(Article 16)
Promotion is governed by a very similar process to tenure. The major difference between the two is that if you are denied promotion in a given year you can re-apply in subsequent years; if you are denied tenure your contract terminates at the end of the year.
You are eligible for promotion in any year of your appointment. You decide when you want to be considered for promotion to the next rank and follow the steps in the collegial process.
Your salary is not increased on promotion to the floor of the rank to which you have been promoted. You are entitled to receive a specific number of career development increases based on rank. Promotion allows you to access more career development increases.
On promotion, Librarians receive career development increases for the rank to which they have been promoted.
The process for consideration of promotion is very similar to that for tenure. The committees that initially consider your case are called the Department Promotions Committee (or College Promotions Committee for non-departmentalized Colleges), and in most cases the same members will serve on this as on the tenure review. Your case is subsequently reviewed by the College Review Committee and if you are seeking promotion to Extension Specialist IV, Librarian IV or Professor the University Review Committee.
The standards that pertain to you are laid out in the appropriate Departmental, College, and University standards. Each has a separate section on the standards required for promotion from one rank to the next. The standards that apply are those in effect at the time of your promotion consideration.
The June 28, 2012 University Standards for Promotion and Tenure as well as information about preparing your case file for the various collegial processes can be found on the website for the Provost’s Office.
The materials that you must submit for consideration are very similar to those required for tenure (as documented above). Check to see what additional materials are required for the Departmental review process beyond the minimum list outlined above.
By June 30 of the year before your case will be considered you will be advised by the Head (or Dean for non-departmentalized Colleges) of the material that you must submit for consideration. The period under review ends on June 30 of the year before you are considered.
By September 1 you must submit all of this material to your Head.
This material must be considered by the appropriate Departmental committee by October 21, by the College Committee by December 7, and by the University Review Committee by February 15. Any appeals of negative decisions must be completed by March 31.
You can withdraw or appeal.
The process for appealing promotion decisions is much like the process for appealing a negative tenure decision but differs slightly depending on your rank and where in the process the negative vote occurs.
We strongly suggest that if you are planning on appealing a denial of promotion that you contact the USFA for assistance.
If the negative vote occurs at the Department or College Promotion Committee, the candidate may make a written appeal to the College Review Committee (CRC).
A candidate who receives a positive vote at the Department or College Promotion Committee but who receives a negative decision at the CRC for promotion to Extension Specialist IV, Librarian IV or Professor may make a written appeal to the University Review Committee (URC). Negative decisions at the CRC for promotion to any of the other ranks may be appealed to the Promotions Appeal Committee.
A candidate who is not recommended for promotion to Extension Specialist IV, Librarian IV or Professor by the University Review Committee is entitled to appeal to the Promotions Appeal Committee.
The Promotions Appeal Committee follows the same procedures as the Tenure Appeal Committee (Article 15.13).