BYLAWS
OF THE FACULTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
[Amended April and September 2003]
ARTICLE 6. TENURE,
PROMOTION, AND REVIEW
Section 6.1. Departmental Jurisdiction.
The English Department has initial jurisdiction over tenure, promotion,
and retention decisions; final decisions rest ultimately with the dean and
the president. Each department within the college has the authority to
make recommendations which play a major role in such decisions.
Section 6.2. Tenure.
A.
Criteria for making tenure decisions will be established by the
tenured faculty of the department, and these standards will be made known
to the entire English faculty and to the Tenure Recommending and
Competency Review Committee.
B.
Departmental tenure recommendations are made and competency reviews
are carried out in accordance with the procedures outlined in Appendix 1
("Department of English: Tenure Recommending and Competency Review
Committee" [adopted May, 1974 ]).
Section 6.3. Promotion.
A.
Recommendation for consideration for promotion will come from the
departmental chair, but a faculty member may himself/herself request
consideration for promotion. In keeping with university policy, final
departmental recommendations will be determined in the following manner:
(1)
full professors will make recommendations for associate professors
being considered for promotion;
(2)
full professors and associate professors will make recommendations
for assistant professors being considered for promotion; full professors,
associate professors, and assistant professors will make recommendations
for instructors being considered for promotion.
B.
The criteria for promotion are the same as those used in tenure
decisions, with the qualification that the higher rank, the more evidence
of scholarly activity required for promotion. The department recognizes
that early consideration for promotion in cases of outstanding academic
performance is desirable.
Section 6.4. Three-Year Review.
The tenured faculty of the department will conduct a routine "three-year
review" of all untenured assistant professors in the faculty member's
third year. The purpose of this review is (1) to give the faculty member
an early indication of his/her potential for tenure; (2) to remind the
faculty member of the criteria on which tenure and promotion decisions are
normally based, and to inform him/her of any other circumstances which
might affect a decision in his/her case; (3) to inform the faculty member
of any deficiencies which might lead to a non-recommendation of tenure and
to make suggestions, when appropriate, for correcting them; or (4) to
recommend non-reappointment. This will not be interpreted to mean that a
faculty member's contract cannot be terminated before the end of the third
year, since all non-tenured appointments at the university are for one
year.
Section 6.5. ABDs.
A qualification for the rank of assistant professor will be completion of
the Ph.D. or M.F.A.. If an assistant professor is hired without the Ph.D.
or M.F.A., he/she will have one academic year in which to complete it.
