in pursuing and achieving AACSB accreditation as mandated by the KSU Board of Regents.

• C.Review of Internal/Campus Service: In accordance with Section 2.6.1.3, the candidate has been active at the departmental and campus level in contributing as a co-advisor of and business club. He has been active in the Faculty Senate as a member of the Academic Policies Committee, and the Curriculum Committee. He was appointed by former Kentucky Governor Matthew Bevin for a three year term to the Kentucky Governor's Economic Opportunity Commission.
• D.Review of Public Service: The candidate has met Section 2.6.1.3.2 through public service and community engagement by consistently displaying service excellence. He has served as a reviewer, moderator, discussant, session organizer, and chair for various academic journals and conferences. He hold professional memberships in several economics associations. He is also active in local business organizations and business incubators.
• E.Review of Continuing Professional Growth and Development: Evidence of ongoing professional growth and development, as stated in Section 2.6.1.4, is found in the candidate's participation and memberships in professional organizations.

In making this recommendation, I have reviewed the promotion application, the supplemental reviews and evaluations as specified in the Checklist for Promotion, and the criteria for promotion as stated in Section 2.6.2.1 of the Faculty Handbook. I have taken into consideration the recommendations of the Unit Committee, Chair, Dean, and University Committee. I also took into consideration the letter of rebuttal from the candidate. Along these lines, the Unit Committee, and Chair approved the promotion to professor with tenure. However, the Dean and the University Committee recommended tenure, but not promotion to full professor. This Office had to dig deeper into all documents, including the rebuttals of the candidate, other documents in the dossier, and the letter and intent of the Faculty Handbook policies.

When Dr. Banerjee was hired, Provost Candace Jackson, at that time, awarded four years toward tenure, and thus four years toward promotion to full professor. Although he has had more than ten years in higher education in three different institutions, only four of those years were granted toward tenure and promotion at Kentucky State University. Dr. Banerjee has been employed by Kentucky State University since 2017. Therefore, four years (granted upon hire) plus the three years he has been here, that seven years toward his ten-year requirement for the rank of professor (2.6.2.1). This was cited by the Dean and she thus recommended tenure and disapproves of promotion to full professor. She suggests that he applies for promotion at the conclusion of the next three years.

The University Tenure and Promotion Committee argued that the four years granted by Dr. Jackson was relative to tenure only and not for promotion. If that is in fact the case a candidate could be granted tenure and promotion to full promotion without ever serving at Kentucky State. That I maintain was not the spirit or letter of the law. The University Tenure and Promotion Committee’s deliberations were split: six in favor of

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