ARTICLES OF GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE IX. Faculty Appointment Policies

Section 1. Conditions of Appointment

(Appointments in the Department of Physical Education and Athletics are subject to special provisions, as are appointments of faculty on term appointments and of instructors in science laboratory.)

A. The provisions of this Article, except as indicated under Section 7, and of Articles X-XV apply to appointments that lead to a tenure review after the stipulated probationary period. These are called "tenure-track" appointments.

The provisions of Section 1. C. D. E. F. and G. of this article also apply to faculty on term appointments, teaching faculty in the Department of Physical Education and Athletics, and all other instructional staff.

B. "Service" as used in these Articles is interpreted to mean service in full time appointments except for regular part-time appointments. Regular part time appointments, as distinguished from nonregular part time appointments, are tenure-track part-time appointments. For regular part-time appointments, "service" shall be specified to be a certain fraction, at least one half, of a full time appointment.

C. Appointment is ordinarily made to one department. The appointment shall be an interdepartmental appointment when the faculty member ordinarily teaches more than one course in each of two departments.

D. In view of the early notice which the College agrees to give of the decision not to offer further appointment, the member of the faculty who proposes to resign is expected to give notice in ample time.

E. One spouse may neither nominate nor vote on the nomination of the other for appointment, the reappointment, or promotion (including tenure) to full or part time positions in the same department.

F. Members of the faculty holding full time appointments shall accept regular employment elsewhere during the academic year only after informing the chair of the department and securing the approval of the Dean of the College.

G. It is recognized that in case of serious mental or physical incapacity, or grave moral delinquency, the College has the right to dismiss at any time.

H. The minimum salary for each rank shall be a matter of public information. Under ordinary circumstances the maximum of a rank shall be below the minimum of the next higher rank. Promotion at the time of tenure (see Article X) will mean that limited overlap may occur between the ranks of Assistant and Associate Professor. It is also recognized that there should be enough flexibility in the application of the salary scale to allow for special adjustments, particularly when a valuable contribution is made by an individual not meeting the usual requirements for promotion.

When financial conditions permit, salaries should be increased at the time of each reappointment until the maximum of the rank is reached. Exceptions to this policy should be recommended by the Reappointments and Promotions Committee of the department, or, in case of Associate Professors, by the chair in consultation with the members in Full Professorial rank. Exceptions in the case of Professors' salaries may be recommended by the chair of the department or by the President.

Section 2. Qualifications for Rank

A. Instructors. An individual who does not hold the Ph.D. degree is appointed as an Instructor. No individual may be initially appointed at this rank who has more than one year of service at another institution of higher learning.

If all requirements for the Ph.D. are successfully fulfilled by October 1 of the first year of appointment as Instructor, the contract will be converted to that of an Assistant Professor as of the beginning of the fall semester. If all requirements for the Ph.D. are successfully fulfilled between October 1 and January 31 of the first year of appointment as Instructor, the contract will be converted to that of an Assistant Professor as of the beginning of the spring semester. If all requirements for the Ph.D. are successfully fulfilled by October 1 of the second year of appointment as Instructor, the contract will be converted to that of an Assistant Professor as of the beginning of the fall semester. If the requirements are not successfully fulfilled by this date, the contract is terminated at the end of the academic year.

B. Assistant Professors. Ordinarily an individual who holds the Ph.D. degree is appointed as an Assistant Professor.

There is only one exception to this general policy. Individuals who have not completed the Ph.D. but have served at Wellesley in the rank of Instructor for two years and have obtained a degree such as the B.D., M.F.A., or comparable degree in other fields, in addition to the B.A., may be considered for promotion to the rank of Assistant Professor.

     1. First Level Assistant Professors No individual may be appointed at this rank who has served more than two years without the Ph.D. at any institution of higher learning.

     2. Second Level Assistant Professors An individual who has three or more years' service at another institution after receiving the Ph.D. degree is appointed at this level.

