UTMB HANDBOOK OF OPERATING PROCEDURES

Section 5 Faculty Policies Subject 5.3 Appointments and Rank Policy 5.3.6 Procedures for Appointment, Promotion, or Membership

11/01/95 -Originated 03/15/01 -Review w/ changes -Reviewed w/o changes Council of Deans -Author

Procedures for Appointment, Promotion, or Membership in all Schools

Audience

The information in this document is for use by all faculty members.

Policy

The Board, upon the recommendation of the Chancellor, shall elect or appoint, as the case may be, all the officers, faculty members, and other employees of the System and of the component institutions and agencies of the System, fixing, subject to state and federal laws, the duties, rights, and privileges of each employee or each class or group of employees; provided, however, that the Board may delegate to the Chancellor, and the Chancellor, through the appropriate Executive Vice Chancellor, may delegate to the Presidents of the component institutions, authority to appoint employees in certain designated classes or categories.

General Procedures

Chairmen or directors of the component responsible for the position shall investigate thoroughly the character, integrity, scholastic attainment, and other qualifications of prospective members of their faculties or make a conscious determination as to an individual's qualifications for promotion before submitting a nomination to the Dean of the appropriate school.

Appointment or Promotion to Assistant or Associate Professor or Professor

To recommend a faculty member for appointment or promotion, the responsible individual, as indicated above, submits a nomination to the respective School's Appointment, Promotion and Tenure (APT) Committee or Appointment Committee. (In the School of Medicine, only requests for appointment and/or promotion at the level of Association Professor and Professor require APT review and recommendation; all others are submitted directly to the Deans.) The Committee then makes a recommendation to the appropriate Dean. Upon receipt of a recommended action from the appropriate APT Committee, the Dean makes a recommendation and forwards the nomination to the President for approval or for processing for review and approval by the Board or the Chancellor, as appropriate or designated University of Texas System administrator. A promotion normally takes effect at the beginning of the next fiscal year.

Graduate School Membership

• Faculty Admissions Committee The Dean of the Graduate School utilizes a Faculty Admissions Committee to investigate the qualification of nominees for membership in the Graduate School's faculty. This committee meets in September, January, and May and considers nominees according to the following criteria: • Perform research and teaching. • Research should have evidence of meeting national scientific standards (e.g., citations, review presentations and articles, membership in NIH study sections). • Research should be published in peer-reviewed journals with frequency consistent with superior performance in the field. • Teaching should be on a regular basis and in a designated Graduate School course. • Holds rank of Assistant Professor or above. The recommendation of this Faculty Admissions Committee is considered by the Dean in deciding the approval or disapproval of a nominee's membership to the Graduate Faculty.

Institutes and University Research Centers

Members of the Institute for the Medical Humanities, The Marine Biomedical Institute, and University Research Centers hold faculty appointments through the applicable school department according to the general procedures for appointment, promotion, and tenure.