5.6 Promotion

5.6.2 Criteria for Promotion

The criterion for promotion of non-tenure-track faculty is excellence in performing the primary responsibilities established in the initial appointment document and recorded in the annual performance and planning reviews. Promotion criteria are to be weighted in relation to the faculty member’s assigned responsibilities. It is the responsibility of departments and academic units to define excellence in terms of their respective disciplines.

Each academic unit may establish a statement of criteria and expectations, which elaborates on the general criteria found in this handbook and is consistent with the mission of the academic unit and the professional responsibilities normally assigned to non-tenure-track faculty members in the academic unit.

Each department may establish more detailed criteria for promotion in that unit that are consistent with but may be more specific than the criteria stated in this handbook and any criteria established by the academic unit. Departmental criteria for promotion are not required if specific criteria have been established by the applicable academic unit, and the dean and provost have approved application of the academic unit criteria in lieu of departmental criteria. Academic unit criteria for promotion shall be effective upon approval by the provost and will be published online.

Departmental criteria for promotion shall be effective upon approval by the dean and provost and will be published online.