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TENURE & PROMOTION: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW, WHAT YOU SHOULD ASK

Don Foss Philip Cohen Daniel Mosse

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TENURE & PROMOTION: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW, WHAT YOU SHOULD ASK

Don Foss, Professor, Dept of Psychology, University of Houston

Philip Cohen, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Dean, Graduate School, Professor, Dept of English, The University of Texas at Arlington

Daniel Mosse, Professor, Dept Chair, Dept of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh

DANIEL MOSSÉ

COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Some extra comments on Tenure and Promotion

• Get peer reviews of teaching, discuss peers’ opinions with peer and with Dept Chair

• Add good/revealing/pointed questions to YOUR teaching evaluations

• Know department AND institution pol icies and guidel ines

• How important is teaching vs. service vs. grants• Make a case for your case! Service, contribution to

society, contributions to major(s), etc…

Thoughts on Tenure and Promotion

• Relax (yes, I said it…)• Be nice without being a pushover

• Talk to people who are ahead of you in the process (and even ask them to help) from the onset

• Volunteer for Col lege/School- level service to network

Thoughts on Tenure and Promotion

• Ask about new-parent pol icy, FMLA, and clock-stopping mechanisms

• Suggest to your chair to give a talk about your work every (other?) year

• Try not to “pad” CV (it looks bad)• Provide “social networking” metrics, i f

possible

Thoughts on Tenure and Promotion

Texas HB 51

Philip CohenVice Provost, Academic AffairsDean, Graduate School

T&P: What You Should Know, What You Should AskPhilip CohenProfessor, English

Tenure & Promotion

T&P is university’s most important process: involves an institution’s future and yours

Series of independent, consecutive reviews of teaching, research, & service typically occurs during the 6th year of a faculty member’s probationary period

Process is often preceded by series of annual reviews, classroom visitations, and a 3 rd year review

Before probationary period starts, acquire department, college, and university T&P guidelines in writing: part of negotiation for position

Be sure you understand your unit’s and institution’s guidelines: what’s the institutional context of your case?

Review dossiers of recently-tenured in your unit and develop your 6-year plan

IMP: Don’t go up with the minimum

Save everything from start of your TT appointment: student evaluations, syllabi, presentations, papers, publications, awards, commendations, etc. You’ll winnow materials down later

Making Your Case, Building Your Dossier

Develop your teaching, research, & service philosophies and portfolios over time

Make sure you understand and can execute required dossier format, digital or print

Your dossier should tell a story, not just show that you met department, college, & university guidelines: how your past performance indicates future trajectory and your contribution to the department, college, university, and your field

Research: citation indexes, journal rankings, reviews of your work

Teaching: assemble portfolio that includes but is not limited to student evaluations

Demonstrate meaningful service: TT faculty often have reduced requirement

Document how you addressed concerns in annual and 3 rd year reviews and improved: reviewers will attend to this

External reviewers (if applicable): Select researchers in your field familiar with your work who are not collaborators in conducting, presenting, and publishing

research: reviewers will discount the letter Select researchers from institutions and programs with profile equal to or higher than your unit

• How many of you have decided what sort of institution you would like to work at?: research or teaching emphasis or both

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