C. Associate Professors and Professors. Individuals who have considerable experience at another institution and have demonstrated unusually strong evidence of teaching ability and intellectual distinction are appointed as Associate Professors or Professors.

D. Regular Part Time Appointments

     1. Status as a regular part time faculty member will be expressly identified at the time of appointment to this status. All provisions of Articles of Government governing faculty appointments apply to regular part time faculty except where contrary regulations are specified. Initial appointments to regular part time positions are ordinarily made to the professorial ranks. Instructors are ineligible for regular part time professorial ranks. Instructors are ineligible for regular part time appointments. Regular part time initial appointments and reappointments shall ordinarily be made for three year terms. A tenure decision is made at a time requested by the appointee in accordance with the conditions of this paragraph. For an individual appointed at the rank of Assistant Professor, the tenure decision shall be made between the sixth and ninth years of the appointment, inclusive, less one year for each prior year of full time teaching, with at most three years' credit for teaching elsewhere. A recommendation for promotion to the rank of Associate Professor shall normally be considered at the same time as the tenure decision. For an individual appointed at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor, the tenure decision shall be made between the second and fourth years of the appointment, inclusive. If an individual requests that a tenure decision be made in other than the second year of a three year term and the decision is unfavorable, then the appointment shall be converted so as to terminate at the end of the academic year following the unfavorable decision.

     2. In exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to convert from full time to regular part time status. Such conversion must take place with the approval of the individual and department concerned, the Dean of the College, and the Committee on Faculty Appointments. In no case can conversion of this sort be made in the year of tenure decision.

Section 3. Length of Terms

A. Instructors. Appointments of Instructors shall be made for one year. If conversion to Assistant Professor does not occur by October 1 or January 31 (see Section 2.A.) of that year, the appointment as Instructor will be automatically renewed for a second year. Ordinarily, a person may serve no longer than two years as an Instructor, including within this period all service without the Ph.D. in any institution of higher learning. Only in exceptional circumstances shall a third one year appointment as Instructor be made and this appointment shall be terminal.

B. Assistant Professors

     1. First Level Assistant Professors

          a. Initial appointments to the College at this rank Initial appointments to the rank of first level Assistant Professor are normally for three or four year terms, depending upon departmental recommendation.

          b. Promotions to this rank after service at the College Appointments to the rank of first level Assistant Professor are ordinarily for three years. By mutual agreement of the individual concerned and the College, an Instructor who receives his or her Ph.D. degree during the first year at the College may be given an additional one year contract as Assistant Professor.

2. Second Level Assistant Professors

          a. Initial appointments to the College at this rank Initial appointments to the rank of second level Assistant Professor are ordinarily for a three year term.

Consideration of reappointment comes in the second year. If the decision is unfavorable, service at the College ends at the end of the third year. If the decision is favorable, an additional year is added to the three year contract and the tenure decision is made in the third year. If tenure is granted, the appointment is converted in the fourth year at the College to a three year appointment at the rank of Associate Professor.

          b. Promotions to this rank after service at the College. Appointments to the rank of second level Assistant Professor are made so as not to exceed a probationary period of seven years before tenure or termination with the decision to be made in the sixth year of service. If a favorable tenure decision is received, this appointment is converted to an Associate Professorship, provided the individual will have served five years as Assistant Professor at Wellesley or another institution (including a year on early leave at Wellesley within this period). Ordinarily, only those years of full-time service at other institutions as an Assistant Professor with the Ph.D. will be counted in the probationary period, up to a maximum of three years.

The length of term for second level Assistant Professors will vary depending upon the number of years' prior service at Wellesley College and elsewhere.

(1) four years for individuals with three years' prior service at Wellesley College at the time this appointment begins;
(2) three years for individuals with four years' prior service at Wellesley College and elsewhere at the time this appointment begins;
(3) two years for individuals with five years' prior service at Wellesley College and elsewhere at the time this appointment begins;
(4) one year for individuals with six years' prior service at Wellesley College and elsewhere at the time this appointment begins.

