In cases where departments may have fewer than five tenured professors and associate professors, the vice president for academic affairs shall work with the departmental faculty in establishing the Promotion and Tenure Committee. It is recommended, in addition, that the department chair be ex officio of the Personnel Affairs Committee without, however, participating in the peer evaluative process unless specifically authorized to do so by a faculty approved departmental policy. The Promotion and Tenure Committee should elect a chair from its membership, unless a faculty approved departmental policy authorizes the department chair to serve as chair of the Promotion and Tenure Committee. However, tenure recommendations should be made only by tenured faculty. Shown below is a brief statement of responsibilities and relationships.
Details are to be found in the separate policy documents.
The committee is to screen candidates and approve a list of acceptable candidates with an indication of preference. The chair is to list candidates in priority order and consult with the committee. The chair is to secure concurrence of the dean and proceed to contact candidates. The Promotion and Tenure Committee is to prepare for the departmental chair a recommendation concerning each non-tenured faculty member who is completing a probationary period. Both the departmental chair and the Promotion and Tenure Committee may nominate candidates for promotion.