Appendix F: Implementation Procedures on Academic Rank
Section 1. Campus Committee on Academic Rank.
- Committee Function:
- The Committee is to assist the Provost of the Campus/EVP for Workforce and Economic Development in establishing procedures and evaluating the qualifications of faculty for promotion in rank.
- The Committee shall advise the Campus Provost/EVP for Workforce and Economic Development in establishing procedures to determine how students and administrative evaluation of classroom or other professional activities will be solicited and how they will be used in the evaluation process.
- Committee Formation and Composition:
- The Committee shall be selected by established campus procedures with involvement of the Faculty Senate.
- A majority of the Committee shall be tenured faculty.
- The campus, through its established procedures, shall determine the maximum size and composition of the Committee.
- It will be at the discretion of each campus whether the members of the Committee are required to be participants in the rank system
- Individuals being considered for promotion in rank are not eligible to serve on the Committee.
- The Campus Provost/EVP for Workforce and Economic Development shall provide the Committee chairman and members of the Committee with a written statement of the Committee's purposes, responsibilities and procedures regarding the receipt and evaluation of applications.
Section 2. Procedures for Candidates.
- Individuals eligible under the provisions of the College Policy on Academic Rank for promotion, and who wish to be considered for promotion, shall submit a statement and supporting materials requesting consideration to the Campus Committee by October 31 of each year. At this time, the candidate shall also send duplicate copies of his request and supporting materials to his immediate supervisor and to his Dean for their written recommendations to be submitted to the Committee by November 30.
- The candidate's request for consideration by the Campus committee, immediate supervisor, and his Dean, shall be accompanied by appropriate supporting material detailing academic credits, accomplishments and activities that the individual believes meet the criteria for that rank as outlined in Appendix E. These materials shall be organized in such fashion as to justify the individual's request for promotion. The statement of accomplishments and activities, including supporting materials, is to be that of the individual and is not to include supporting statements from other members of the professional staff of Cuyahoga Community College or of students.
Section 3. Procedures for Evaluators.
- Immediate Supervisor
- Upon receipt of the candidate's request, the immediate supervisor shall submit in writing his recommendation with supporting rationale to the Committee by November 30.
- Individual faculty members of each department shall be invited by the immediate supervisor to submit directly to the Committee a signed statement concerning the qualifications of the candidate.
- Dean
- Upon receipt of request and supporting materials of the candidate, the Dean shall submit in writing his recommendation, with supporting rationale, to the Committee by November 30.
- Committee
- After evaluating the materials submitted by the candidate and the written recommendations of the immediate supervisor and the Dean, as well as any statements from the faculty, the Committee shall forward its written recommendation on each individual, including detailed supporting rationale, to the Campus Provost/EVP for Workforce and Economic Development by March 15. A minority view by members of the Committee may be included in the recommendation.
- If the Campus Provost/EVP for Workforce and Economic Development disagrees with the recommendation, he shall return the recommendation to the Committee with a written statement of detailed rationale. The Committee shall make a second evaluation. This reevaluation, with the statement of the Campus Provost/EVP for Workforce and Economic Development, shall be forwarded to the Campus Provost for transmittal to the President of the College. Upon written request, the file, including the rationale and recommendations, will be made available to the candidate.
- President of the College
- The President of the College shall inform the Campus Provost/EVP for Workforce and Economic Development of his decision by June 1, who shall then inform the candidate and the Committee.
- The President of the College shall present his recommendations to the Board of Trustees for its consideration at its June meeting.
- Appeals
- The first appeal of the decision shall go directly to the Campus Provost/EVP for Workforce and Economic Development.
- Subsequent appeals, if necessary, shall go to the College.
