[COSEAfaculty] CoSEA Tenure and Promotion Committee

Mon Sep 10 12:02:35 CDT 2012

I think Derald’s suggestion might certainly help with the staggering of terms.   However, I support Brent’s idea of having 7 members, with one from each department.  

Dr. Jeff Kopachena,

Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences,

Texas A&M University - Commerce,

Commerce, TX 75429

Phone:  903 886-5395

Email:  Jeff_Kopachena at tamu-commerce.edu

“If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.”  Albert Einstein

From: coseafaculty-bounces at tamuc.edu [mailto:coseafaculty-bounces at tamuc.edu] On Behalf Of Derald Harp
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 11:48 AM
To: Grady P Blount; coseafaculty at tamu-commerce.edu
Subject: Re: [COSEAfaculty] CoSEA Tenure and Promotion Committee

Grady;

Are all of the currently serving members new or do some bring time from CAS or CBE committees?  That could help with the staggering of terms.

Otherwise, I would recommend a 5-person committee with the following terms:

A - 1 year term

B - 1 year term

C - 2 year term

D - 2 year term

E - 3 year term

A and B would be replaced next year or could be re-elected to serve a full 3-year term.  Assignment of term length would be done randomly or according to prior CAS or CBE service.

Thanks,

Derald

Derald A. Harp, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Horticulture

Faculty Senate President

SACS Compliance Committee Chair

Department of Agricultural Sciences <http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/agscience/> 

Texas A&M University - Commerce <http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/> 

P.O. Box 3011

Commerce, TX  75429

(903) 886-5367  FAX: (903) 886-5990

Derald.Harp at tamuc.edu <mailto:Derald_Harp at TAMU-Commerce.edu> 

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)
===============================================
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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