Faculty Resources
Tenure and Promotion Resources and Guidelines

MU Resources

• Quick Start Guide to Tenure and Promotion
• Best Practices: Encouraging Retention
• MARSHALL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS Policy No. AA-26 FACULTY PROMOTION
• MARSHALL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS Policy No. AA-28 FACULTY TENURE

College of Liberal Arts

• Guidelines for Tenure and/or Promotion

College of Information Technology & Engineering

• CITE Promotion/Tenure Application & Portfolio Guidelines
• Faculty Resources

College of Science

• Guidelines for Tenure and/or Promotion
• Faculty and Staff Resources
• Faculty Policies and Guidelines

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine

• Faculty Promotion & Tenure Regulations
• Faculty Promotion & Tenure Regulations- Appendix C
• Faculty and Staff Resources

Deadlines

Intention to Apply for Promotion/Tenure - Deans' Offices, Oct. 1, 2010

Promotion/Tenure Recommendations - Deans' Offices, Feb. 8, 2011

Resources

• Navigate Your Career - from the Georgia Tech ADVANCE Program. Available as a download, this activity allows you to strategize about academic career paths as you progress towards tenure and promotion. (download)
• The Top Ten Things New Faculty Would Like to Hear from Colleagues from Tomorrow's Professor Msg.#566 from Mary Deane Sorcinelli, University of Massachusetts. A must read posting that features "Tenure Truisms", "Collegiality and Community" and "The Balancing Act".
• Principles of Good Practice: Supporting Early Career Faculty by Mary Dean Sorcinelli outlines ten best practices and provides examples of innovative approaches to each.
• The Academy as Community: A Manual of Best Practices for Meeting the Needs of New Scholars (2004) from The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences directs recommendations towards chairs/deans.
• Gender Differences in the Careers of Academic Scientists and Engineers: A Literature Review (2004) NSF Special Report provides analysis of gender differences in tenure and promotion rates.

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