Architecture Program Report Tulane University New Orleans ...

FACULTY POLICY ON PROMOTION AND TENURE (DRAFT)
As a primary component of self-evaluation and progress assessment, the
procedures for promotion and tenure are currently being reconsidered. The
most recent draft (draft 2) is as follows:
This policy statement is supplementary to the University Statement on
Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Responsibilities, and to the TSA
Constitution.
At the School of Architecture, Tulane University, the faculty is responsible
for presenting the past, understanding the present and contributing to
future knowledge through practice, research and community service.
Faculty and students in an active process of exploration jointly probe the
cultural, philosophical, aesthetic, and technical aspects of architecture.
This School has a principal focus on architectural design principles,
methods and theories. Each faculty member is expected to share and
support this focus of the School.
Although it is essential that members of this faculty hold a variety of
points of view on architecture and architectural education, the whole of
this faculty is ultimately more important than any of its constituent
members. This whole should merit distinction and possess diversity.
Interaction within this whole by its members must be cooperative and
supportive. The capacity to articulate a disciplined set of beliefs and to
demonstrate their applicability to the built environment is fundamental,
but so is the capacity to appreciate and work with differing views held by
others. Both agreements and differences within the faculty are essential
if the students are to attain personal maturity and to be able to
synthesize technical, aesthetic, and cultural needs as architects.
Academic freedom is basic for all members of the faculty. This freedom
requires individual integrity and initiative and carries with it profound
responsibilities. Each faculty member must be an individual with
intellectual and professional integrity whose statements shall merit the
trust and authority accorded this position.
Tenure guarantees academic freedom and requires a deep commitment
to the School and its programs. The probationary period for a faculty
member advancing towards tenure is expected to be active and
productive. Judgment of professional and academic promise will be
made through an established, rigorous review process that incorporates
evaluations by peers from both within and without Tulane University.
In this statement, the faculty as a whole wishes to elucidate the
principles on which judgments will be based.
Three areas are to be evaluated: teaching ability, service, and