Professional Responsibilities and Procedures Committee (PRPC)
Action Items for final approval:
1. Reasons for Non-Renewal. Code to qualify “cessation of extramural funding” as a reason for non-renewal of tenure-track faculty is presented for final review (Attachment 1).
2. Extension of Pre-Tenure Probationary Period. Code to specify that expectations for achievements will be no greater when the pre-probationary period has been extended than if it had not is presented to for final review (Attachment 2).
3. Deans’ Tenure and Promotion Advisory Committees. Revised code to require ombudsperson attendance at meetings of such committees, and disclosure to the respective college of the composition of the committees, is presented for review (Attachment 3).
Information Items:
1. Clarification of Revision of Role Statement. A revision of Code 405.6.1, Role Statement and Role Assignment, was drafted to reflect procedures established by the Provost’s office for annual meetings of tenure and promotion committees (Attachment 4).
2. Deadline for Initial Promotion Committee Meeting. Currently, faculty wishing to be considered for promotion must convene a promotion advisory committee by October 15, nearly a year in advance. However, this information is not found with other advice to faculty wishing to be considered for promotion. We propose including this deadline where it can easily be found, pushing this date forward four months, and making the deadline for formation of the promotion advisory committee consistent with this date (Attachment 5).
3. Temporary Vacancies on Tenure and Promotion Advisory Committees. There was concern regarding temporary vacancies on tenure and promotion advisory committees. After studying the current code (Attachment 6) PRPC felt it provided the appropriate flexibility to allow the “appointing authority” to deal with emergencies (e.g., negotiate a one-time change in administrative deadlines; fill the vacancy with an equivalent faculty person, etc.).