UNLV Faculty Senate Tenure & Promotion Forum

1. UNLV Faculty SenateTenure & Promotion Forum Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost

2. Acknowledgements • UNLV Faculty Senate • UNLV Library for Tape Archival • Provost’s Office - Home Page Display of Slide Show

3. What it is: Guarantee of Academic Freedom Financial Security Reward for Faculty Committed to Excellence Increased Responsibilities for Mentoring, Continued Commitment to Excellence in Academics and Shared Governance What it is NOT: Academic Hazing (Fear Factor) License to Do Whatever You Please Protection for “Dead Wood” Faculty An Entitlement Concept of Tenure

4. General Points Related to Tenure • Starts with Hiring Process; With Excellent Hires, Everybody is Potentially ‘Tenurable’ & ‘Promotable’ • At UNLV - No Quotas/Barriers • One of Most Important Faculty Governance Responsibilities • Process of Increasing Quality • Linked Decisions Tenure & Promotion

5. Role of Provost • Fiduciary Responsibility – Is Investment Justified? • Ensures That Comparable Rigor Has Been Maintained throughout the Process (Duty that is Shared with the Faculty Senate Tenure & Promotion Committee)

6. Policies and Procedures • General Guidelines for Tenure and Promotion - AAUP “RED BOOK” • While Providing a Sense of T&P Process as Practiced at UNLV, it Has NO Legal Status in Nevada • Unfortunately, No Single Document: • NSHE Code for Tenure • UNLV By-Laws for Promotion • UNLV Senate By-Laws for Grievance (Appeals)

7. Timing of Tenure • NSHE Code – No More than 7 Years, BUT 1 Year Terminal Contract if Denied, so Year 6 is Generally Decision Year • A Minimum of 3-4 Years Probation; Generally, No more than 1-2 Years (Max. 3) Towards Tenure Upon Hire • NSHE Code Says May Apply Any Year; Early Tenure VERY RARE

8. Timing of Promotion(Full Professor) • UNLV By-Laws: An associate professor is normally expected to be in rank for five years prior to applying for promotion to full professor • In exceptional circumstances, an application may be considered earlier

9. Evaluation for Tenure • Categories: Teaching, Research & Service • Evaluation System: “Excellent”, “Commendable”, “Satisfactory” and “Unsatisfactory” • Need “Excellent” in Teaching and/or Research, AND at Least “Satisfactory” in Other AS WELL AS in Service

10. Evaluation for PromotionEssential Criteria for Associate Professors and Full Professors • Possess Terminal Degree • Demonstrated Effectiveness as Teacher • Continuing Satisfactory Productivity in Creative or Research Activity

11. Associate Professor Demonstrated Success as a Counselor of Students Continued Evidence of Participation in Professional or Academic Organizations Full Professor Demonstrated Success as a WISE Counselor of Students Evidence of Leadership in Professional or Academic Organizations Evaluation for PromotionAdditional Criteria

12. Associate Professor Record of Contributions to University Community Collegiality Other Accomplishments of Relevance Full Professor Significant Record of Contributions to University Community Continued Collegiality Other Significant Accomplishments of Relevance Evaluation for PromotionAdditional Criteria (Continued)

13. Concept of Collegiality • “the demonstrated ability to work productively with colleagues, staff and students”(UNLV By-laws) • “ability to work with the faculty and students of the member institution in the best interests of the University of Nevada and the people that it serves, and to the extent that the job performance of the academic faculty member’s administrative unit may not be otherwise affected” (NSHE Code)

14. Concept of Collegiality(Continued) • IS NOT Congeniality • IS NOT Incompatible with Academic Freedom • Non-collegial Behavior is Hostile, Destructive, Abusive, Disruptive, and Unproductive for Others • Non-collegial Behavior Generally Must be Repeated* (and Warned Against) to be Considered in T&P Decisions

15. Tenure & Promotion ProcessGeneral • Candidate Prepares T&P Package after 5th Academic Year; Pre-tenure Review ½-way through (generally, 3rd year) • Departmental and College By-laws Outline Guidelines for the Process, BUT Not Binding on Subsequent Administrative Levels • Faculty Input is Key at Each Level that Reviews T&P Records, but Administrators Make Recommendations

16. Tenure & Promotion Process(Continued) • T&P Package to Department Personnel Committee, Faculty, then Chair (Recommendation & Letter to Candidate) • College Personnel Committee, then Dean (Recommendation & Letter to Candidate) • Faculty Senate Tenure & Promotion Committee, then Provost (Recommendation & Letter to Candidate) • President Makes Decision

17. Process If Tenure Denied • After Provost’s Letter – 15 days to Request Reasons; Administrator has 15 days to Respond • May Ask for Reconsideration (New Evidence Responding to Reasons) • Reconsideration Goes through Administrative Chain • President has Final Decision

18. Process If Tenure Denied(Continued) • UNLV By-Laws Allows Appeal to Grievance Committee • Faculty Senate By-Laws Detail Process – Elected Committee Conducts Hearings • Recommendation to Provost, Who Makes Recommendation to President • President Makes Final Decision

19. Documentation of Productivity • Discipline-Specific Weight of Evidence • Teaching – Classroom, Mentoring, Advising; Measures/Documentation • Research/Creative Activity – Also Needs Documentation; Discipline-Specific Criteria; Focused Scholarship with Impact on Discipline.

20. Integrated Teaching/Research/Service • Boyer’s Concept of Scholarship: • Scholarship of Discovery • Scholarship of Integration • Scholarship of Application • Teaching Scholarship • ASU – Integrated Model

21. ASU Integrated Model Shared Discovery Knowledge Transmission Knowledge Generation A B C Fully Integrated Activities G F D E Community Documentation Service Learning Knowledge Application http://is.asu.edu/workload/resources/faculty.html#assign

22. Summary – Qualifications for Tenure/Promotion • Terminal Degree • Pay Attention to All Aspects of Teaching; Serve/Advise Students • Continuously Involved in Scholarship • Excel in Teaching or Research; Provide Satisfactory Service; Document All • Demonstrate Ability to Work with Colleagues, Staff and Students

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