Senate membership does not lapse because of leave of absence or by virtue of transfer to emeritus status. An acceleration takes place when an appointee advances to a rank or step in advance of the normal period of time. University policy establishes normal periods of time for each rank and step. See the Academic Salary Scales. An appointment occurs when a person is newly employed in a University academic title or newly employed in a different academic title series within the University.
All appointees undergo some form of performance evaluation.
An appraisal is a formal evaluation of an Assistant Professor or certain other titles such as Assistant Professor in Residence, which is made in order to arrive at a preliminary assessment of the candidate's prospect for eventual promotion as well as to identify appointees whose records of performance and achievement are below the level of excellence expected. A change of series may occur because an individual's duties have changed. An honorary title conferred, upon retirement, on certain academic appointees. See APM - 115. Titles in the Professorial series and Equivalent Ranks are also referred to as tenure track titles since they represent the titles which confer tenure or which permit promotion to tenure.