Lecturers

Promotions
(Article XXIII)

Eligibility: Lecturers are eligible for promotion to senior lecturer. There is no promotional step beyond senior lecturer. Lecturers and Senior Lecturers are not eligible for tenure although they can apply for tenure track openings in their department.

Criteria: The same criteria apply as with the Annual Review: lecturers shall be reviewed primarily for teaching, with secondary consideration for scholarship and/or service if either of these is included in the bargaining-unit member’s letter of appointment.

Evaluation: Evaluation for promotion is conducted by elected committees at each level of the process, as well as administrative personnel:

Departmental Promotion and Tenure (P&T) Committee.

A committee of tenured faculty elected by faculty in that department will evaluate candidates for promotion. The unit chairperson will chair the P&T Committee without vote. A two-third’s affirmative vote is required for a recommendation to be forwarded to the department chairperson, who will attach his/her written assessment and forward both documents to the dean/ director and the school/ college committee.

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School/ College Promotion and Tenure (P&T) Committee.

The school or college P&T Committee (elected from tenured faculty in the school or college) will evaluate candidates recommended for promotion by their department’s P&T Committee and/or by their department chairperson. The Committee may also initiate recommendations for promotion if the school or college does not have departments. A two-third’s affirmative vote is required for a recommendation to be forwarded to the dean/ director, who will attach his/her written assessment and forward both documents to the President or his/her designee.

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University Faculty Tenure and Promotion Committee.

A university-wide P&T Committee established by joint appointment of the President and the Academic Senate Policy Committee shall advise the President on promotion cases for which he/she seeks counsel, and for those cases where his/her decision is not to grant promotion. If the committee by a two-thirds vote disagrees with the decision to deny promotion, its recommendation will be forwarded to the President for his/her consideration. The President retains the ultimate right to grant or deny promotion.

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Appeals: Candidates for promotion with three years of service can appeal a negative recommendation of their departmental P&T Committee and/or chairperson and appear before the committee, if they so choose. If the Committee and/or chairperson reaffirm their negative decision, the candidate may still have his/her request for promotion forwarded to the dean/ director of the school/ college, and may designate two tenured faculty to appear before the school/ college P&T Committee on his/her behalf. A negative decision at the level of the school/ college can be appealed for reconsideration as well, but, if reaffirmed, cannot be appealed to the President or the University P&T Committee, unless the school/ college is the initiating unit for the promotion request.

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Grievances: If the candidate and the union believe that a negative recommendation was based on violation of due-process or the candidate’s exercise of his/her constitutional rights, the candidate can file a grievance. If the arbitrator finds such violations occurred, the case will be submitted to the University P&T Committee and to the Provost or other designee of the President. Within six months of receiving the recommendation of the Committee and the Provost/ designee, the President will send written notice to the candidate. The President’s decision is final and not subject to further appeal or grievances.

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