Rule Administrator: Provost and Chief Academic Officer
PART 1: PURPOSE Promotion and tenure decisions are the means by which NMSU rewards and retains its most valued scholars, sustains excellence in its instructional disciplines, and fulfills its mission to advance knowledge. The quality of faculty accomplishments in teaching and advising, scholarship and creative activity, extension and outreach, and service, (collectively referred to as…
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College and Research Faculty will be eligible to be considered for advancement in rank, but are not eligible for consideration for tenure. Generalized descriptions of the professorial ranks as they relate to the promotion and tenure time table are described below. (See ARP 9.31, Part 3 and ARP 9.32, Part 2 for standards and evaluation…
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PART 1: PRINCIPAL UNIT COMMITTEES Department Promotion and Tenure Committees: At NMSU-Las Cruces, each academic department or unit utilize a department promotion and tenure committee. At the Doña Ana Community College, divisions are treated as equivalent to departments for this rule and therefore its “department promotion and tenure committees” are elected from the regular faculty…
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PART 1: PRE-TENURE PROBATIONARY PERIOD Before being considered for tenure at NMSU, eligible faculty members with or without previous experience from other institutions of higher education serve five years of the pre-tenure probationary period prior to applying for tenure during the sixth year of the probationary period. The six year probationary period may be reduced…
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(fka 5.87) PART 1: INTRODUCTION (fka 5.87.1) The Post-Tenure Review rule ensures that all tenured faculty members will receive an annual review and that those with either exceptionally fine performance or serious deficiencies in one or more areas will be identified. Special achievement shall be rewarded in a manner determined by each college or community college campus. For…
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The pre-tenure period, renewed by contract one year at a time, (sometimes also referred to as the probationary, trial, or provisional period) for personnel with or without previous experience agreed upon from other institutions of higher education will ordinarily not exceed six years. At the discretion of the administration, the pre-tenure period may be shortened. …
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PART 1: CHANGE TO CONTINUOUS CONTRACT The department head initiates the Contract Status Form to accomplish the change from temporary to continuous contract. All recommendations for tenure must be accompanied by notification to the provost and chief academic officer from the dean of the result of the faculty committee vote. When tenure is awarded, it…
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Any tenure track faculty member intending to resign shall give written notice to the administration at the earliest time possible, but in no case later than 30 days after receipt of written notification of the terms of the next year’s contract, or three months prior to the start of the following academic year, whichever is…
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As a result of evaluating performance and annual contracts, it may be necessary not to renew an annual contract. During the trial period, non-renewal of an annual contract may be without implication of criticism or specification of cause. The reason for non-renewal will be stated, if so requested by the faculty member subject to non-renewal….
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Each dean or community college executive officer is responsible for preparing, scheduling, delivering and retaining appropriate administrative reviews of associate deans, department heads, directors and their equivalent. In addition to annual performance evaluations, administrative reviews are scheduled to occur every few years to determine an incumbent’s performance as an administrator. Administrative reviews are often coordinated…
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