[phas-faculty_staff_others] Revised T&P Policy

[Matt Wood PhD]

Good afternoon, Carlos:

Overall this looks good.

Comments:

Suggest that some wording along the lines of “For three years prior to seeking promotion, the candidate should maintain a minimum average rating of “satisfactory” or above in research, teaching, and service activities, as assigned by the Department Head and Dean.  Any ratings below “at expectations” during that period must be thoroughly explained and satisfactorily justified by the Dean.

4.3.3.5  Three years is too short at associate professor before promotion to full professor.  I think it should be five — four minimum — but to me 5 is appropriate.

6.1.3: I think it is excellent that the university will use external reviewers for all faculty promotions (as we have done in PHAS since before I got here).  I suggest there should not be a range 5-10, as 5 is too small if the response rate is poor.  I also think it is useful if some of the reviewers are current or former collaborators - up to half, but this should be specified.  “Personal relationship” is vague would not exclude a faculty member’s PhD advisor, for example.

I suggest “… will develop a list of 6-12 qualified external reviewers of the tenure and promotion portfolio External reviewers must be individuals who do not have a personal relationship with the candidate and are not employed by the university.  Half of the external reviewers should be individuals in the faculty member’s field of research or scholarship, but should not have collaborated with the faculty member more recently than 5 years previous.  The other half may include current or recent collaborators.  [something like this, anyway]

6.1.8:  I think it is good (probably) that “abstain” is no longer allowed.

7 - promotion to Full Professor: where is the language requiring letters from external reviewers???   This absolutely needs to be included for promotion to Full Professor.  Much of the new detailed language that is in section 6 should also be in section 7.

In my opinion, it would be appropriate to have in there that a candidate wanting promotion to full professor should have a national and international reputation, and that for some faculty members, associate professor may be the appropriate rank for the duration of their careers (e.g., if they do good work in the classroom but are only publishing minimally and not getting cited).

That’s all that I saw - the most important omission in the current document to me is that we’re not requiring external letters for promotion to Full Professor.

Thanks,
Matt



On Nov 3, 2024, at 12:49 PM, Carlos Bertulani <Carlos.Bertulani at tamuc.edu> wrote:

Faculty,

provide feedback, if you find anything you do not like.

Carlos



Begin forwarded message:

From: Yasemin Atinc <Yasemin.Atinc at tamuc.edu>
Subject: Revised T&P Policy
Date: November 3, 2024 at 12:41:25 PM CST
To: Stephen Starnes <Stephen.Starnes at tamuc.edu>, Stephen Furlich <Stephen.Furlich at tamuc.edu>, Brad Klypchak <Brad.Klypchak at tamuc.edu>, Brandon Randolph-Seng <Brandon.Randolph-Seng at tamuc.edu>, Carlos Bertulani <Carlos.Bertulani at tamuc.edu>, Carrie Klypchak <Carrie.Klypchak at tamuc.edu>, Dongmei Cheng <Dongmei.Cheng at tamuc.edu>, Hongmei Jia <Hongmei.Jia at tamuc.edu>, Hunkar Gizem Yesilyurt <HunkarGizem.Yesilyurt at tamuc.edu>, Jason Davis <Jason.Davis at tamuc.edu>, Jeanette Vaughan <Jeanette.Vaughan at tamuc.edu>, Jimmy Womack <James.Womack at tamuc.edu>, Josephine Durkin <Josephine.Durkin at tamuc.edu>, Julee Walker DMA <Julee.Walker at tamuc.edu>, Julia Ballenger <Julia.Ballenger at tamuc.edu>, Kelly Featherston <Kelly.Featherston at tamuc.edu>, Leslie Ekpe <Leslie.Ekpe at tamuc.edu>, Maggie Salem <Maggie.Salem at tamuc.edu>, MaryJo Dondlinger <MaryJo.Dondlinger at tamuc.edu>, Mei Jiang <Mei.Jiang at tamuc.edu>, Nikolay Sirakov <Nikolay.Sirakov at tamuc.edu>, Omar Elariss <Omar.El.Ariss at tamuc.edu>, Ozum Yesiltas PhD <Ozum.Yesiltas at tamuc.edu>, Rusty Fox <Rusty.Fox at tamuc.edu>, Tami Morton <Tami.Morton at tamuc.edu>, William Kuracina <William.Kuracina at tamuc.edu>, Adam Northam <Adam.Northam at tamuc.edu>, Zachary Palmer <Zachary.Palmer at tamuc.edu>, Avril Knox <Avril.Knox at tamuc.edu>

Hello Senators,

Please share the attached T&P policy with your respective departments and ask faculty to provide feedback by Nov 17, 2024.



Regards,

Yasemin

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