FACULTY EMPLOYMENT
EVALUATION
Evaluation and Award of Tenure (United Academics Faculty)
To be eligible for consideration for award of tenure, a faculty member must hold a tenure-track appointment at the rank of instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, or professor. A faculty member may request to be evaluated for award of tenure during any year of service but must be reviewed for tenure as follows:
1. All non-tenured faculty appointed at the rank of instructor or assistant professor must be reviewed for tenure no later than the seventh consecutive year of service.
2. Non-tenured faculty undergoing review for promotion to associate professor must also be reviewed for tenure. Promotion to associate professor cannot be made without prior or simultaneous award of tenure.
3. Faculty appointed initially at the rank of associate professor without tenure must be reviewed for tenure no later than the fourth consecutive year of service.
4. Faculty appointed initially at the rank of professor without tenure must be reviewed for tenure no later than the second consecutive year of service.
Per Board of Regents Policy P04.04.052 Evaluation of Faculty for Tenure:
A. Evaluation of non-tenured faculty for tenure shall be in accordance with this chapter and the policies and procedures approved for each University. The chancellor may award tenure to such faculty as are, in the chancellor’s opinion, qualified and for whom tenure would be consistent with institutional need and mission. The chancellor shall give consideration to the recommendations of faculty and other appropriate sources.
B. Faculty holding academic rank shall be eligible for evaluation for tenure in accordance with P04.04.045 and 04.04.050.
C. Policies and procedures approved for each University shall delineate the exclusive process by which the applicant may seek reconsideration of a decision not to award tenure. The process shall allow the applicant to appeal to the president only in those instances in which the chancellor’s action is inconsistent with the recommendations of the reconsideration review body appropriate for each University.
Note: Years of service are defined in BOR Policy 04.04.045(D)(3)(a)(b)
If tenure is not awarded, a faculty member shall be offered a terminal appointment for one additional year of service. It is recommended that faculty consider establishing at least a three-year record of performance at UAS as a successful application for tenure must be based on an exceptional and substantive record of service at the appropriate level (instructor, assistant, associate, or professor).
If a faculty member chooses to stand for tenure prior to the mandatory year of review as defined in items 1-4 above, the faculty member may withdraw without penalty at any step in the process prior to review by the Chancellor. The deadline for withdrawal is prior to the Chancellor’s decision.
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