VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #F007

• Associate Deans for Biomedical Affairs and Research from each campus; • Associate Deans for Pre-Clinical Education from each campus; • Associate Deans for Clinical Affairs from each campus; • Chair from each Campus Faculty Senate; • Vice Provost for Research; • Vice Provost for International and Appalachian Outreach; and • The Campus Dean from each campus.

The APT Committee will convene a minimum of quarterly to appoint new faculty and will meet annually in the spring to render its recommendations regarding pending applications for promotion in rank and tenure. The APT Committee must critically review the documentation supporting a candidate’s request for appointment, promotion, and/or tenure in order to determine if the candidate meets the qualifications specified for that rank or tenure. Should the committee deem that the documentation is lacking, it is empowered to request that the candidate be mentored in obtaining additional documentation deemed necessary and may appoint the mentor. Failure by the candidate to provide documentation may delay the consideration of appointment, promotion, or tenure. APT Committee members may not be held liable for providing their opinions as to the qualifications, or lack thereof, by the candidate. All proceedings of the APT Committee are considered confidential and not for publication, except in the case of promotion, where the appointment following a positive decision may be published. 3.4 Initial Faculty Appointment The APT Committee is responsible for initial faculty appointments for all candidates seeking full-time or part-time employment, regardless of track. Faculty with a previous or current rank from another academic higher education institution are typically initially appointed at VCOM at the same rank. However, faculty will be considered for initial appointment at the next highest rank above their previous or current rank from another academic higher education institution if they have met VCOM’s criteria for appointment to that rank (including requisite number of years served at their current/previous rank from another institution and teaching, research and scholarly activity, and service requirements). In order to be considered for appointment at a higher rank at the time of initial appointment, faculty must submit evidence of their teaching, research, and service contributions that meet the requirements of the rank of which they are seeking. Failure of the faculty member to submit this evidence will result in the APT Committee considering the faculty member for appointment at the rank they hold/held from the previous institution. In addition, faculty applying for initial appointment with a previous or current rank from another academic higher education institution, who do not yet meet VCOM’s criteria for appointment to the next highest rank above their previous or current rank from another institution, will be granted years of service toward promotion in rank at VCOM. For example, a faculty member who held the rank of Assistant Professor at a previous institution for 2 years will be granted 2 years of service toward promotion in rank at VCOM. This faculty member would be eligible to apply for promotion in rank to Associate Professor after completing two years of academic teaching, research and service experience at the Assistant Professor level at VCOM.

VCOM Faculty Appointments and Promotion Policy

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