Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3342 - Kent State University › Chapter 3342-6 - Administrative Policy on Awards and Compensation for University Employees › Section 3342-6-26 - University policy and procedures regarding distinguished academic ranks

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The university has established distinguished academic
			 ranks to recognize university faculty members for outstanding achievement and
			 excellence in teaching, scholarly or creative activity and/or service.
			 Distinguished academic ranks are designed to recognize the university's best
			 faculty members and to recruit outstanding faculty members from outside the
			 university.
(B)
								Distinguished academic ranks include, but are not
			 limited to, distinguished professor or university professor and are separate
			 and distinct from the academic ranks awarded pursuant to the university policy
			 regarding faculty promotion.
(C)
								Distinguished
			 academic ranks grant further academic distinction to the holder beyond the rank
			 of professor, may result in additional privileges and benefits, and may include
			 but not be limited to tenure and/or the rank of professor, and may be for a
			 specified term.
(D)
								An individual may be recruited to the faculty by the
			 university offering an appointment with a distinguished academic rank which may
			 include special privileges and benefits, and may include but not be limited to
			 tenure and/or the rank of professor, and may be for a specified
			 term.
(E)
								All terms and conditions of such an appointment will be
			 stated in the letter of appointment.
(F)
								Persons currently
			 holding an administrative position at Kent state university, including unit
			 administrator, may not simultaneously be appointed to a distinguished academic
			 rank.
(G)
								Nomination and selection procedure. When a member of
			 the university community (e.g., individual faculty member, academic
			 administrator, academic unit, campus, college, provost, president, member of
			 the board of trustees) identifies an individual of exceptional qualifications
			 whose achievements in teaching, scholarly or creative activity and/or service
			 is outstanding, the nominating individual will notify the office of the
			 provost.
(1)
									If
			 the provost determines that the individual is a suitable candidate for a
			 distinguished academic rank, the provost shall notify the academic unit and
			 regional campus dean, if applicable, of the specific title of the position
			 under consideration.
(2)
									The nominee shall submit a curriculum vitae and any
			 other supporting documentation that the nominee would like to have
			 considered.
(3)
									The tenure advisory committee of the academic unit and,
			 if applicable, the tenure advisory committee of the regional campus shall serve
			 as the review committee and review the record of the nominee. The review
			 committee shall solicit input from the full faculty of the unit and, if
			 applicable, the full faculty of the regional campus.
(4)
									The review
			 committee shall vote on whether the individual nominated has sufficient
			 qualifications to merit being appointed to a distinguished academic rank. This
			 vote shall serve as a recommendation to the academic unit administrator and,
			 where applicable, the regional campus dean concerning the qualifications of the
			 individual nominated.
(a)
										Where an individual nominated for a distinguished rank
			 from outside the university is being considered for an appointment with tenure,
			 the procedural process described in the university policy regarding faculty
			 tenure that governs appointments with tenure will apply.
(b)
										The academic unit
			 administrator and regional campus dean, if applicable, shall prepare a formal
			 letter of recommendation which describes the recommendation (or the
			 non-recommendation) and the reasons therefore.
(c)
										The letter of
			 recommendation (or non-recommendation) along with the nominee's curriculum
			 vitae and any other supporting materials will be forwarded to the
			 provost.
(5)
									For nominees to an academic unit which is included in a
			 college, the dean and college advisory committee shall review the
			 recommendation from the academic unit and regional campus, if applicable, along
			 with the nominee's curriculum vitae and other supporting materials, if any, and
			 make a recommendation on the appointment to the provost.
(6)
									Upon receipt of
			 the recommendation and, if applicable, the additional recommendation from the
			 college, the provost will convene the provost's advisory council. The provost's
			 advisory council shall consider the material forwarded by the academic unit and
			 regional campus, if applicable, and the recommendation from the college, if
			 any, and make a recommendation on the appointment to the
			 provost.
(7)
									The provost will consider the material submitted by the
			 nominee and all previous recommendations and make a recommendation on the
			 appointment to the president.
(8)
									All such
			 appointments require the approval of the president and the board of
			 trustees.