General Criteria for Faculty Rank

.131        A candidate for an academic appointment or promotion in rank must possess those personal and intellectual qualities normally expected in a teacher and director of students and must have a commitment to the aims and objectives of the university as set forth in this Faculty Handbook (Part I).

.132        The expectation of competency and satisfactory performance as a teacher and director of students is a requirement for appointment or promotion in any rank and, whenever possible, must be verified before such appointment or promotion.  In consideration of proposals for promotion, pertinent data about teaching performance collected from members of the Faculty and students should be given attention.  In order to ascertain and register student opinion for this purpose, each Department and School must provide for some documented means by which students evaluate teaching.

.133        Research is fruitful and beneficial only as it becomes publicly available and subject to reasonable evaluation and critique.  This is chiefly accomplished through publication in recognized scholarly journals, monographic series, books, or other recognized means of dissemination.  Reports and articles consisting of critical analysis and conceptualization contributing to the development of the theoretical base of professional practice are recognized as research in professional disciplines.  Irrespective of their format or the means by which they are disseminated, works presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for Faculty rank must exemplify and be appropriately recognized as exemplifying high standards of attainment in scholarship, creativity, or clinical or professional skill.

.134        The following are ordinarily not recognized as research for the purposes of appointment and promotion: mere data collection and collation; project reports not subject to normal refereeing; popularizations; simple book reviews; translations without critical apparatus or interpretation; and, in general, works requiring little or no original insight.

.135        If the doctoral degree is the normal degree for Faculty appointment, publications based on a candidate’s doctoral dissertation are not considered unless significant additional research and/or analysis has been involved.

.136        For appointment and promotion at any rank, the conscientious fulfillment of the duties and obligations of a member of the Faculties of the university is a necessary condition.