C. Associate Professors and Professors. Initial appointments to the Wellesley College faculty at the ranks of Associate Professor and Professor shall be made for three years.

Section 4. Notifications

A. Reappointments. Notice of reappointment or nonreappointment must be given in writing in accordance with the following standards:

     1. Not later than March 1 of the first academic year of service, if the appointment expires at the end of the year.

     2. Not later than December 15 of the second academic year of service, if the appointment expires at the end of that year.

     3. At least twelve months before the expiration of an appointment after two or more years at the institution.

B. Tenure. The President shall notify a faculty member in writing of the decision of the Reappointments and Promotions Committee of the department and the Committee on Faculty Appointments with regard to a tenure appointment. The time of notification depends on the rank of the initial appointment at the College. A year spent on leave will be excluded from the years in rank at the written request of the individual. Such a request must be made within sixty days after receipt of notification of approval of the leave request.

     1. Faculty who are initially appointed at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor are notified not later than April 15 of the second year of service at the College.

     2. Other full time faculty are notified not later than December 15 of the sixth year of service, including within this period the years of service at another institution up to and including three years.

     3. Assistant Professors on regular part time appointment shall request a tenure decision no later than April 15 of the calendar year in which they wish to be reviewed. These faculty are notified not later than December 15 of the year of the review.

     4. Associate Professors or Professors on regular part time appointment shall request a tenure decision not later than October 15 of the academic year in which they wish to be reviewed. These faculty are notified not later than April 15 of the year of the review.

Section 5. Interdepartmental Appointments

A. Interdepartmental appointments may be made in three ways: faculty may be appointed into two or more departments; they may be appointed into a department and an interdepartmental program; or they may be appointed solely into an interdepartmental program.

B. Interdepartmental appointments shall be made by agreement of the department(s) or program concerned and the Dean of the College.

C.   1. A Reappointments and Promotions Committee shall be established for each faculty member holding an interdepartmental appointment in the first year of service at the College.

    2. In the case of an appointment into two or more departments, the Reappointments and Promotions Committee shall be made up of Reappointments and Promotions Committee members from the departments concerned. The exact composition of the committee, which shall consist of no fewer than three members, will be determined by the Reappointments and Promotions Committees of the concerned departments, the Committee on Faculty Appointments, and the Dean of the College.

    3. In the case of an appointment into a department and an interdepartmental program, the Reappointments and Promotions Committee shall normally be made up of all the Reappointments and Promotions Committee members from the department and tenured faculty from the program concerned. The exact composition of the committee, which shall consist of no fewer than three members, will be determined by the Committee on Faculty Appointments and the Dean of the College, in consultation with the Reappointments and Promotions Committee of the concerned department and with the tenured director(s) of the program.

    4. In the case of an appointment into an interdepartmental program, the Reappointments and Promotions Committee shall be made up of full time or regular part-time faculty members on tenure who hold appointments in the program concerned. At no time shall the Reappointments and Promotions Committee contain fewer than three persons on tenure. If there are fewer than three tenured faculty members holding an appointment in the program concerned, the Committee on Faculty Appointments shall appoint, in consultation with the tenured director(s) of the program, such number of persons as may be necessary to bring the membership of the committee to three.

Section 6. Process of Evaluation for Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Decision

A. When interviewed, candidates being considered for appointment shall be furnished by the Department Chair with a general overview of procedures and prospects concerning reappointment, promotion, and tenure.

B. 1. New faculty shall be informed promptly by the Department Chair of the procedures relating to reappointment, promotion, and/or tenure, and referred to the appropriate sections of College legislation dealing with these matters. (Articles of Government, Book I, Articles IX, X, XI.) This information includes the functions of the Committee on Faculty Appointments (Articles of Government, Book I, Article V, Section 12), the departmental Reappointments and Promotions Committee and its current membership (Articles of Government, Book I, Article VIII, Section 1B), the factors involved in evaluation, the arrangements for class visits, the role of student evaluation questionnaires and letters in the evaluative process, and the use of external professional evaluators.

