Tenure & Promotion Procedures- College Advisory Committee
[11] College Advisory Committee
A dean may seek the advice of a college advisory committee on any appointment, reappointment, promotion, and tenure case where assistance will be helpful. It is mandatory to seek advice when considering for tenure an untenured Assistant or Associate Professor in the next-to-last year of a probationary period or an untenured full Professor in the first semester of his or her one-year probation (AR II-1.0-1, Section III.E). Under Administrative Regulations (AR II-1.0-1.II.F), a dean must seek advice from a college advisory committee prior to making a final decision regarding a non-renewal of appointment or a terminal reappointment of a tenure-track faculty member. In addition, the Administrative Regulations require the selection of members of the college advisory committee through an election or through consultation with an appropriate faculty group. It is recommended that advice be sought from a college advisory committee when the dean is contemplating denying a department’s recommendation for reappointment. In cases where the advice of the college advisory committee is sought, the recommendation must be in writing, and a separate letter must be obtained for each case. These letters will become part of the official correspondence to which faculty members have access in their Standard Personnel File.