[COSEAfaculty] CoSEA Tenure and Promotion Committee
Brent Donham
Brent.Donham at tamuc.edu
Mon Sep 10 11:12:03 CDT 2012
I would propose having a 7 member committee, rather than a 5 member, allowing a representative from each department in the college.
Brent
From: coseafaculty-bounces at tamuc.edu [mailto:coseafaculty-bounces at tamuc.edu] On Behalf Of Grady P Blount
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 10:34 AM
To: coseafaculty at tamu-commerce.edu
Subject: [COSEAfaculty] CoSEA Tenure and Promotion Committee
Good morning:
One of the most critical college-level committees is the CoSEA Tenure & Promotion Committee.
The role, scope and responsibilities of this committee are described in Section 3.6.3 of TAMU Policy 12.01.99.R0.01:
http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/aboutus/policiesproceduresstandardsstatements/rulesProcedures/12faculty/12.01.99.R0.01AcademicFreedomTenurePromotionAndPostTenureReview.pdf
Of particular note, we need to elect two new members and two alternates.
Sam Saffer chaired this committee last year. I have been in correspondence with him (see thread below) about how to implement the required staggered terms for our committee membership. Unfortunately, there is no policy covering how to do this in a newly-formed college.
I propose that you take a look at Sam’s suggestions below; there are two versions. Let’s have some discussion here on the list-serve with a goal of having a college-wide Tenured/Tenure-Track faculty vote on this by next Monday.
-Grady
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Grady Price Blount (근덕), Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Dean
College of Science, Engineering & Agriculture (CoSEA)
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas 75429-3011
Telephones: 903-886-5781 (office) 325-716-0450 (cell)
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit.
Genius hits a target no one else can see.
-Schopenhauer
From: Sam Saffer
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 1:44 PM
To: Grady P Blount
Subject: RE: Accademic Affairs Tenure and Promotion Committee
That's right (you probably know this) but according to Section 3.6.4, here is a summary of what our college procedures should state:
1) Each college will have a Tenure and Promotion Advisory Committee.
2) Members will be elected by a vote of tenured and tenure-track faculty in
each college for a three year staggered term.
3) Only full-time tenured faculty, holding the rank of associate professor or above, are eligible to serve.
4) Not eligible are department heads, assistant deans, and deans.
5) Each college may have up to but no more than seven members.
6) Membership to the Tenure and Promotion Advisory Committee will be determined by policy set by each College. (?? whatever this means)
7) In addition, each college will elect two alternates.
8) No faculty member who is being considered for promotion in rank shall, at that time,
be eligible to serve on the College Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee.
9) Members will be elected at-large from their respective colleges, except that
no department shall have more than one representative on the committee at
any time.
10) If a candidate is being considered for tenure and/or promotion
whose department has no representative on the committee, the department
head, in consultation with the candidate, will appoint a nonvoting
representative to the committee from the candidate’s department. If no one
in the department meets the criteria for appointment, the selection will be
made from qualified faculty members within the college.
11) A member of the College Tenure and Promotion Advisory Committee is
eligible to serve no more than two consecutive three-year terms.
If I might make a suggestion for a transition period:
PLAN A
Year 2011: Already past with 4 members: A(year1) B(year1) C(year1) D(year1)
Year 2012: Eelect 2 more member and 2 alternates:
6 members: A(year2) B(year2) C(year2) D(year2) E(year1) F(year1)
Year 2013: Eelect 1 more member and alternates as needed:
7 members: A(year3) B(year3) C(year3) D(year3) E(year2) F(year2) G(year1)
Year 2014: Eelect 2 more members and go down to 5 members:
5 members: E(year3) F(year3) G(year2) H(year1) I(year1)
Year 2015: Eelect 2 more member and alternates as needed:
5 members: G(year3) H(year2) I(year2) J(year1) K(year1)
Stay at 5 members and loose no more than 2 experienced (3 year) members each year.
PLAN B
Year 2011: Already past with 4 members: A(year1) B(year1) C(year1) D(year1)
Year 2012: Elect 1 more member and 2 alternates: Limit a current member to 2 years only.
5 members: A(year2) B(year2) C(year2) D(year2) E(year1)
Year 2013: Elect 1 more member and alternates as needed: Extend A to 4 years.
5 members: B(year3) C(year3) D(year3) E(year2) F(year1)
Year 2014: Elect 2 more members and alternates as needed:
5 members: A(year4) E(year3) F(year2) G(year1) H(year1)
Year 2015: Elect 2 more members and alternates as needed:
5 members: F(year3) G(year2) H(year2) I(year1) J(year1)
Year 2016: Elect 1 more members and alternates as needed:
5 members: G(year3) H(year3) I(year2) J(year2) K(year1)
This will get you back to a 3 year membership electing 1 or 2 new members each year and at least 2 members will have 3 years of experience.
From: Grady P Blount
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 1:23 AM
To: Sam Saffer
Subject: RE: Accademic Affairs Tenure and Promotion Committee
Thanks mucho Sam.
The problem I am detecting is that we have only been a college for 1 year!
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Grady Price Blount, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Dean,
College of Science, Engineering & Agriculture (CoSEA)
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas 75429-3011
Telephones: 903-886-5781 (office) 325-716-0450 (cell)
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit.
Genius hits a target no one else can see.
-Schopenhauer
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From: Sam Saffer
Sent: Thu 9/6/2012 8:37 PM
To: Grady P Blount
Subject: RE: Accademic Affairs Tenure and Promotion Committee
The term is for 3 years, so anyone who has been there for 3 years will be rotating off. Let me check my old emails and try to determine the time line.
Sam
From: Grady P Blount
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 10:08 AM
To: Sam Saffer
Subject: FW: Accademic Affairs Tenure and Promotion Committee
Hi Sam:
Do you recall the procedures on terms and elections for the P&T committee? Do we have anyone rotating off who needs to be replaced?
Thanks a bunch, Grady
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Grady Price Blount (근덕), Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Dean
College of Science, Engineering & Agriculture (CoSEA)
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas 75429-3011
Telephones: 903-886-5781 (office) 325-716-0450 (cell)
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit.
Genius hits a target no one else can see.
-Schopenhauer
From: Rhonda Ferguson
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 1:51 PM
To: Brent Mangus; Dale Funderburk; Salvatore Attardo; Grady P Blount
Cc: Larissa ter Veer; Belinda Benson; Lisa Rabe
Subject: Accademic Affairs Tenure and Promotion Committee
Have the following committees been elected - if so, please forward me the new members.
Academic Affairs Tenure & Promotion (2011-2012)
* College of Business: Chuck Arize, John Humphreys, Steve Shwiff
* College of Education & Human Services: Amir Abbassi, Wade Fish, Barbara Hammack, Linda Openshaw, Tara Tietjen-Smith.
* College of Humananities, Social Sciences & Arts: John Hanners, Hunter Hayes, Michael Miller, Yvonne Villanueva-Russell, Brian Zator. Alternate: William Thompson
* College of Science, Engineering & Agriculture: Sam Saffer, Bob Williams, Charles Rogers, Nikolay Sirakov
Thank you.
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Rhonda Ferguson
Administrative Assistant to the President’s Office
Texas A&M University-Commerce
P.O. Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429
903.886.5014 ph
903.886.5010 fax
Rhonda.Ferguson at tamuc.edu
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