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diff --git a/handbook.md b/handbook.md index 0eec65b..4ab162e 100644 --- a/handbook.md +++ b/handbook.md @@ -3582,19 +3582,22 @@ member is at the assistant rank. ### a. Tenure Criteria for Associate and (full) Professors (Approved by the Faculty, *October 13, 1988*) -(Amended by the Faculty, *March 24, 2011*) +(Amended by the Faculty, *March 24, 2011*) +(Amended by the Faculty, *April 16, 2025*) +(Approved by the Board of Trustees, *May 16, 2025*) 1. High quality teaching (undergraduate and/or graduate) is an essential (but not sufficient) requirement for obtaining tenure at WPI. The candidate's activities should demonstrate the capacity for continued high quality performance. High quality teaching can be -evidenced in many ways, including (but not limited to): course -evaluations; faculty peer evaluations; evaluations by alumni; the -quality of the Major Qualifying Projects, Interactive Qualifying -Projects, and the Humanities Inquiry Seminar or Practicum; freshman -advising, academic advising and graduate theses advised by the -candidate; teaching innovations; new course introductions; and -redesign of existing courses. +evidenced in many ways, including (but not limited to): evidence +provided by a teaching portfolio; faculty peer evaluations; +evaluations by alumni; student course reports; student reports on +project advising; the quality of the Major Qualifying Projects, +Interactive Qualifying Projects, and the Humanities Inquiry Seminar or +Practicum; first-year advising, academic advising and graduate theses +advised by the candidate; teaching innovations; new course +introductions; and redesign of existing courses. 2. High quality scholarship is an essential (but not sufficient) requirement for obtaining tenure at WPI. The candidate's activities