Provost/Executive Vice President

Z26U

1. Meets with the Deans and the Promotions and Tenure Committee before deliberations concerning promotions and tenure begin to discuss policies and procedures regarding promotions and/or tenure
2. Receives a copy of Unit I for employee files
3. Receives a copy of Unit III for employee files
4. Approves annual salary increases
5. Approves continuation/termination of probationary faculty, including Continuing Track and Lecture Track four-year probation decisions
6. Receives tenure and/or promotion recommendations from the Promotions and Tenure Committee and the appropriate Dean for each candidate applying for tenure and/or promotion
7. Holds joint meeting of Promotions and Tenure Committee and the appropriate Dean for each candidate applying for promotion and/or tenure to discuss the substance of the deliberations that led to their specific recommendations
8. Recommends promotion and/or tenure decisions to the President
9. Meets with candidates who are not successful in the application for tenure to discuss the recommendations of both the Promotions and Tenure Committee and the Dean concerning the faculty member and an explanation of those recommendations. This meeting will occur within six months of the tenure decision. Makes self available to any candidate, after notification of promotion and tenure decisions, to discuss the recommendations of both the Promotion and Tenure Committee and the Dean concerning the faculty member and an explanation for those recommendations. If requested, this meeting will occur within six months of the decisions.