College factors for tenure and promotion
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Approved by the Faculty Assembly Dec. 14, 2010
The following measures of achievement, appropriate to the candidate's rank, shall be taken into account when evaluating the candidate for tenure and/or promotion in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Scholarship
- Research excellence (such as in discipline-specific, multi-disciplinary, pedagogy-related research) as evidenced through the publication of refereed work in leading print and electronic journals and the publication of books and/or chapters in books. Other measures of research accomplishment include presentations at meetings and conferences; recognition by professional societies; participation in research seminars; evidence of the value of the research results including external reviews and citations of the candidate's work by other researchers. In addition, the candidate's potential for maintaining this research activity shall be taken into account.
- The persistence and success of efforts to secure available external support, where appropriate, to enhance the quality of the candidate's research program.
Teaching
- Effectiveness of teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In measuring the quality of teaching, student evaluations for all courses taught shall be considered; peer review and other measures of teaching effectiveness are also appropriate. where possible. In addition, other criteria such as curriculum development, contributions to the improvement of teaching programs, and involvement in student advising may also be considered.
- Effectiveness in the direction of undergraduate essays and theses, and master's and doctoral essays, theses, and dissertations as appropriate to the candidate's department.
Service
- Performance of service to department, college, university, profession, and, where appropriate, community, which demonstrates effective contributions to the academic and public communities.
Specific departmental factors will guide the evaluation. All of the areas listed will be considered in the review of applications for promotion and/or tenure by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee and by the dean of the college and will provide the basis for their recommendations.