According to the guidelines for non-tenure-line faculty promotion review,
有时, 尤其是当新军衔第一次出现的时候, the Review Committee will have difficulty finding an adequate number of non-tenure-line faculty of the appropriate rank to staff the committee. In these cases, the 教师 Affairs Committee recommends the following procedure. 如经本司批准, these recommendations will be forwarded to the Division Head for further action.
资格及组成
In cases of a candidate being considered for promotion to 副教授 或 教学教授 (for faculty with terminal degree) when there is not a sufficient number of higher-ranked non-tenure-line faculty to constitute the full five-member committee, 一个三人审查小组委员会是可以接受的. In such a case, the rank of each committee member shall fit one of the following categories:
- 第一类:教学教授或终身教授
- Category II: 副教授 with at least five years in the second rank
- Category III: Assistant 教学教授 with at least five years in the second rank
- 第四类:终身副教授
This three-member review committee should be composed as follows:
- For candidates holding the rank of 副教授, the committee should have at least one member from category I (preferably from the candidate’s group), 如果需要的话, the remaining members should fall into categories II and/or IV with preference to category II.
- For candidates holding the rank of Assistant 教学教授, the committee should have at least one member from categories I or II (preferably from the candidate’s group), 如果需要的话, the remaining members from categories III and/or IV with preference to category III.
The three-member review committee should include members from each of the three Division groups. The Division Head will solicit nominations from all full-time non-tenure-line faculty in the Division of all the non-tenure-line faculty in the Division who are eligible to serve on the committee, 最好每组至少有一名提名人. 然后,部门主管将进行无记名投票. All full-time non-tenure-line faculty in the Group except for the Division Head are eligible to vote. 提名者将在投票中按组别划分. Each faculty member who is eligible to vote may vote for as few or as many nominees as they want. The nominees with the most votes from each group will be the Group’s representative on the promotion review committee. The Division Head will resolve ties, typically by a tie-break election. If a tie-break election results in a second tie, then the Division Head will cast the deciding vote.
In the event that the Committee does not have a member of the appropriate rank for a particular candidate, a special election should be held to replace a member of the committee with one of the appropriate rank. Preferably that will be a member of the candidate’s group. The above process should be used for this replacement, but 只有 candidates of the appropriate rank will be considered in the election.
The selection process should follow the non-tenure-line Promotion Review Committee Guidelines; adapted to select the number of seats needed to fill the desired three-member review committee. 至于常规流程, 只有 full-time non-tenure-line faculty members are eligible to vote in this special election.