These types of appointments are considered full-time in the ranks of professor, associate professor, assistant professor and instructor. They have full voting privileges on appointments, retention, promotion and tenure actions, in College Council, and the apportionment of School of Medicine senators who serve on the academic senate is based on the total number of these faculty. The main emphasis for tenure track faculty is in the areas of teaching, research, clinical service and administration. Retention reviews for faculty hired at the instructor or assistant professor levels are at the third and the sixth years with required tenure review in the seventh year. Retention reviews for faculty hired as associate professor or professors are reviewed in the third year with the review of tenure at the fifth year.
Promotion can occur any year and a can take the place of a review.