of the
academic faculty member’s administrative
unit may not be otherwise affected” (NSHE
Code)
Concept of Collegiality
(Continued)
• IS NOT Congeniality
• IS NOT Incompatible with Academic
Freedom
• Non-collegial Behavior is Hostile,
Destructive, Abusive, Disruptive, and
Unproductive for Others
• Non-collegial Behavior Generally Must be
Repeated* (and Warned Against) to be
Considered in T&P Decisions
Tenure & Promotion Process
General
• Candidate Prepares T&P Package after
5th Academic Year; Pre-tenure Review
½-way through (generally, 3rd year)
• Departmental and College By-laws
Outline Guidelines for the Process, BUT
Not Binding on Subsequent
Administrative Levels
• Faculty Input is Key at Each Level that
Reviews T&P Records, but
Administrators Make Recommendations
Tenure & Promotion Process
(Continued)
• T&P Package to Department Personnel
Committee, Faculty, then Chair
(Recommendation & Letter to Candidate)
• College Personnel Committee, then Dean
(Recommendation & Letter to Candidate)
• Faculty Senate Tenure & Promotion
Committee, then Provost
(Recommendation & Letter to Candidate)
• President Makes Decision
Process If Tenure Denied
• After Provost’s Letter – 15 days to
Request Reasons; Administrator has 15
days to Respond
• May Ask for Reconsideration (New
Evidence Responding to Reasons)
• Reconsideration Goes through
Administrative Chain
• President has Final Decision
Process If Tenure Denied
(Continued)
• UNLV By-Laws Allows Appeal to
Grievance Committee
• Faculty Senate By-Laws Detail
Process – Elected Committee
Conducts Hearings
• Recommendation to Provost, Who
Makes Recommendation to President
• President Makes Final Decision
Documentation of Productivity
• Discipline-Specific Weight of Evidence
• Teaching – Classroom, Mentoring,
Advising; Measures/Documentation
• Research/Creative Activity – Also
Needs Documentation; DisciplineSpecific Criteria; Focused Scholarship
with Impact on Discipline.
Integrated
Teaching/Research/Service
• Boyer’s Concept of Scholarship:
Scholarship of Discovery
Scholarship of Integration
Scholarship of Application
Teaching Scholarship
• ASU – Integrated Model
ASU Integrated Model
Shared Discovery
Knowledge
Transmission
Fully Integrated
Activities
Knowledge
Generation
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Service Learning
G
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C
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Community
Documentation
Knowledge
Application
http://is.asu.edu/workload/resources/faculty.html#assign
Summary – Qualifications for
Tenure/Promotion
• Terminal Degree
• Pay Attention to All Aspects of
Teaching; Serve/Advise Students
• Continuously Involved in Scholarship
• Excel in Teaching or Research;
Provide Satisfactory Service;
Document All
• Demonstrate Ability to Work with
Colleagues, Staff and Students
P&T Award Success Rates