Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Procedures Manual - University of Maryland

Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Procedures Manual

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The 2005-2006 PROCEDURES MANUAL is intended to clarify the implementation of policies and procedures governing the preparation of candidates' dossiers and the review process for faculty on tenured or tenure-track lines. Please share the manual with faculty members of all ranks. Candidates for promotion may find it helpful in anticipating their own tenure reviews because it contains input from previous Campus APT Committees, the Provost, and President.

  1. Important Dates for 2005-2006
  2. University APT Policy
  3. General Instructions for Assembling the Dossier and Preparing the Candidate's Case
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  4. Instructions for Dossiers for Specific Types of Cases
  5. Negative Votes on Promotions
  6. Appeals of Requests for Review, Denial of Promotion and Tenure, Emeritus Status
    7. Appendix A: Sample Letters to External Evaluators
    Appendix B: Sample Summary of Student Teaching Evaluations
    Index and List of Tables

Questions regarding APT procedures and policies may be directed to Associate Provost Ellin K. Scholnick (phone: 5-4252)

This manual contains three kinds of information:

1. The formal UMCP Policy on Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure of Faculty (II-1.00 A) which contains mandatory procedures for review of dossiers.

2. A set of administrative procedures governing the preparation of candidates' dossiers and the review process for faculty on tenured or tenure-track lines. The procedural guide grows out of the APT policy but provides more specific detail on compiling a dossier and handling specific situations not dealt with in the APT policy, such as joint appointments.

3. A set of best practices based on suggestions from past university APT and Appeals committees.

These three kinds of information are differentiated by typeface (as above) and, for the formal policy requirements, specific line citations have been inserted. In general, in each section, the policy will be presented first, followed by administrative procedures and then suggestions.

 
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