Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure

August 21, 2015

Sue Ott Rowlands, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Core Values of NKU

• Excellence• Integrity• Inclusiveness• Innovation• Collegiality

Excellence in Teaching

• Effective presentations• ‘Active learning’ pedagogy• Engaged teaching• Alternate delivery methods• Academic advising and mentoring• Involvement in special academic programs (including

transdisciplinary initiatives and international programs)

Excellence in Scholarship/Creative Activity

• Scholarship of discovery• Scholarship of integration (includes transdisciplinarity)• Scholarship of engagement• Scholarship of teaching• Creative activity

Excellence in Service

• Service to the university• Governance• Mentoring, advising, and sharing expertise• Development/advancement• Other (as specified by the college or department)

• Service to the discipline/profession• Governance• Scholarship• Sharing expertise• Other (as specified by the college or department)

Excellence in Service (cont.)

• Service to the community• PK-12, non-profits, local government agencies• Community development efforts• Economic development efforts• Non-paid consulting services or technical assistance• Public events• Service on boards, committees, commissions• Public writing services, such as grants• Other (as specified by the college or department)

Integrity

• Integrity of the process• Confidentiality• Responsibility of all to know the Faculty Handbook• Deadlines must be met• Departmental and College guidelines/expectations should be well-

constructed, clear and accessible

Inclusiveness

• Valuing individual and disciplinary diversity• Global awareness and education abroad activities• Contributions to diversity efforts• Honoring alternative perspectives to traditional disciplinary

approaches• Recognizing the wide variety of scholarly and creative activity in

the academy• Contributions to the inclusive excellence commitment of the

institution

Collegiality

• Commitment to the success of each colleague• Enhanced mentoring efforts

• Associate Professor to Professor

• Ability to engage in disciplinary disagreements and healthy debate within a respectful atmosphere

• Commitment to an open and transparent process• Acceptance of shared responsibility in the success of our

colleagues and our students• Absolute commitment to confidentiality of the process

Innovations from 2014-2015

• Templates no longer in use for letters• ‘Conditions to be removed’ language no longer in use• Letters addressed to next level of review and copied to candidate

and all previous reviewers• Use of ‘mandatory’ and ‘non-mandatory’ language as opposed to

‘early tenure’ with no ‘higher bar’ for non-mandatory tenure case• Elimination of appointment forms for faculty on continuing

appointments• Annual salary letters will be generated only if an individual’s salary changes

for the coming year.

• Joint appointments: the ‘primary’ department should conduct the review with input from the other department.

Innovation: New for 2015-2016

• Elimination of RPT review in the first year for all new tenure-track faculty

• All dossiers submitted electronically• No changes to dossier format

• Cover page and letter reflect if committee recommendation is ‘non-unanimous.’

• Committee letters should include ‘minority opinion’ in the case on a non-unanimous recommendation

• Departmental and college guidelines to be developed and approved by the end of Fall 2015

Next year

• Electronic dossiers using standardized template and cover form• ‘Artifacts’ may continue to be required by department and/or college RPT

guidelines• New dossier management system may be in place, otherwise we will

continue to use Blackboard

• During the pre-tenure period two substantive, dossier-based reviews will be required. Annual reviews and mentoring take on additional importance. Details forthcoming.

Questions?