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School of Medicine  :  Office of Professional Development & Faculty Affairs

2007-2008 Schedule for
Recommendations Concerning Promotion and Tenure


DATE ACTION
By second week in August Call for applications for academic promotion and/or award of tenure (Executive Dean)
During September Conduct orientation session for Joint Promotion and Tenure Committee
Monday
October 1, 2007		 Deadline for completed applications to be received by Office of Professional Development and Faculty Affairs (Kansas City faculty) or Academic & Student Affairs (Wichita faculty)
By mid-December Complete reviews by campus committees
By January 1, 2008 Complete reviews by joint committee: submit recommendations to Executive Dean.
January 1-25, 2008 Executive Dean reviews School of Medicine Promotion and Tenure recommendations
January 25, 2008 A list of recommendations and denials is forwarded from Executive Dean to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
January 26, 2008 Denial Letters: Individual faculty members who have been denied at the School level, must be informed in writing by the Executive Dean (with a copy to Academic Affairs) that they have the right to appeal the decision. The appeal must be filed by the faculty member within two weeks of notification by the Executive Dean.
February 8, 2008 Appeal Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Faculty members may file a procedural appeal with the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. (See Handbook for Faculty...III.Part 6.D.2 -- page 93)

February 11 -
March 7, 2008

Appeal Hearings for denial of promotion and tenure.

 

March 14, 2008 Executive Vice Chancellor forwards recommendation list to the Chancellor for final approval.
April 11, 2008 Chancellor either approves or denies individual recommendations and communicates decisions to the EVC who in turn notifies individual faculty members in writing with copy to Department Chair (and Dean on Wichita campus, when applicable). Promotion and/or tenure becomes effective with the new FY 09 beginning July 1, 2008.

Chancellor forwards the approved list of faculty members receiving promotion and/or tenure to the Board of Regents for the regular Board Meeting in May.