Promotion to Full Professor. All service since documentation was prepared for the last promotion, or the most recent seven (7) years, whichever is less.
Promotion to Full Professor. A faculty member may apply for promotion to Full Professor during their fifth year of combined employment as an Associate Professor at WOU and another comparable institution. If not stipulated in the initial hiring contract, a faculty member must request to apply early for promotion to Full Professor. The request shall be part of the Annual Faculty Report. This report is due to the respective Division Personnel Review Committee (PRC), Xxxx and Chair no later than June 30. The request shall include external reviews and a statement outlining levels of distinctiveness from the WOU faculty at large at similar rank in teaching/librarianship, scholarship, and service that warrant early consideration. If approved by the division chair, the faculty member would be evaluated for promotion during the following year’s evaluation process by the DPRC. Failure to achieve early promotion does not preclude a faculty member from being awarded promotion and in the subsequent year following another review.
Promotion to Full Professor. A faculty member may apply for promotion to Full Professor during their fifth year of employment as an Associate Professor. If not stipulated in the initial hiring contract, the faculty member must indicate a desire to apply early by including external reviews and a statement outlining levels of distinctiveness in teaching, scholarship, and service that warrant early consideration for promotion in the Annual Faculty Report due no later than Friday of the first week of June. If approved, the faculty member would be evaluated for promotion during the following year’s evaluation process by the DPRC. Failure to achieve early promotion does not preclude a faculty member from being awarded promotion in the subsequent year following another review.
Promotion to Full Professor. Promotion to the rank of professor is justified by superlative and consistent teaching, service, and scholarship, as measured by favorable recognition in the discipline outside the university. The numbers that follow represent a minimum for consideration. It is the responsibility of the individual faculty member to provide sufficient context and/or explanation to clarify and justify the qualitative weight/impact that should be afforded to a particular piece of evidence.
Promotion to Full Professor a. A faculty member shall be eligible for promotion to full professor because of:
Promotion to Full Professor. In year four of the first or any subsequent contract as an Associate Professor, an Associate Professor may apply for promotion to the Rank of Professor. If there is a unanimous favorable review and recommendation for promotion by the Faculty Senate Review Committee, and if approved by the Vice President of Academic Affairs, an initial five-year contract at the Rank of Professor shall be offered.
