Faculty Qualifications for Promotion Clause Samples
The Faculty Qualifications for Promotion clause sets out the specific criteria and standards that faculty members must meet to be considered for advancement to higher academic ranks. Typically, this clause outlines required educational credentials, teaching experience, research achievements, and service contributions that are evaluated during the promotion process. By clearly defining these qualifications, the clause ensures transparency and consistency in promotion decisions, helping both faculty and administrators understand expectations and reducing disputes over eligibility.
Faculty Qualifications for Promotion. Faculty members who apply for a promotion in rank following ratification of this Agreement must have been in their current rank for a minimum of three (3) years and have completed the following graduate credits* in courses and degrees within their academic or related discipline, or another area approved by the College.
1. Professor ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Doctorate, or College-approved program**Masters + 51 Credits Proposal 1 – January 25, 2002 34 Associate Professor, Senior Masters + 45 36 credits Associate ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ +30 21 credits Assistant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ +15 9 credits (Any Master Degree credits in excess of 30 credits shall be credited to the required credit hours for promotion.) Faculty with an earned doctorate (Ph.D., ▇.▇., Ed.D, etc.) are eligible for promotion at all ranks. *Exceptions to graduate credits may include non-graduate credits, continuing education units, or other professional training appropriate to the advancement of the discipline/department and approved in advance by the Academic ▇▇▇▇. with the understanding that exceptions to graduate credits for promotion and/or Endowed Chair will be subject to a more stringent evaluation than for the maintenance of academic rank. **Exceptions to the doctorate must be approved in advance by the Academic ▇▇▇▇.
2. At least three (3) graduate credits must have been successfully completed within the three (3) years preceding a promotion application, including those applying for the rank of Professor. Faculty must complete the required credits or exceptions by the end of the academic year in which he/she submitted the application for promotion.