Faculty Tenure and Promotion Committee 14 October 2010 Information for Candidates and Academic Deans/Department Heads

This year’s committee Kathy Grenier, HIST – Chair Suzanne Mabrouk, CHEM – Vice-Chair Julie Lipovsky, PSYC – Secretary William Sharbrough, BADM John Weinstein, BIOL John Murden, CIVL George Williams, EDUC Mark McKinney, ELEC Jim Hutchisson, ENGL Harry Davakos, HESS Elizabeth Connor, LIBR Mei Chen, MACS Katya Skow-Obenaus, MLNG Peter Rembiesa, PHYS Martha Hurley, PSCJ

 Available on the FTPC website  Faculty/Committees/FTPC Policies, Procedures and Standards (  General Order #4, Interim Modification General Order #4Interim Modification  Memo to Candidates Memo to Candidates  Memo to Deans and Department Heads Memo to Deans and Department Heads  Departments/Schools – Standards and Procedures  CV Outline CV Outline

Candidate School/Department T&P Committee Academic Dean FTPC Provost dossier + comm. recomm. + dean’s recomm. + FTPC recomm. October - December January January 5 February March 18 Associate Provost January 12 The Review Process

October-December  Department T&P committees complete work  All materials go to Academic Deans ▪ Ballots: votes and written justifications (anonymous, and typed) ▪ Summary and recommendation ▪ The candidates’ dossiers  Each academic dean develops his/her own recommendation and communicates with candidate, and add his/her recommendation in candidate’s application package as it is passed on to the FTPC (- interim modification to GO#4)

 By 5 January  Academic deans will have transferred materials to Associate Provost Bebensee’s office. Candidates should check materials to ensure completeness.  Candidates will have sent by to ▪ CV ▪ Narrative summary

 Interviews with candidates and department heads (or dept representative)  Thursdays between 11 and 1 (Feb 3, 10, 17, 24)  Fridays between 2:30 and 5:30 (Feb 4, 11, 18, 25)  Schedule subject to change  Please let Chair of FTPC know any unavailable dates

 Meeting for each candidate -  Committee convenes  Department head (or dept representative) – (maximum) 10 minutes  Candidate – (maximum) 10 minutes  FTPC – 10 minutes ▪ Candidate and/or department head (or dept representative) may be called back in for clarification or additional information  Meeting ends (dept head (or dept rep) and candidate will meet with FTPC separately)

 Department heads (or dept representatives) may present qualifications of candidates for tenure/promotion – (no more than 5 minutes).  Supplementary or new information should be introduced at this point.  Department heads (or dept representatives) respond to questions from committee. Interview format – Dept Heads (or Dept Rep)

 Candidates may present their qualifications for tenure/promotion – (no more than 5 minutes).  Handouts, Power Point presentations are NOT necessary.  Supplementary or new materials should be introduced at this point.  Candidates respond to questions from committee. Interview format – Candidates

 March 7 th  Ballots tallied  Candidates notified of results  Copies of all ballots sent to candidates  No later than March 14 th  Candidates may request second review (5 day rule in G.O. #4)  March  Second reviews will take place

 All FTPC members vote except the representative of the department from which the candidate has come forward  Affirmative recommendation requires minimum 2/3 approval  All votes justified in writing FTPC Voting

 FTPC makes recommendation to Provost  All materials go forward to Provost  In case of second review  If positive, only materials from second review go forward  If negative, all materials—from first and second reviews—go forward (G.O. 4 page 17) FTPC Recommendations

 Provost discusses the report of FTPC with the appropriate academic dean(s)  Provost takes over process  Tenure decisions made by President  Promotion decisions made by Provost Final Recommendations

 FTPC is not involved in appeals  Appeals Committee already in place  G.O. 4 describes grounds for appeals (p. 24) Tenure and Promotion Appeals (representation by school) BADMEarl Walker EDUCKent Murray ENGINEERINGTom Dion HUMANITIESJack Rhodes SCIENCE/MATHJosey Templeton Alternate 1Bruce Strauch Alternate 2Susan Simmons

 Should be organized by teaching, scholarship, and service  Should be orderly and easily accessible  Should clearly describe types of publications  E.g., peer-reviewed article; peer-reviewed conference paper; peer-reviewed book chapter, etc.  Should include supporting documents  The supporting materials for the previous action at The Citadel should not be included  Should be packaged in a manageable container

 There is a sample CV template on the FTPC website.  Consider putting as much material as possible on a CD, rather than hard copy.

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