promotion to full professor arlene carney vice provost for faculty & academic affairs

Promotion to Full Professor

Arlene CarneyVice Provost for Faculty & Academic Affairs

General Topics

Introduction Tenure Code

Revisions of 7.12 Statements New 9.2 Statement

Long-Term Planning Dossier Preparation

Introduction

Life course of P & T Associate Professor status

Life Course of P & T

Few departmental 7.12 statements make statements about the expectation to achieve the rank of professor.

Tenure Code was silent on this topic. Criteria for promotion to professor are

often brief and non-explicit in existing 7.12 statements.

Current Guiding Documents

Regents Policy: Faculty Tenure http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/humanresources/FacultyTenure.pdf

Procedures for Reviewing Candidates for Tenure and/or Promotion: Tenure-Track and Tenured Faculty

Faculty Tenure

Describes criteria for tenure at the university level

Describes mandatory annual review of probationary faculty

Describes the overall process for tenure and promotion to associate professor

Faculty Tenure

Describes the procedures for due process for denial of tenure and/or promotion

Describes post-tenure review process (7a)

Section 9 describes the appointment of faculty with indefinite tenure and promotion to full professor.

Promotion from Associate to Full Professor

Usually the shortest part of the 7.12 statement.

Most frequent criterion – a national or international reputation.

Since we have no system of reviews for associate professors, the path to promotion is not clear.

Section 9.2 of the Tenure Code

New subsection of 9.2 is in the handout.

9.2 and Post-Tenure Review

One can remain an associate professor without post-tenure review.

Do need to achieve a higher level of performance to become a professor

ProbationaryPeriod

Associate ProfessorTenure

Faculty Life Course

ProbationaryPeriod

Associate ProfessorTenure

Faculty Life Course

Full Professor

Minimum StandardsFor Tenure Maintenance

ProbationaryPeriod

Associate ProfessorTenure

Faculty Life Course

Full Professor

Post-tenureReview

Current Status of Associate Professors at Minnesota

Fall of 2005 – 38% of associate professors on the Twin Cities campus had been at that rank for 8 years or more.

Fall of 2005 – looked at full professors who spent their careers at UMTC Average time as an associate professor

was 7.9 years

Midlife Faculty

Baldwin et al. (2005) described stages Probationary period is clearly

demarcated (early life < 39 yrs old) Early midlife (40-49) Late midlife (50-59) Late faculty life ( 60 or older)

Midlife Faculty

Spend more time on teaching and administration in late midlife and late life than other groups.

Early midlife faculty have highest percentage of publications and presentations, with late midlife faculty coming in next.

Midlife Faculty

More early midlife faculty have higher rates of dissatisfaction than other groups.

Time of reassessment and redirection Some report of research productivity

going down.

Criteria for Professor

National and/or international reputation.

Varies by campus and by unit. Need for a long-term plan and short-

term objectives to build the reputation is consistent across campuses and units.

Perceived Impediments

Service load Teaching focus Research burnout post tenure

Research Incentives

Semester leaves Sabbaticals

Continued Needs

Mentoring Peer mentoring Senior faculty member

Self-imposed goal for promotion Decision about balance of one’s effort Ways and means to revitalize one’s

scholarly interests

Dossier Preparation

Varies by discipline and college Follow conventions of your area Personal statements are important

Research narrative Teaching narrative

Publication/creative venues are important

Curriculum Vitae

Accuracy – always describe everything with absolute honesty

Consistency – make sure that all dates agree and all descriptions agree

Clarity – remember that the dossier is read by many outside your discipline

Contact Information

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

Contact InformationKaren Zentner BacigAssociate to the Vice Provostkbacig@umn.edu

Robin Matross HelmsCoordinator of Faculty Awardsrmhelms@umn.edu

Provost’s Web Page

http://www.academic.umn.edu/provost/faculty/index.html

Connie WanbergCarlson School of Management

Promoted from Assistant to Associate in May, 2000

Promoted from Associate to Full in May, 2005

Journey from Associate to Full Academia is full of opportunity: Make

choices wisely Help your teaching? Help your research? Something you want to do personally? Groom yourself for administrative role? Service becomes more important but pace

yourself. Ask for portfolio from successful (recent)

person who went through process in your department.

Ask for feedback Circulate in press articles to email list.

Rhythms of Academic Life (Sage)

Assistant (Goal to be excellent, to survive)

Associate (Goal to be internationally known, to have a real impact)

Full Opportunity to ask and pursue big

questions, focus on impact Mentoring Running the university Taking teaching to another level

Burnout

Real phenomenon Do new things Challenge yourself Collaborate with new people Attend a new conference Talk to others about it

Book: Renewing Research Practice (Stanford Business Books)