Promotion to Full Professor

Arlene CarneyVice Provost for Faculty & Academic Affairs

General Topics

Introduction Tenure Code

Proposed New 7.11 Statement Revisions of 7.12 Statements Proposed New 9.2 Statement

Long-Term Planning Dossier Preparation

Introduction

Life course of P & T Associate Professor status Discussion

Life Course of P & T

Six-year probationary period with one grace year for assistant professors

According to Section 5.5 of the Tenure Code, probationary faculty can stop the tenure clock.

Stated explicitly in the Tenure Code

Life Course of P & T

Few departmental 7.12 statements make statements about the expectation to achieve the rank of professor.

Tenure Code is silent on this topic. Criteria for promotion to professor are

often brief and non-explicit.

Guiding Documents

Faculty Tenure Codehttp://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/humanresources/FacultyTenure.pdf

Procedures for Reviewing the Performance of Probationary Facultyhttp://www1.umn.edu/ohr/policies/performance/probfacreview.html

Faculty Tenure Code

Describes criteria for tenure at the university level

Describes mandatory annual review of probationary faculty

Describes the overall process for tenure and promotion to associate professor

Faculty Tenure Code

Describes the procedures for due process for denial of tenure and/or promotion

Describes post-tenure review process Section 9 describes the appointment

of faculty with indefinite tenure.

Section 7.11

General criteria for promotion and for conferral of indefinite tenure

Handout has old 7.11 and latest draft of 7.11 from the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee

Section 7.12 of the Tenure Code

Department statement of criteria for promotion and tenure

Must be shown to new faculty according to the tenure code

Should reflect the values of the faculty for promotions and conferral of indefinite tenure

Promotion from Associate to Full Professor

Usually the shortest part of the 7.12 statement.

Most frequent criterion – a national or international reputation.

Since we have no system of reviews for associate professors, the path to promotion is not clear.

Section 9.2 of the Tenure Code

Handout has the old language of the current section 9 – this is proposed as new subsection 9.1.

New subsection of 9.2 is in the handout.

9.2 and Post-Tenure Review

One can remain an associate professor without post-tenure review.

Do need to achieve a higher level of performance to become a professor

ProbationaryPeriod

Associate ProfessorTenure

Faculty Life Course

ProbationaryPeriod

Associate ProfessorTenure

Faculty Life Course

Full Professor

Minimum StandardsFor Tenure Maintenance

ProbationaryPeriod

Associate ProfessorTenure

Faculty Life Course

Full Professor

Post-tenureReview

Current Status of Associate Professors at Minnesota

Fall of 2005 – 38% of associate professors on the Twin Cities campus had been at that rank for 8 years or more.

Fall of 2005 – looked at full professors who spent their careers at UMTC Average time as an associate professor

was 7.9 years

Midlife Faculty

Baldwin et al. (2005) described stages Probationary period is clearly

demarcated (early life < 39 yrs old) Early midlife (40-49) Late midlife (50-59) Late faculty life ( 60 or older)

Midlife Faculty

Spend more time on teaching and administration in late midlife and late life than other groups.

Early midlife faculty have highest percentage of publications and presentations, with late midlife faculty coming in next.

Midlife Faculty

More early midlife faculty have higher rates of dissatisfaction than other groups.

Time of reassessment and redirection Some report of research productivity

going down.

Criteria for Professor

National and/or international reputation.

Varies by campus and by unit. Need for a long-term plan and short-

term objectives to build the reputation is consistent across campuses and units.

Perceived Impediments

Service load Teaching focus Research burnout post tenure

Effort Distribution

Important Not Important

Urgent

Not Urgent 0%

Research Incentives

Semester leaves Sabbaticals

Continued Needs

Mentoring Peer mentoring Senior faculty member

Self-imposed goal for promotion Decision about balance of one’s effort Ways and means to revitalize one’s

scholarly interests

Contact Information

Arlene CarneyVice Provost for Faculty & Academic Affairscarne005@umn.edu612-624-9545

Contact InformationKaren Zentner BacigAssistant to the Vice Provostkbacig@umn.edu

Robin Matross HelmsCoordinator of Faculty Awardsrmhelms@umn.edu

Provost’s Web Site

http://www.academic.umn.edu/provost/faculty