Life after New 7.12: Documenting Faculty Choice Arlene Carney, Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs

P & T Terms Regents Policy on Faculty Tenure – called the Tenure Code as a short hand Section numbers refer to sections of this policy. Section 7.11 – the University-wide General Criteria for Tenure Section 7.12 – the unit criteria for tenure in a department, division, or college Section 9.2 – the University-wide Criteria for promotion to professor – Did not exist before the 2007 Faculty Tenure policy

Changes in Promotion and Tenure Faculty Tenure policy was revised in Previous version was dated A new Procedures for Reviewing Candidates for Tenure and/or Promotion: Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty was implemented in 2007.

Changes in Promotion and Tenure The Provost called for revisions of each unit’s 7.12 Statement because both the Faculty Tenure policy and the Procedures document had been revised substantially.

Interpretation 6 of Faculty Tenure If a 7.12 Statement is changed, faculty (assistant and associate professors) may choose either the old or the new 7.12 statement. They must make the choice within one year of administrative approval by the Provost. The new Procedures for Reviewing Candidates for Tenure and/or Promotion: Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty (2007) requires the Provost to obtain a written agreement from faculty documenting their choice.

Interpretation 6 of Faculty Tenure If faculty do not make a choice between the old and new 7.12 statements within one year of administrative approval of the new 7.12 statement, then the default is the new 7.12 statement.

Memoranda of Understanding The documents are to be generated by the Provost’s office, not by the candidate’s department or college. These documents are to be signed by the candidate, the unit head, the dean or chancellor, and the provost.

Memoranda of Understanding Complicated by the date of hire of the faculty member or the date of his or her promotion to the rank of associate professor. We must get agreements for every assistant and associate professor, both tenure-track and tenured. Choice of 7.12 statement will also affect which 7.12 is used for annual review of probationary faculty.

Presentation Overview The date “June 8, 2007” refers to the date when the new Faculty Tenure policy was accepted by the Board of Regents. The next slides show whether an MOU is required and what should be in the MOU for both untenured faculty and for tenured associate professors.

10 Decision Tree for MOU: Untenured Faculty* Hired after June 8, 2007 with new 7.12 in place ______________________________________ Hired after June 8, 2007? Use Tenure Policy 2007 New, Approved 7.12 at hire**? Use New, Approved 7.12 No MOU required **When payroll starts in regular, salaried position at rank. * Untenured faculty refers to all ranks from assistant through full professor.

Decision Tree for MOU: Untenured Faculty* Hired after June 8, 2007 with old 7.12 in place ___________________________________________ Hired after June 8, 2007? Use Tenure Policy 2007 (7.11) Old 7.12 at hire? Faculty has the choice of old or new 7.12.** Chooses new 7.12 [7.11 (2007)] Chooses old 7.12 [7.11 (2007)] **If no MOU signed within one year of approved 7.12, default is new *Untenured faculty refers to all ranks from assistant through full professor.

Decision Tree for MOU: Untenured Faculty* Hired before June 8, 2007 ___________________________________________ Hired before June 8, 2007? Choose Tenure Policy Old 7.12 at hire? Faculty has the choice of old or new 7.12.** Chooses new 7.12 (new 7.11) Chooses old 7.12 (old 7.11) New 2007 Old 2001 **If no MOU signed within one year of approved 7.12, default is new *Untenured faculty refers to all ranks from assistant through full professor.

Application of Choice ____________________________ For untenured assistant or associate professors who choose the old version of Faculty Tenure (2001) and the old unit 7.12 Statement for the tenure and/or promotion decision, the choice only applies to the initial tenure and/or promotion decision. For subsequent promotion to professor, the faculty member must be evaluated with the 2007 Faculty Tenure policy and the new 7.12 Statement.

Decision Tree for MOU: Tenured Associate Professor Hired or Promoted after June 8, 2007 with new 7.12 in place _______________________________________ At rank or hired after June 8, 2007?* Use 2007 Tenure Policy (includes 9.2) New 7.12 at hire or promotion to rank? Faculty must use the new *Promoted at end of 2007 or in 2008 No MOU required

Decision Tree for MOU: Tenured Associate Professor Hired or Promoted after June 8, 2007 with Old 7.12 in place ___________________________________________ Hired or at rank after June 8, 2007? Use 2007 Tenure Policy (Includes 9.2) Old 7.12 at promotion to rank? Faculty has the choice of old or new 7.12.* Chooses new 7.12 (new 9.2) Chooses old 7.12 (new 9.2) *If no MOU signed within one year of approved 7.12, default is new 7.12.

Decision Tree for MOU: Tenured Associate Professor Hired or Promoted before June 8, 2007 ________________________________________________ At rank before June 8, 2007? Choose Tenure Policy Old 7.12 at promotion to rank? Faculty has the choice of old or new 7.12.* Chooses new 7.12 (new 9.2) Chooses old 7.12 (no Section 9.2) Old 2001 New 2007 *If no MOU signed within one year of approved 7.12, default is new 7.12.

Contact Information ____________________________ Arlene Carney Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs Karen Zentner Bacig Associate to the Vice Provost