A tenured job remains the coveted prize in academe. That leads us to some questions: (1) How are institutions making solid choices when it comes to whom they grant tenure and promote? and (2) How ...

Landing a tenure-track job is arguably still the coveted grand prize in academe. It’s understandably a big deal: an institution puts it in writing that a person has a job for life. As long as the ...

On a fall day, a large group of people gather in a well-appointed conference room with stacks of evidence piled on the tables. One by one, those being judged come into the room, present their evidence ...

Promotion dossiers are collected and processed electronically through Workflow, within the Faculty Activity Reporting system. Do not discuss your candidacy for promotion with any students so as not to ...

Almost everybody involved in the federal merit promotions process has doubts about its effectiveness, according to a new Merit Systems Protection Board study. MSPB compiled information from several ...

Deans conduct election of college tenure committee members and Faculty/Academic Senate from tenure committees by 3/1 with first meeting to be held no later than 9/15 ...

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A promotion occurs when there is an increase in supervisory responsibilities, an increase in responsibilities and salary and/or an upgrade in title. A redistribution of work at the same level within a ...

Although instructor-track and clinical faculty members may, as a matter of convenience, seek promotion at the point of regular reappointment and contract renewal, they may seek promotion in any ...