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Pan African Studies Faculty Handbook
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i.    A probationary faculty seeking tenure and promotion is expected to demonstrate effectiveness in teaching and other teaching related activities (see the departmental criteria for reappointment, tenure/promotion for the acceptable evidence of effective teaching in the discipline of Pan-African Studies).
ii.    Documented evidence for tenure and promotion shall consist of SSIs, peer review of teaching and other materials,

  1. Matters of Department/School Governance and related procedures
  2. Teaching assignments and workload including workload equivalencies and related procedures
  3. Reappointment, tenure and promotion criteria and the criteria and processes relating to other faculty personnel actions
    1. Procedures
    2. Reappointment
    3. Tenure and Promotion Guidelines
    4. Criteria for Tenure and Promotion
      1. Academic Credentials/Supporting Documents
      2. Time to Tenure and Promotion
      3. Letters of Reference
      4. Evaluative Criteria for Tenure and Promotion
        1. Scholarship/Creative Scholarship
        2. Teaching
        3. Service
      5. Departmental Criteria: The Boyer Model and Reappointment Tenure and Promotion
    5. Reappointment and Promotion Criteria for Full-Time NTT Faculty
    6. Review of Divisional Heads
  4. Criteria, Performance Expectations, and Department/School Procedures Relating to Faculty Excellence Awards
  5. Other Department/School guidelines
Pan African Studies Faculty Handbook
University Faculty Handbook

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