A faculty member who holds a joint appointment in two academic units may achieve tenure. If one of the units refuses to recommend tenure upon expiration of the probationary period, the joint appointment shall be terminated. If either unit recommends tenure and tenure is approved, that unit shall have responsibility for the full-time employment of the faculty member.
Except for the appointment of the President, Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Deans, a regular faculty appointee shall not be offered permanent tenure upon initial appointment without the evaluation of the respective academic unit faculty committee, the Chairperson, the Dean, the University Tenure and Promotion Committee, and the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs; and no appointment below the rank of Associate Professor can be made with tenure.
All promotion and tenure recommendations are to be objective without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or marital status.
The procedures for applying for promotion and/or tenure, for review of the candidate's application, and for appealing negative decisions are identical unless specifically noted below.
In order to facilitate the administration of promotion and/or tenure review procedures, the anniversary date shall be the date of employment or the date of the beginning of the first academic semester in which the faculty member has duties, whichever is later. Leaves of absence for professional growth may be credited toward promotion and/or tenure if approved in advance by the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs. One year of credit towards promotion and/or tenure should be calculated using the definition of "full-time teaching load" as established by procedures in the Faculty Handbook. Current procedures compute a year of credit based on:
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