Selection: Chairs of Tenure and Promotion committees in the degree-granting college/schools and for University Libraries  are chosen according to procedures established in their respective college/school/University Libraries, or unit. They are elected to two-year staggered terms. Faculty at-large are selected according to standard procedures for naming members to Faculty Senate committees, except that they shall be from different Faculty Senate divisions, and shall be full-time, tenured faculty members with the rank of associate professor or higher.   Faculty at-large members serve for three years. Ex officio and  faculty at-large members may not serve while a candidate for promotion or incentive review, or while on sabbatical leave.  Replacement appointments shall be made as needed, following standard procedures.

1.  Implement university-wide policies and procedures for awarding tenure and promotion.

2.  Coordinate the Tenure and Promotion Calendar.

3.  Specify the format for documentation in support of Tenure and Promotion Review, with a view to developing comparable standards throughout the University while recognizing essential college/school/University Libraries differences.

4.  Formulate transmittal, reporting, and appeals procedures for awarding tenure and promotion.

5.  Ensure that there are university-wide procedures for notifying the relevant administrators and those faculty members for whom tenure decisions must be made before reappointment.

6.  Review tenure and promotion cases in accordance with the University Tenure, Promotion, and Appeals Procedure.

7.  Review college/school/University Libraries guidelines for Tenure and Promotion according to the schedule in the Handbook for Faculty, 3.62, ensuring the guidelines are consistent with university guidelines.
    3.62 / Schedule of review of College/School/University Libraries guidelines for Tenure and Promotion
              2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, etc   College of Education, College of Fine Arts, University Libraries
              2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, etc.   College of Health Professions, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

              2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, etc.   Frank Barton School of Business, College of Engineering
              accepted by the Faculty Senate 9-25-06 

8.  Report to the Faculty Affairs Committee for review issues of concern in tenure policies and tenure and promotion guidelines.