     2. In addition, the Department Chair shall inform new faculty that there will be two required first-year class visits, that these are developmental rather than evaluative, that departments may elect not to produce written visit reports, that reports (if produced) shall not be requested by the CFA. These first-year class visits are intended to open a dialogue about effective teaching and to stimulate the sharing of ideas.

C. For interdisciplinary and interinstitutional appointments, the new faculty member shall be informed by the Dean of the College of the composition and membership of the Reappointments and Promotions Committee which would be making recommendations in her/his case and of the procedures relating to reappointment, promotion, and/or tenure.

D. 1. The Reappointments and Promotions Committee or its designated representatives shall meet annually with each nontenured member of the department on tenure track appointment (unless the faculty member requests otherwise) to discuss the candidate's current situation and that of the department. The Reappointments and Promotions Committee shall provide as realistic an assessment as possible with the data available of the prospects for reappointment and/or tenure. A memorandum of the substance of this meeting shall be prepared and signed by the chair of the Reappointments and Promotion Committee, countersigned by the nontenured faculty member, a copy then to be retained by the nontenured faculty member, another by the department. The two developmental first-year class visits (see B.2. above) shall be discussed during the first annual meeting, but the annual meeting report must specify only that these class visits have taken place.

     2. At least three Full Professors on the Reappointments and Promotions Committee shall meet with each Associate Professor in the department during her/his fourth year in rank (unless the Associate Professor requests otherwise) for a conversation about the Associate Professor’s progress toward promotion to the rank of Full Professor.

A memorandum indicating either that the conversation has taken place or that it has not shall be prepared and signed by the Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department, a copy then to be retained by the Associate Professor, another by the department, and one forwarded to the Committee on Faculty Appointments. This memorandum shall be filed with the Committee on Faculty Appointments no later than September 15 of the candidate’s fifth year in rank.

E. Faculty members under consideration for reappointment, promotion, and/or tenure decisions shall communicate to the Reappointments and Promotions Committee and/or the Committee on Faculty Appointments any information or materials they wish to have considered, e.g., course syllabi, bibliographies, teaching innovations, membership in professional organizations at the national or local level. Materials submitted shall include a
statement of the faculty member's professional achievements and plans for the future. It is a faculty member's responsibility to revise annually her/his professional activity file (kept in the Office of the Dean of the College).

F. By October 15, a list shall be published of faculty members to be reviewed for reappointment, promotion, tenure, or merit increases in that academic year. The name of a faculty member under review will be included unless the candidate objects.

G. All members of the Reappointments and Promotions Committee shall participate in the composition of the letter of recommendation. Letters representing majority and/or minority recommendations shall be shared among all members of the Reappointments and Promotions Committee. All deliberations of departmental Reappointments and Promotions Committees concerning individuals shall be confidential.

H. As soon as the departmental Reappointments and Promotions Committee submits its recommendation to the Committee on Faculty Appointments regarding a candidate under consideration for reappointment, promotion or tenure, the candidate must be informed in writing by the Department Chair whether the recommendation was positive or negative and whether it was unanimous. If a candidate requests, a Reappointments and Promotions Committee will discuss the recommendation in terms of the factors listed in Section K below. In no instance shall a specific individual opinion or vote be revealed.

I. As soon as the Reappointments and Promotions Committee submits its recommendation or recommendations, and subsequent correspondence to the Committee on Faculty Appointments regarding a candidate under consideration for reappointment, promotion, or tenure, the Committee on Faculty Appointments shall give the candidate an exact copy of the letter or letters so submitted. At the request of the Reappointments and Promotions Committee, portions of the letter or letters which identify individuals other than the candidate shall be deleted. Signatures shall be deleted from this letter.

