Appointment, Promotion and Tenure (APT)
Guidelines for Appointment, Promotion & Tenure (APT)
The APT is a living document that gets amended as issues come up. Every few years, the document is updated to include the most recent slate of amendments. In the years in between, you will need to consult the most recent APT document together with any amendments. You can find all of that below.
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Current APT Document
- CURRENT: Current APT document.
- Amendment: 1-year Extension Due to COVID
- Amendment: Teaching & Associate Professional Contract Review Without Promotion Review
- Emeritus Status
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APT Amendments April 2022
Proposed Amendment to the “Policies and Procedures Relating to Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure”
(Approved by the Faculty Senate by unanimous consent on March 18, 2022 and by the Board of Trustees in April 2022)
This amendment applies only to faculty members in faculty series as specified below who were (1) first appointed to a faculty position during either the 2020-2021 academic year or the 2021-2022 academic year and (2) have a review either for reappointment and/or promotion or for tenure and promotion scheduled for either the 2022-2023 academic year or a later academic year in their current appointment agreement.
1. Teaching and Professional Track Faculty
A faculty member who was appointed to a faculty position in the Professorial Series in University Libraries, Teaching Professorial Series, Clinical Professorial Series, Professors of the Practice Series, or Research Professorial Series for the first time during either the 2020-2021 academic year or the 2021-2022 academic year will receive a one-year extension in their employment contract if they file a notice, in writing, for the one-year extension with the administrative head of their academic unit according to the following deadlines:
A. If the faculty member is scheduled for review for reappointment and/or promotion during the 2022-2023 academic year, the written notice must be filed on or before June 1, 2022.
B. If the faculty member is scheduled for review for reappointment and/or promotion in an academic year later than 2022-2023, the written notice must be filed on or before April 1 of the year before the review is scheduled. For example, if the review for reappointment is scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year, the written notice must be filed on or before April 1 of 2023.
2. Tenure-Line Faculty
A faculty member who was appointed to the Tenure-line Professorial Series without tenure for the first time during either the 2020-2021 academic year or the 2021-2022 academic years will be continued in rank for an additional year beyond the final year of the initially agreed-upon probationary period if the faculty member files a notice, in writing, for the one-year extension with the administrative head of their academic unit according to the following deadlines.
A. If the original review for tenure and promotion was scheduled to be conducted during the 2022-2023 academic year, the notice of extension must be filed by June 1, 2022.
B. If the original review for tenure and promotion was scheduled to be conducted during the 2023-2024 academic year or in a later academic year, the notice of extension must be filed by April 1 of the academic year before the review was originally scheduled. For example, if the review for tenure and promotion was originally scheduled to take place during the 2023-2024 academic year, the written notice must be filed on or before April 1 of 2023.
AMENDMENTS FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
(Both Motions were approved by the Faculty Senate by unanimous consent on April 22, 2022)
(Motions approve by the Board of Trustees in June, 2022)
Motion 1:
To correct for oversights in the wording of the Policies and Procedures Relating to Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure (APT), it is moved that the following changes (as marked by underlining) be made to the APT:
5.5.3
F. Under special circumstances (e.g., when a faculty member is on an approved leave of absence or family leave), the time allotted for the leave need not count as part of the tenure probationary period, depending on specific arrangements with the Dean and approved by the Provost. Any change is agreed on in consultation with the faculty member.
5.5.4.
E. Under special circumstances and at the discretion of the Board of Trustees, a tenure decision may be delayed and a faculty member may be continued in rank without tenure for one or two additional years beyond the final year of the agreed‑upon probationary period. Any change is agreed on in consultation with the faculty member.
Motion 2:
Because the provisions in Sections 5.5.3.F and 5.5.4.E in the APT apply to tenure-line faculty but parallel provisions are not provided for faculty members in the Teaching and Professional Track, it is moved that the following Sections be added to the APT
3.4.5 Special Circumstances
The provisions in Section 3.4.5 apply to those holding a faculty position in the Professorial Series in University Libraries, Teaching Professorial Series, Clinical Professorial Series, Professors of the Practice Series, or Research Professorial Series.
A. Under special circumstances (e.g., when a faculty member is on an approved leave of absence or family leave), a review for reappointment and/or promotion may be delayed and a contract extended to adjust for the effect of the special circumstances, depending on specific arrangements with the Dean and approved by the Provost. Any change is agreed on in consultation with the faculty member.
B. Under special circumstances and at the discretion of the Board of Trustees, a review for reappointment and/or promotion may be delayed and the employment of a faculty member extended for one or two additional years beyond the final year of the faculty member’s employment contract. Any change is agreed on in consultation with the faculty member.
Faculty Development
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT, JOB RESPONSIBILITY DISTRIBUTIONS, AND PEER-TO-PEER CONVERSATIONS
https://www.du.edu/sites/default/files/2021-03/policiesandproceduresfacultydevelopment20170519.pdf