[phas-faculty_staff_others] Fwd: Revised T&P Policy

Mon Nov 4 10:33:53 CST 2024

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From: Maggie Salem <Maggie.Salem at tamuc.edu>
Subject: RE: Revised T&P Policy
Date: November 4, 2024 at 10:16:48 AM CST
To: Yasemin Atinc <Yasemin.Atinc at tamuc.edu>, 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>, 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>

Feedback from CASNR faculty includes:

1.      Faculty Senate would be foolish to approve this T&P procedure.
2.      There is no TAMUS Policy 12.02. I suspect they’re referring to 12.01.01.
3.      Section 2.4. “If a faculty member is denied early tenure, the faculty member will not be allowed another opportunity…” This should be a deal breaker for Faculty Senate. If the Provost’s Office claims this is coming from the A&M System, please ask them to document the TAMUS Policy in which it is found, because I couldn’t find it.
4.      Except at the beginning of a sentence, or in reference to a particular entity, university, college, and department should be in lower case, not capitalized throughout.
5.      Section 2.5 is covered under 12.99.99.R0.08 and should be deleted.
6.      Section 6.1.3 is inappropriate. Why would external reviewers provide any value in an applicant’s submission and evaluation? This creates an undue burden on the Department Head as part of the evaluation.
7.      Section 6.3 remove all references to school. This will create confusion, as schools exist (School of Music), but they are housed within a college (Repeat throughout, as needed).
8.      Section 6.3.1 does not need “Director of School”. Delete. (Repeat throughout, as needed).
9.      Section 10 obliterates the ability to appeal poor decisions by Department Heads or Deans. This should be considered inappropriate, and the appeals should follow current procedures.
10.  This procedure, as written, should receive a unanimous vote of ‘No’ from Faculty Senate. Further, the Faculty Senate should emphasize A&M System Policy 12.01.01 Sections 3 and 4 which clearly state, “Prior to submitting revisions of System Policies12.01 or 12.06 to the Board of Regents (board) for approval, the system must seek input, and consider the input received, from each system academic institution’s faculty.”

Educate. Discover. Achieve.

Maggie Salem, Ed.D.|Assistant Professor|Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Maggie.Salem at tamuc.edu<mailto:Maggie.Salem at tamuc.edu>

P.O. 3011 | Commerce, TX 75429-3011
Tel. 903.886.5357 | CASNR Office 903.886.5358 | www.tamuc.edu/ag<http://www.tamuc.edu/ag>

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

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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