Life after New 7.12: Documenting Faculty Choice

Arlene Carney, Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs

P & T Terms• Regents Policy on Faculty Tenure – called the

Tenure Code as a short hand• Section numbers refer to sections of this policy.• Section 7.11 – the University-wide General

Criteria for Tenure• Section 7.12 – the unit criteria for tenure in a

department, division, or college• Section 9.2 – the University-wide Criteria for

promotion to professor– Did not exist before the 2007 Faculty Tenure policy

Changes in Promotion and Tenure

• Faculty Tenure policy was revised in 2007.• Previous version was dated 2001.• A new Procedures for Reviewing Candidates

for Tenure and/or Promotion: Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty was implemented in 2007.

Changes in Promotion and Tenure

• The Provost called for revisions of each unit’s 7.12 Statement because both the Faculty Tenure policy and the Procedures document had been revised substantially.

Interpretation 6 of Faculty Tenure

• If a 7.12 Statement is changed, faculty (assistant and associate professors) may choose either the old or the new 7.12 statement.

• They must make the choice within one year of administrative approval by the Provost.

• The new Procedures for Reviewing Candidates for Tenure and/or Promotion: Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty (2007) requires the Provost to obtain a written agreement from faculty documenting their choice.

Interpretation 6 of Faculty Tenure

• If faculty do not make a choice between the old and new 7.12 statements within one year of administrative approval of the new 7.12 statement, then the default is the new 7.12 statement.

Memoranda of Understanding

• The documents are to be generated by the Provost’s office, not by the candidate’s department or college.

• These documents are to be signed by the candidate, the unit head, the dean or chancellor, and the provost.

Memoranda of Understanding

• Complicated by the date of hire of the faculty member or the date of his or her promotion to the rank of associate professor.

• We must get agreements for every assistant and associate professor, both tenure-track and tenured.

• Choice of 7.12 statement will also affect which 7.12 is used for annual review of probationary faculty.

Presentation Overview

• The date “June 8, 2007” refers to the date when the new Faculty Tenure policy was accepted by the Board of Regents.

• The next slides show whether an MOU is required and what should be in the MOU for both untenured faculty and for tenured associate professors.

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Decision Tree for MOU: Untenured Faculty* Hired after June 8, 2007 with new 7.12 in place______________________________________

Hired after June 8, 2007?

Use Tenure Policy 2007

New, Approved

7.12 at hire**?

Use New, Approved 7.12

No MOU required

**When payroll starts in regular, salaried position at rank.

*Untenured faculty refers to all ranks from assistant through full professor .

Decision Tree for MOU: Untenured Faculty* Hired after June 8, 2007 with old 7.12 in place___________________________________________

Hired after June 8, 2007?

Use Tenure Policy 2007 (7.11)Old 7.12 at

hire?

Faculty hasthe choice ofold or new 7.12.**

Chooses new 7.12 [7.11 (2007)]

Chooses old 7.12[7.11 (2007)]

**If no MOU signed within one year of approved 7.12, default is new 7.12. *Untenured faculty refers to all ranks from

assistant through full professor .

Decision Tree for MOU: Untenured Faculty* Hired before June 8, 2007 ___________________________________________

Hired before June

8, 2007?

Choose Tenure Policy

Old 7.12 at hire?

Faculty hasthe choice ofold or new 7.12.**

Chooses new 7.12 (new 7.11)

Chooses old 7.12 (old 7.11)

New 2007

Old 2001

**If no MOU signed within one year of approved 7.12, default is new 7.12. *Untenured faculty refers to all ranks from

assistant through full professor .

Application of Choice____________________________

• For untenured assistant or associate professors who choose the old version of Faculty Tenure (2001) and the old unit 7.12 Statement for the tenure and/or promotion decision, the choice only applies to the initial tenure and/or promotion decision.

• For subsequent promotion to professor, the faculty member must be evaluated with the 2007 Faculty Tenure policy and the new 7.12 Statement.

Decision Tree for MOU: Tenured Associate Professor Hired or Promoted after June 8, 2007 with new 7.12 in place_______________________________________

At rank or hired after

June 8, 2007?*

Use 2007Tenure Policy (includes 9.2)

New 7.12 at hire or

promotion to rank?

Faculty mustuse the new 7.12.

*Promoted at end of 2007 or in 2008

No MOU required

Decision Tree for MOU: Tenured Associate Professor Hired or Promoted after June 8, 2007with Old 7.12 in place___________________________________________

Hired or at rank after

June 8, 2007?

Use 2007Tenure Policy (Includes 9.2)

Old 7.12 at promotion

to rank?

Faculty hasthe choice ofold or new 7.12.*

Chooses new 7.12 (new 9.2)

Chooses old 7.12 (new 9.2)

*If no MOU signed within one year of approved 7.12, default is new 7.12.

Decision Tree for MOU: Tenured Associate Professor Hired or Promoted before June 8,

2007________________________________________________

At rank before June

8, 2007?

Choose Tenure Policy

Old 7.12 at promotion

to rank?

Faculty hasthe choice ofold or new 7.12.*

Chooses new 7.12 (new 9.2)

Chooses old 7.12(no Section 9.2)

Old 2001

New 2007

*If no MOU signed within one year of approved 7.12, default is new 7.12.

Contact Information____________________________

• Arlene CarneyVice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairscarne005@umn.edu612-626-9545

• Karen Zentner BacigAssociate to the Vice Provostkbacig@umn.edu612-626-9545