J. If the Committee on Faculty Appointments upholds a negative recommendation from a Reappointments and Promotions Committee, or if it reverses a positive recommendation from a Reappointments and Promotions Committee, the candidate has the right to discuss the decision with the Dean of the College (Chair of the Committee on Faculty Appointments), and/or with the Committee on Faculty Appointments as a whole. If requested by the candidate after such a discussion, the Chair of the Committee on Faculty Appointments will endeavor to summarize in writing the Committee's views, respecting the principle of confidentiality of Reappointments and Promotions Committees and of the deliberations of the Committee on Faculty Appointments.

K. Reappointments and Promotions Committees and the Committee on Faculty Appointments shall make their recommendations after a careful evaluation of the candidate and of the requirements of the department(s) and the College. The criteria for such evaluations follow.

     1. Quality of teaching. The evaluation of teaching effectiveness is of major importance in reaching a decision on recommendation for reappointment, promotion, and/or tenure. Faculty visits to the classroom are essential to such an evaluation. However, teaching does not take place solely in a classroom but also in conferences, independent work, and honors projects. It is thus important to gain an understanding and full appreciation of a candidate's approach to teaching: i.e., the goals of teaching that are considered important and the teaching methods considered appropriate to these goals. It is equally important for the candidate to be informed about the department's expectation with regard to teaching. Student evaluation questionnaires and student letters must also be considered essential to an evaluation of teaching effectiveness. Such evaluations and letters shall be compared to the evidence based on classroom visits. It is also appropriate for a candidate to submit a letter regarding those aspects of her/his teaching which are not, in the normal course of events, subject to evaluation. The following procedural steps shall be observed for classroom visits:

          a. Class visits. Class visits by members of the Reappointments and Promotions Committee shall be spaced throughout a term of appointment. Within one year preceding the date of any decision regarding reappointment, promotion to all ranks (except the rank of Full Professor), and/or tenure, there shall be at least three visits made by three different members of the Reappointments and Promotions Committee. Department Chairs shall take care that arrangements for visits are made in advance with the instructors (at least forty eight hours in advance), taking into consideration her/his preference as to times and numbers of individuals at a visiting session.

Prior to class visits, visiting faculty shall discuss with the instructor the general design of the course and place of the specific class session in this design.

Faculty visits to the classroom are valuable as a means for suggesting improvement of teaching as well as for evaluation. Class visits shall be followed promptly by an oral discussion of the visit with the instructor. A written report of the visit shall be prepared by the visitor and placed in the instructor's departmental file. A copy shall be sent to the instructor within two weeks of the visit. Successive evaluations shall include comparisons with former evaluations of teaching performance. It is appropriate for evaluated faculty members to file written statements in their departmental files responding both to oral and written communications. An opportunity for this response shall be given before the Reappointments and Promotions Committee meets to draw up its recommendations.

The opportunity for nontenured faculty to observe senior colleagues in the classroom is another valuable means for the improvement of teaching. Each department shall encourage this type of interchange.

          b. Student evaluations. All students in all courses are expected to submit an evaluation form. Copies of the individual evaluations and statistical summaries of these evaluations are made available by the Office of the Dean of the College to the instructor, the Reappointments and Promotions Committee, and the Committee on Faculty Appointments, except that there is no required reporting of Student Evaluation Questionnaires to the Committee on Faculty Appointments or Departmental Reappointments and Promotions Committees for new tenure-track faculty in the first semester of a four-year initial appointment, to the Committee on Faculty Appointments in the second semester of such appointments and to the Committee on Faculty Appointments or Departmental Reappointments and Promotions Committees during the year following a tenure decision.

Other letters of comment from students and colleagues are placed in an instructor's file in the Office of the Dean of the College, and copies, with the signature deleted, are sent to the instructor and to the Department Chair for the Reappointments and Promotions Committees.

          c. Outside visiting committee. In the case of a reappointment to a second level assistant professorship or a tenure decision, if a majority of the members of a Reappointments and Promotions Committee are from outside the department, the Committee on Faculty Appointments may, in consultation with the candidate, constitute an outside visiting committee to evaluate the candidate's teaching.

