Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3364 - University of Toledo › Chapter 3364-72 - Faculty Qualifications › Section 3364-72-15 - Expedited tenure review

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Policy
			 statement
It is the policy of the university of
				Toledo (UT) that all faculty and faculty administrators hired into the
				university at the rank of associate professor or above and who have previously
				been awarded tenure at an accredited academic institution with standards
				comparable to or surpassing those of the university, may, subject to the
				procedures and approvals outlined below, be awarded tenure upon their entry
				into UT.
(B)
								Purpose of policy
UT is committed to recruiting, hiring,
				and retaining outstanding faculty and faculty administrators who have
				demonstrated sustained excellence in teaching, professional activity, and
				service. The university is also committed to providing an expedited process for
				exemption from the probationary period and awarding tenure upon entry when the
				faculty member or administrator, who has previously been awarded tenure, has
				met the high standards of the relevant discipline and meets or exceeds the
				standards for tenure at UT.
(C)
								Scope
This policy applies to all external
				faculty and faculty administrators who have accepted and signed a letter of
				offer for a position at UT at the rank of associate professor, professor, and
				endowed professor or chair and who hold tenure at another accredited academic
				institution.
Rank is not within the scope or
				authority of this policy. Deans retain the authority to determine the
				appropriate rank of external new hire faculty and/or faculty administrators
				subject to the approval of the provost and the reviewing units outlined in the
				collective bargaining unit. (CBA).
The expedited tenure process shall not
				be used for faculty members or academic administrators who are currently
				employed and/or under contract at UT.
(D)
								Procedure
At the time of the selection of the
				search finalists for faculty or administrative positions, the candidate's
				curriculum vitae
(
CV) shall be reviewed by the first-level
				faculty committee, e.g., department personnel committee (DPC) or its
				equivalent. The first-level faculty committee shall make an initial
				determination that based on the materials presented the candidate "should be
				considered for expedited tenure review." If the first-level faculty committee
				fails to respond within ten days of receiving the official curriculum vitae
				from the dean or search committee chair, the dean will presume the first-level
				faculty support the candidate's evaluation for expedited tenure
				review.
Upon the acceptance of the offer
				letter, the dean shall provide an abbreviated dossier pertaining to the
				individual selected for hire. The abbreviated dossier shall include a complete
				CV, application letter and/or personal statement, documentation of tenure at
				another institution, and evidence of teaching effectiveness (if applicable).
				Additional external evaluation letters are not necessary.
The abbreviated dossier shall be sent
				to the appropriate reviewing units outlined in the CBA or college of medicine
				and life sciences' (COMLS) criteria and/or faculty rules and regulations for
				faculty not bound by a CBA.
The abbreviated dossier shall be
				circulated electronically to accelerate the process. Letters of recommendation
				from each level will be sent electronically and must answer the question "do
				you recommend tenure for this appointment?". If the result of the expedited
				tenure review awards tenure the recommendations will be collected and submitted
				to the official personnel file of the individual.
Each evaluating unit must consider the
				contents of the abbreviated dossier and compare its contents to the
				departmental or programmatic standards in place at UT. If applicable each
				evaluating unit will also consider discipline specific standards that may
				exceed or not be reflected in tenure standards at accredited institutions
				designated as peer or aspirational to UT.
Each evaluating unit will be notified
				simultaneously and will have twenty-one calendar days to respond. The
				appropriate evaluation units are listed as followed:
(1)
									Faculty governed
			 by the CBA: department personnel committee, chair, college personnel committee,
			 dean, university personnel committee.
(2)
									Faculty governed
			 by the COMLS' criteria and procedures or faculty rules and regulations for
			 faculty not bound by a CBA; department chair; appointment, promotions and
			 tenure committee (APT); dean.
The expedited process does not require
				an evaluation based on the prior levels of review. Each evaluating unit shall
				make a determination based on the materials presented. An evaluating unit's
				failure to respond within the timeframe will result in a presumption of support
				for tenure by that evaluating unit. If a level of evaluation does not provide a
				written evaluation, the dean shall be required to add the following to the
				dossier:
(a)
										the dated notification sent to the evaluating
			 level;
(b)all communications sent to secure an evaluation within the
			 evaluation process.
The recommendations will be compiled
				and forwarded to the provost. If the provost recommends tenure, the evaluation
				will be submitted to the president, who will make a recommendation to the board
				of trustees.