Faculty Appointments: Faculty Promotion Guidelines -
Outline of Procedures for Faculty Promotions
General Notes
- Academic HR Services collects and forwards all instructional promotion recommendations to the President for review prior to submission to the Regents.
- Submit two copies of your promotion and tenure recommendations to Diane Vasquez (4021 Wolverine Tower 1281) by March 1. The effective date for these promotions will be September 1.
- To the extent possible, the University brings to the Board of Regents all recommendations for promotion in academic rank in May of each year. In addition to reviewing individual promotions for instructional faculty, this affords the Regents an opportunity to review the overall promotional pattern for faculty in the University. It is also desirable for promotions to be considered by the various units in a group to insure that a common frame of reference will be used in making decisions.
- The approval and signature of the dean of the school/college and chancellor is required on all recommended promotions.
- Promotion recommendations for individuals holding joint regular faculty (not adjunct) appointments should be handled simultaneously by all units and require the signatures of the Deans from all schools/colleges where the individuals hold instructional appointments, even if those are dry appointments. If the individual is not recommended for promotion in the other unit, the recommendation should be accompanied by a note from the other dean(s), stating that.