Appendix IV: A Brief Summary of the Committee's Work
The Committee to Consider a More Flexible Tenure Probationary Period met four times during the 2004-05 academic year. To inform the committee’s work, a significant amount of information was gathered, the most relevant of which was distributed to the committee. Meeting agendas and a list of information sources are provided below.
Meeting Agendas
Agenda for the meeting of December 2, 2004
1. Introductions
2. Charge to the Committee
3. Current UM policies and practices
4. Practices at other universities
5. Issues for discussion
6. Timeline for Committee’s work
Agenda for the meeting of January 19, 2005
1. Recap major themes from the December meeting
2. Follow up on issues:
a. Regents’ Bylaw 5.09 revision to ten years
b. What happens to our policies on exclusions of countable years of service?
c. Who must approve any exclusions?
d. Consequences of separating promotion and tenure
e. Criteria for early tenure review
3. Part time tenure and pro-rated counting of years of service (See attachment--key language in part time tenure policies at the University of Iowa and the University of Wisconsin – Madison
4. Next steps and agenda items for meeting on March 14
Agenda for the meeting of March 14, 2005
1. Create more flexibility in the tenure probationary period—review of recommendations for school/college and University policies
2. Policies on excluding years of service from tenure probationary periods-- review of recommendations for school/college and University policies
3. Part time tenure track appointments-- review of recommendations for school/college and University policies
4. Other universities that have adopted policies and practices similar to the policies and practices specified in the agenda items above
Agenda for the meeting of April 14, 2005
1. Discussion of draft final report
2. Next steps
Material Reviewed
University of Michigan policies, procedures, and other relevant documents
Articles, books, and reports
“An Agenda for Excellence: Creating Flexibility in Tenure-Track Faculty Careers,” a project funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and conducted by the Office of Women in Higher Education at the American Council on Education Chait, Richard P. (Ed.). (2002). The Questions of Tenure. Cambridge: Harvard University Press
Liu, Mandy and William T. Mallon. (2004). “Tenure in Transition: Trends in Basic Science Faculty Appointment Policies at U.S. Medical Schools.” Academic Medicine, 79, No. 3, 205-213.
Jones, Robert F. and Jennifer S. Gold. (1998) “Faculty Appointment and Tenure Policies in Medical Schools: A 1997 Status Report.” Academic Medicine, 73, No. 2, 212-219.
Trower, Cathy A. (Ed.) (2000). Policies on Faculty Appointment: Standard Practices and Unusual Arrangements. Bolton, Massachusetts, Anker Publishing Company.
Online resources
Institutional websites searched for policy comparisons: Duke University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin System
People who were contacted or who developed information that was helpful to the Committee:
Ann E. Austin, Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education at Michigan State University
Geraldine (Geri) Fox, Professor of Clinical Psychology and the Director of the Graduate Medical Education Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, for a compilation of university policies with pro-rated probationary periods for part time faculty.
Gloria Thomas, Project Coordinator for “An Agenda for Excellence: Creating Flexibility in Tenure-Track Faculty Careers,” a project funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and conducted by the Office of Women in Higher Education at the American Council on Education.
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