     2. Evidence of scholarly strength and growth, including research activity and potential; evidence of remaining abreast of one's field. Faculty members under consideration for reappointment, promotion, and/or tenure shall deposit in their departmental files any materials with reference to research in progress, publications, and unpublished work including scholarly activity while on leave, and any other material they may wish considered in the evaluative process.

External professional evaluations. All candidates for tenure and for promotion to the rank of Full Professor shall ordinarily receive external, professional evaluation of published material and, if they wish, of work in progress and other unpublished work. Selection of outside scholars, who in turn recommend the evaluators to read the material, will be made jointly by the Dean of the College, the Reappointments and Promotions Committee, and the candidate. Suggestions of names of these outside scholars shall be submitted to the Dean of the College during the semester preceding the tenure or promotion decision, but no later than April 15 (for fall decisions) or November 15 (for spring decisions). It is not precluded that these scholars may themselves serve as evaluators. The candidate has the right to indicate in writing the names of scholars from whom she/he feels it would be inappropriate to request an evaluation. The evaluators will be asked to comment on both the candidate's research accomplishments and her/his capacity for scholarly growth and success in remaining abreast of developments in her/his field. The candidate shall submit material for evaluation by outside evaluators by July 15 (for fall tenure decisions) or by December 15 (for spring tenure decisions) or by January 15 (for spring promotion decisions). Normally, there shall be five outside evaluators for tenure decisions and three outside evaluators for promotion decisions.

Prior to the due date for the recommendation from the departmental Reappointments and Promotions Committee, copies of the evaluators' reports shall be sent to the Committee on Faculty Appointments and to the departmental Reappointments and Promotions Committee. Upon request, the candidate may receive copies of the evaluators' reports. On these copies, the names and institutions of the evaluators shall be deleted. At the request of the evaluator, minor portions of the evaluation which would identify the evaluator also may be omitted. Candidates may file with the Reappointments and Promotions Committee and/or the Committee on Faculty Appointments any response to the evaluations they deem appropriate.

     3. Relation to departmental structure. Reappointments, promotions, and/or tenure decisions take place within the context of department structure and must be considered from this perspective. The relation of the expertise of the candidate to important areas within the general field of the department, the distribution of faculty within this field, projected retirement patterns, and future prospects of the department in terms of professional directions and personnel are important matters for assessment. Interdisciplinary factors shall be considered where relevant. Each fall, the Department Chair shall file a copy of Form D, indicating the field distribution and retirement dates of the faculty members in the department. Any department may supplement this form with additional descriptions of its staffing patterns.

     4. Service to the College in achieving its educational goals. This includes service on committees or commissions, cooperation in the work of the department and the College, and service in other ways that enrich the environment of the academic community.

Faculty members shall indicate their committee assignments and other activities within the College on the appropriate activity sheet each year. Departmental Reappointments and Promotions Committees shall consult these forms before evaluating a candidate.

In cases of extraordinarily able service on a committee or other assignment, it is appropriate for the chair of that committee, the Department Chair, or the Dean of the College, to note the fact by writing to the Committee on Faculty Appointments and the Reappointments and Promotions Committee.

     5. External Professional Activities Evidence of national or regional recognition, such as offices in professional associations, editorships of professional journals, and/or service on special academic or governmental commissions or evaluation committees shall be considered.

Section 7. Term Appointments (Faculty Ineligible for Tenure)

A. Appointments. Under special circumstances, e.g., to respond to staffing needs of a department or program or when replacing a faculty member on leave, a term appointment (either part-time or full-time) may be made, normally for one year. Term appointments do not lead to reviews for tenure. If a department's or program's staffing needs require, and the department's or program's needs are best met by continued appointment of a tenure-ineligible faculty member, faculty on term appointments may be rehired to second and subsequent contracts of one to five years. All such contract renewals are subject to a review following guidelines for faculty on term appointments, developed by the Committee on Faculty Appointments and the Dean of the College and implemented by the Dean of the College. All appointments to a fifth or later year at the College require recommendation of the department's or program's Reappointments and Promotions Committee and approval by the Committee on Faculty Appointments. If the department or program wishes to appoint a faculty member on a term appointment to a tenure-track position, the tenure-track position must be authorized by the Dean of the College, and a search to fill the position must be conducted.

