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Non-tenure-line Promotion Review Committee Guidelines

Review Committees

The purpose of a College level of review for promotion of full-time non-tenure-line faculty is to apply criteria related to the College mission and standards and to ensure that criteria are applied evenly across Divisions. Thus, the College review will bring broad faculty and administrative judgment to bear and will also monitor general standards of quality and equity of academic unit policies and procedures. It is at the academic unit level that specific expectations and standards are given and evaluated.

Composition

Each committee shall consist of five members elected from the Altoona College full-time non-tenure-line faculty as follows:

  • One member elected from the Division of Arts and Humanities;
  • One member elected from the Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology;
  • One member elected from the Division of Education, Human Development and Social Sciences;
  • One member elected from the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences; and,
  • One member elected at large.

Selection

Each division with an open seat will provide at least two candidates for a college-wide election in which the full-time non-tenure-line faculty will vote for one person from each division. The candidate in each division receiving the greatest number of votes will be the division representative. A separate election will be conducted for an open at-large seat, for which each division will provide at least one candidate, and the candidate receiving the most votes will be the at-large member. This election should be conducted only after results from any division seat elections have been made public. This will allow all potential candidates, including those remaining from division seat elections, to run for the at-large seat. Only full-time non-tenure-line faculty members are eligible to vote.

The term of committee members will be two years. Terms shall be staggered so that half of the committee is elected each year. In the first year, half of the terms will be for one year. After each term, members are eligible for re-election.

In the case of ties for division members, the division will be responsible for resolving the tie. Ties for the at-large member and replacements for elected members who become unable to serve will be decided by a vote of the full-time non-tenure-line faculty. Should a tie remain after this vote, the Chancellor will select the at-large member or replacement from the remaining candidates.

The Chair of the Faculty Senate shall be responsible for ensuring that the election of these committees is completed by the end of the second week in April.

Each committee will select its own chair.

Eligibility

Any Altoona College full-time non-tenure-line faculty member holding a second rank (Assistant Teaching Professor for faculty without a terminal degree or Associate Teaching Professor for faculty with terminal degree) or higher is eligible to serve on the Altoona College Non-tenure-line Promotion Review Committee.

Only faculty of higher rank than the candidate should make recommendations about promotions. However, should there be an insufficient number of higher-ranked non-tenure-line or standing nontenure-line faculty to serve on the Non-tenure-line Promotion Review Committee, exceptions to this provision may be requested from the Executive Vice President and Provost. The Altoona Senate Faculty Affairs Committee shall be responsible for making recommendations on how to deal with exceptions for a cycle of three years. Once approved by the Altoona Senate, recommendations will be forwarded to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Duties

The Altoona College Non-tenure-line Promotion Review Committees shall be responsible for conducting the college-level review of all full-time non-tenure-line faculty seeking promotion at the Altoona College.


Current Version:
Approved by the Altoona College Faculty Senate on October 24, 2017
Approved by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs on October 30, 2017
Approved by the Chancellor and Dean on October 30, 2017

Previous Versions:
Approved by the Altoona College Faculty Senate on September 19, 2017
Approved by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs on September 20, 2017
Approved by the Chancellor and Dean on September 22, 2017

Promotion and Tenure

  • Promotion and Tenure Workshops
  • Altoona College Promotion and Tenure Review Procedures
  • Creation of the Dossier
    • How far back can I go for information to be included in the dossier?
    • Promotion and Tenure Tips
    • The Narrative Statement: Suggestions and Samples
    • Creating the P&T Dossier in Activity Insight
    • Paths to Tenure
    • Promotion Guidelines
  • Guidelines for Extended Reviews of Faculty Performance
  • Information for Tenure-line Faculty
    • Tenure-line Promotion and Tenure Review Committee Guidelines
    • Paths to Tenure
    • Nomination Procedures for Faculty Seeking Promotion to Professor
  • Information for Non-tenure-line Faculty
    • Non-tenure-line Promotion Review Committee Guidelines
    • Guidelines for the Promotion of Non-tenure-line Faculty to the Second Rank
    • Guidelines for the Promotion of Non-tenure-line Faculty to the Third Rank
    • Guidelines for Evaluations of Teaching Effectiveness
  • Arts and Humanities
    • Promotion and Tenure Policies
    • Peer Review Guidelines
  • Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences and Technology
    • Promotion and Tenure Policy for Tenure-line Faculty
    • Promotion and Tenure Procedures for Tenure-line Faculty
    • Promotion Policy for Non-tenure-line Faculty
    • Promotion Procedures for Non-tenure-line Faculty
    • Procedure for Establishing a Peer Review Committee
  • Education, Human Development, and Social Sciences
    • Promotion and Tenure Policy
    • Statement on Research and Creative Activities
    • Division Teaching and Mentoring Committee Policy
    • Guidelines for Peer Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness and the Second Form of Student Evaluation
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    • Promotion of Full-time Non-tenure-line Faculty
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    • Promotion Policy for Full-time Non-tenure-line Faculty
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