CON Promotion and Tenure for Academic Rank: Difference between revisions

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Information concerning continuous appointments, continuous joint appointments, and promotion may be found in the Board of Regents Bylaws, Chapter IV, Rights and Responsibilities of Professional Staff.</li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">University of Nebraska Medical Center Guidelines for Submitting Academic Promotion and Tenure Recommendations are available at the University of Nebraska Medical Center website for academic services: https://info.unmc.edu/academicservices/.  The applicant must follow the instructions in these guidelines.</li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The College of Nursing Promotion and Tenure committee establishes Standards for Promotion and Tenure for Academic Rank (Appendix A1). The College of Nursing has established submission deadlines. Submission dates and links to all required documents are posted on the College of Nursing website promotion and tenure page on the College of Nursing website. are posted on the College of Nursing Policy and Procedure wiki website. All documents are linked on the Promotion and Tenure page at https://www.unmc.edu/nursing/faculty/faculty-promotion-and-tenure.html. </li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The College of Nursing Promotion and Tenure Committee solicits external reviews of applicants for promotion and/or tenure. Applicants must indicate whether they waive or retain their right of access to review letters. The External Letters of Review Waiver form indicating the applicant's decision regarding access to external reviews must be signed before letters are solicited.  The candidate for promotion and/or tenure can appeal the College of Nursing Promotion and Tenure recommendation on the grounds that it was capricious, arbitrary, or prejudiced.</li>

     <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Post-Tenure Review of all faculty holding continuous appointment will be conducted congruent with the information in the Board of Regents Bylaws RP 4.4.3 and University of Nebraska Medical Center Guidelines for Submitting Academic Promotion and Tenure Recommendations. https://www.unmc.edu/academicaffairs/faculty-affairs/promotion-tenure/index.html The purpose of the post-tenure review process is to assist tenured faculty in achieving their professional goals and maximizing their contributions to the university throughout their professional careers, to provide assurance to the public that tenured faculty are accountable for their performance and productivity, and to provide continued peer involvement in the review of tenured faculty members.<br /><br />The standards for substantial and chronic deficiency have been determined by the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing faculty.</li>

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====Definition of Substantial and Chronic Deficiency====

<p style="max-width:70em !important;margin-left:3em; margin-bottom:15px;"><strong>Substantial</strong> - The faculty member’s evaluation in two academic areas (teaching, scholarship, and professional service) on the annual evaluation form has been evaluated. An unsatisfactory evaluation is determined when an individual does not demonstrate behaviors showing competence and accomplishments in a given academic area.  (See Appendix A1)</p>

<p>Faculty member may appeal the Peer Post-Tenure Review recommendations on the grounds that the decision was capricious, arbitrary or prejudiced.  The burden of proof is on the faculty member.</p>