B. Titles

     1. A visiting faculty member in the first four years at the College will have the title of Visiting Lecturer. The Dean of the College may confer the title of Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor, or Distinguished Visiting Professor, when appropriate.

     2. A faculty member reappointed for a fifth year at the College will have the title of Lecturer. Under unusual circumstances, a newly appointed faculty member may have the title of Lecturer.

     3. After ten years of service at the College as a Lecturer, a faculty member is eligible to be reviewed for promotion to Senior Lecturer. Under unusual circumstances, a newly appointed faculty member may have the title of Senior Lecturer.

C. Review Criteria

     1. For Visiting Lecturers: Contracts for Visiting Lecturers will be based on staffing needs within a department or program. The primary criterion for appointment renewal is quality of teaching.

     2. For Lecturers and Senior Lecturers: Contracts will be based on staffing needs within a department or program. Although the primary responsibility of Lecturers and Senior Lecturers is instructional, review for reappointment and promotion includes evaluation in three areas: teaching, professional development, and service.     

Section 8. Appeals

Appeals of reappointment, tenure and promotion decisions made by the Committee on Faculty Appointments may be filed directly with the Committee or with the Board of Appeals, either by the candidate or the Reappointments and Promotions Committee.

     1. If the candidate or the Reappointments and Promotions Committee wishes to file an appeal with the Board of Appeals, such appeals must be filed no later than 60 days after the candidate has been notified of the decision. The Board of Appeals, in turn, must conclude its action on the case no later than the end of the first week of the semester following filing of the appeal.

     2. If the candidate or the Reappointments and Promotions Committee wishes to appeal directly to the Committee on Faculty Appointments, such appeals must be filed within one year of the date the candidate has been notified of the decision.

Section 9. Other Articles of Government Describing Procedures

A. Decision Making Procedures

     1. In accordance with Articles of Government and departmental policy, the Reappointments and Promotions Committee shall make recommendations with respect to all reappointments, dismissals, and promotions. (Article VIII, Section l, B,2.)

     2. The Committee on Faculty Appointments shall vote upon recommendations to be made by the President to the Board of Trustees regarding departmental recommendations of initial appointments to ranks of Associate Professor and Professor Article V, Section 12, F, 1.

     3. The Committee on Faculty Appointments shall vote upon recommendations to be made by the President to the Board of Trustees regarding departmental recommendations of promotions and reappointments to ranks of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor and Lecturer Article V, Section 12, F, 2.

     4. The Committee on Faculty Appointments shall vote upon recommendations to be made by the President to the Board of Trustees regarding departmental recommendations of reappointments and promotions to ranks of Lecturer and Senior Lecturer.

B. Process of Evaluation

     1. Recommendations of reappointment, promotion, and tenure shall include evaluation of the candidate's teaching. Evaluation of a candidate's teaching is to include classroom visits by members of the Reappointments and Promotions Committee. These visits should function as a means of suggesting improvement of teaching as well as for evaluation Article VIII, Section l, B, 2.

     2. Recommendations of tenure appointments and promotions to the rank of Professor shall ordinarily include an evaluation of the candidate's qualifications by a professional source outside the College Article V, Section 12, H, 5.

C. Further Procedures

     1. Any faculty member may request a hearing before the Committee on Faculty Appointments concerning his professional status at the College Article V, Section 12, H, 4.

     2. The Departmental Committee shall reach an understanding of College departmental policy concerning criteria and procedures for promotion and tenure Article VIII, Section 1, A, 2, g.

     3. Other Articles and sections of legislation, apart from this Article, relevant to Appointments Procedures are:
     Article V, Section 12 Committee on Faculty Appointments
     Article VIII, Section 1, B Reappointments and Promotions Committee
     Article V, Section 6 Board of Appeals
     Article X Promotion Policies
     Article XI Tenure Provisions