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diff --git a/handbook.md b/handbook.md index b72baff..1962715 100644 --- a/handbook.md +++ b/handbook.md @@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@ probationary with respect to tenure, or (b) with tenure. Probationary appointments may be for one year or for other stated periods, subject to renewal, and may include credit on the tenure clock for previous full-time service at the assistant rank or higher -at WPI or at other academic institutions. A tenure-track faculty +at WPI or at other academic institutions. A tenure-track faculty member's tenure clock begins running on the July 1 closest to the starting date of the initial probationary appointment. (For more detail on the tenure clock, see [Chapter Three: Tenure, Section @@ -2103,14 +2103,14 @@ Ph.D. degree (or the recognized highest degree for the discipline) and teaching credentials and accomplishments appropriate to the corresponding tenured or tenure-track rank. -#### ii. Lengths of Subsequent Appointments +#### ii. Lengths of Subsequent Appointments {#chapter-4-section-4aii} Following the probationary appointment(s), the lengths of subsequent appointments will be made sequentially as follows: a first three-year term, a second three-year term, and subsequent terms of no fewer than five years each. -#### iii. Three-year Appointments +#### iii. Three-year Appointments {#chapter-4-section-4aiii} If the faculty member is reappointed following the probationary term(s), the reappointment shall be for a three-year term with the @@ -2595,10 +2595,10 @@ same academic year in which the vacancy occurs. #### ii. Term Limits of Interim Department Heads A Department should not be led by Interim Department Head(s) for more -than two consecutive years. For this reason, the search for a new +than two consecutive years. For this reason, the search for a new Department Head will begin by no later than early in the next academic year following the year in which the Department Head vacancy first -became known. If the search is not successful, then an interim +became known. If the search is not successful, then an interim appointment will be made by the Provost (with input from the department and with a recommendation from the Dean) for an additional year (even if it is beyond the second) while the search for a new @@ -3646,7 +3646,7 @@ member is at the assistant rank. ## 3. The Tenure Criteria {#chapter-3-section-3} -### a. Tenure Criteria for Associate and (full) Professors +### a. Tenure Criteria for Associate and (full) Professors {#chapter-3-section-3a} (Approved by the Faculty, *October 13, 1988*) (Amended by the Faculty, *March 24, 2011*) @@ -4123,12 +4123,12 @@ with no consideration given to promotion. If tenure is denied, then a terminal appointment will be offered for only one additional academic year beyond the academic year of the -tenure review (see [Chapter Three: Academic Appointments, Section -3.a.iii](chapter-3.html#chapter-3-section-3aiii)). In rare instances, +tenure review (see [Chapter Two: Academic Appointments, Section +3.a.iii](chapter-2.html#chapter-2-section-3aiii). In rare instances, Joint Tenure Committees may also review tenure-track faculty members for early tenure for reasons described in [Section 2.c](chapter-3.html#chapter-3-section-2c). - + ### b. Procedures for Tenure Reviews, Recommendations, Final Decisions, and Appeals By April 15th each year, the Provost shall provide to the Committee on @@ -4257,7 +4257,7 @@ particular track. To be considered for promotion to full professor in any tenured track, an associate ranked faculty member must have demonstrated considerable -professional growth while at the associate rank. For this reason, a +professional growth while at the associate rank. For this reason, a candidate for promotion to the full rank in a particular track normally will have completed at least five years at the associate rank in the same track and at least three years at the associate rank in @@ -4326,11 +4326,13 @@ quality performance in these areas. Evidence of service at an appropriate level is expected. The criteria for promotion to Associate Professor are the same as the -tenure criteria for Associate Professors (see Chapter Three: Tenure, -Section 3.a for the tenure criteria). For this reason, Assistant -Professors receive a combined review for tenure and promotion to -Associate Professor from a Joint Tenure Committee, as described in -Chapter Three: Tenure, Section 5 and Section 7.) +tenure criteria for Associate Professors (see [Chapter Three: Tenure, +Section 3.a](chapter-3.html#chapter-3-section3a) for the tenure +criteria). For this reason, Assistant Professors receive a combined +review for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor from a Joint +Tenure Committee, as described in [Chapter Three: Tenure, Section +5](chapter-3.html#chapter-3-section-5) and [Section +7](chapter-3.html#chapter-3-section-7). #### ii. Criteria for Promotion to (full) Professor {#chapter-4-section-2aii}