but are not required to, submit an individual written assessment of the dossier and vote. Probationary faculty, non-tenure-track faculty, and staff do not vote. Spouses and domestic partners may not participate in decisions that affect each other's For cases involving promotion to Associate or Full Professor, tenured faculty shall meet to confidentially discuss the qualifications of the candidate. The procedure for the review process is: The Chair solicits external reviews of the quality of scholarship of faculty members to be evaluated for tenure and/or promotion. The external reviewers must be expert in an area of research overlapping that of the faculty member. The candidate for tenure and promotion will submit a list of qualified reviewers to the Chair. Candidates are encouraged to submit potential reviewers from baccalaureate institutions as well as research intensive institutions. Candidates may also submit a list of unacceptable reviewers. The Chair may solicit additional names of qualified reviewers from experts within the sub-discipline. From this pool of potential reviewers, the Chair shall select three reviewers, with the exclusion of the reviewers whom the candidate considered unacceptable. The Chair shall provide to the external reviewers the scholarship section of the faculty member’s tenure and promotion file. In addition, the Chair shall outline for the external reviewers Western’s teaching, research and service expectations and how these compare to research-intensive universities. This letter shall outline some details about the faculty member’s teaching load and other instructional responsibilities, as well as a record of his or her service, to aid the reviewer in evaluating the faculty member’s research activities. A minimum of two days before the discussion of the candidate, faculty members participating in the review process evaluate the external letters and all the materials provided by the candidate. Participating faculty complete the narrative section of the evaluation form as a draft and turn it into the Chair. Participating faculty conduct a discussion of the materials and qualifications of the candidate. Faculty complete their evaluation forms, vote and return the forms to the chair. The Chair tallies the numerical results of the evaluation forms. The Chair prepares the departmental evaluation and summary of the candidate. The Chair discusses the departmental summary with the candidate. The Chair prepares his/her personal recommendation of the candidate.
but are not required to, submit an individual written assessment of the dossier and vote. Probationary faculty, non-tenure-track faculty, and staff do not vote. Spouses and domestic partners may not participate in decisions that affect each other's For cases involving promotion to Associate or Full Professor, tenured faculty shall meet to confidentially discuss the qualifications of the candidate. The procedure for the review process is: The Chair solicits external reviews of the quality of scholarship of faculty members to be evaluated for tenure and/or promotion. The external reviewers must be expert in an area of research overlapping that of the faculty member. The candidate for tenure and promotion will submit a list of qualified reviewers to the Chair. Candidates are encouraged to submit potential reviewers from baccalaureate institutions as well as research intensive institutions. Candidates may also submit a list of unacceptable reviewers. The Chair may solicit additional names of qualified reviewers from experts within the sub-discipline. From this pool of potential reviewers, the Chair shall select three reviewers, with the exclusion of the reviewers whom the candidate considered unacceptable. The Chair shall provide to the external reviewers the scholarship section of the faculty member’s tenure and promotion file. In addition, the Chair shall outline for the external reviewers Western’s teaching, research and service expectations and how these compare to research-intensive universities. This letter shall outline some details about the faculty member’s teaching load and other instructional responsibilities, as well as a record of his or her service, to aid the reviewer in evaluating the faculty member’s research activities. A minimum of two days before the discussion of the candidate, faculty members participating in the review process evaluate the external letters and all the materials provided by the candidate. Participating faculty complete the narrative section of the evaluation form as a draft and turn it into the Chair. Participating faculty conduct a discussion of the materials and qualifications of the candidate. Faculty complete their evaluation forms, vote and return the forms to the chair. The Chair tallies the numerical results of the evaluation forms. The Chair prepares the departmental evaluation and summary of the candidate. The Chair discusses the departmental summary with the candidate. The Chair prepares his/her personal recommendation of the candidate.
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