Minutes of a Regular Meeting, June 22-23, 2004 - Digital Collections

REGENTS’ POLICY MANUALSECTION 2—ACADEMICSProvost’s approval of the revised criteria shall indicate a date on which they become effective. Therevised criteria for promotion shall apply to all faculty in the unit beginning with the academic yearfollowing the effective date. These statements of criteria determine the emphasis placed on the variousareas of faculty activity, subject to the following conditions:(a) Qualifications for promotion in all units should include attainment of high standards in teaching;research and creative/scholarly activity; and professional and University service and public outreach; andthe evaluation should be substantially the same process as followed in tenure considerations.(b) Service in a given rank for any number of years is not in itself a sufficient reason for promotion.(c) Promotion should indicate that the faculty member is of comparable stature with others in his or herfield at the same rank outside the University.Procedures for Promotion Decisions(a) Recommendations regarding advancement in rank shall originate in the academic units, by proceduresto be determined by the Senior Vice President and Provost.(b) The college dean or the Senior Vice President and Provost may, at his or her discretion, require anacademic unit to initiate consideration of promotion for an individual faculty member. In such a case, theacademic unit must forward a recommendation, whether or not it is favorable.(c) While primary responsibility for gathering complete information on professional activity rests with theindividual faculty member, the chair should assume a share of this responsibility to be certain that allpromotion recommendations are initiated on the basis of full documentation. All such documentationmust be considered by any person or group making a recommendation.(d) All recommendations must be in writing and, with the exception of a recommendation based on anypolling of the unit’s faculty members, all must include a statement of reasons for the recommendationmade. Notification of all such recommendations made above the level of the academic unit, up to andincluding the recommendation of the Senior Vice President and Provost, must be provided to the unit’schair.(e) In all recommendations that are to be forwarded, the chair and Committee A members shall providetheir recommendations. Each member shall record an independent opinion, by name, without obligationto represent majority departmental opinion. Reasons must be given for all recommendations.(f) Whenever possible, a promotion should be accompanied by an appropriate increase in salary. Ifbudgetary limitations make this impossible in any particular year, an adjustment should occur at thenext budget period when funds are available. Promotions should not be delayed because ofbudgetary constraints. Conversely, promotions should be earned on their own right and not be usedas substitutes for salary increases.(RM, 2-12-76, 10-6-77, 11-10-77, 2-16-78, 3-9-78, 6-15-78, 7-19-78, 12-14-78, 5-8-80, 3-18-81, 6-18-81, 7-22-81, 9-17-81, 9-9-82, 12-15-83, 3-8-84, 12-13-84, 12-12-85, 1-15-87, 7-23-87, 5-9-91, 6-13-91, 7-27-93, 6-27-95, 1-14-97, 3-29-00, 1-27-04)THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 31