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PROMOTION TIMETABLE - FACULTY (2005/06)

Action is to be taken by

Article

Faculty Member

Departmental Chair/

Immediate Supervisor

Faculty Dean

President/PTR Committee

30 September

26.04

*supply the President and his/her immediate supervisor with information (see Article 26.04)

 

 

 

 

 

l5 October

22.04

 

 

 

 

 

*Exec Asst to the President shall conduct elections of the PTR Committees

 

31 October

22.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*President shall convene a meeting of all PTR Committees (chaired by President or V-P Academic) to familiarize members with responsibilities and procedures of PTR Committees

1 November

26.04

*a member who applies for promotion to the rank of Professor shall supply the President with three (3) additional copies - for external appraisers

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 November

**promo to Professor only

26.05.01

 

 

 

 

*after consultation with the Director or Chair, except in Business Admin, Education, or Forestry, assemble a list of six (6) persons external to the university, and present same to the candidate.

 

 

 

Action is to be taken by

Article

Faculty Member

Departmental Chair/

Immediate Supervisor

Faculty Dean

President

within five (5) days of 15 November

26.05.01

*advise the Dean of any persons named on the list who should not be asked to serve as an external appraiser

 

 

*if no objection within five days, recommends to the President three (3) persons from the list who will serve as external appraisers.

 

 

30 November

26.05.01

*may name one additional external appraiser, and shall notify President of his/her choice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26.05.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

*writes to external appraisers; includes items listed under Article 26.05.02

no less than five (5) days prior to meeting of PTR Committee

26.05.04

 

 

 

 

 

*provides the candidate with unattributed edited copies of the appraisers= reports

*provides members of the PTR Committee with the same edited copies of the appraisers= reports

(including the author of each report)

 

 

26.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*assembles an information file for each candidate containing the candidate=s letter of appointment, materials in 26.04, and (for candidates for promotion to Professor) edited reports of external appraisers persuant to 26.05.04

*makes this file accessible to members of the PTR Committee

Action is to be taken by

Article

Faculty Member

Departmental Chair/

Immediate Supervisor

Faculty Dean

President

 

 

26.07

 

 

*make the candidate=s information file available to faculty members in the candidate=s School or Dept or Faculty (see Article 26.07 for exclusions)

*solicits from each full-time faculty member in the candidate=s School or Dept or Faculty other than the candidate and immediate supervisor, a signed, written opinion on the promotion (on the approved ballot)

 

 

 

 

at least fifteen (l5) days before the meeting of the PTR Committee

26.07

 

26.08

 

 

 

26.09

 

 

*forward the originals to the President

*supplies the President with his/her own recommendation

*provides the candidate with a copy of the recommendation

*advises the candidate in writing, with a copy to the President, of the number of faculty members supporting and not supporting the promotion

*provides the candidate with unattributed typed copies of the reasons given for the support or lack of support

 

 

 

 

 

 

26.10

*invited to appear before the Committee (may be accompanied by a colleague from the University)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Action is to be taken by

Article

Faculty Member

Departmental Chair/

Immediate Supervisor

Faculty Dean

President

 

 

26.11.02

26.11.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

*PTR Committee votes

*Chair of the PTR Committee prepares a written report and forward it to the President

l5 January

(for a simultaneous application for promotion to rank of Assoc and tenure)

 

30 June

(all other applications)

26.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.01(E)

 

 

 

 

 

 

*inform the candidate in writing of the Committee=s recommendation to the President and the President=s recommendation to the Board

*provide the candidate with a copy of the Committee report

*if President=s recommendation is inconsistent with the recommendation of the PTR Committee, the President shall advise the candidate in writing of the reasons for his/her decision

*at the same time that the candidates are informed of the President=s recommendations to the Board with respect to PTR, the Board shall provide LUFA

Updated: 28 September, 2005