Faculty Handbook

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION & TENURE) Updated and approved 12/21/23

A. GENERAL PURPOSE: This standing Committee of the faculty will evaluate, on a regularly scheduled basis, all faculty members regarding promotion and continuing appointment (tenure). It will make recommendations to the Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs (the dean) with respect to promotion and tenure of the faculty.

B. REPORTING LINK: Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs (the dean).

C. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: •

This Committee will abide by all existing and future policies of the Board of Trustees that are pertinent to the purpose of this Committee. The document entitled "Committee on Professional Qualifications (CPQ) Policy Document" as adopted by the faculty of the SUNY College of Optometry will act as a further procedural guideline. • CPQ shall review and evaluate all faculty who are being considered for promotion or tenure. Review shall not be made more than once a year. During the initial review, CPQ will solicit evaluations and recommendations from faculty, students, and the appropriate department chairpersons. Candidates for promotion and tenure will be required to suggest at least three persons outside of the institution from whom the CPQ Committee might solicit evaluations. The CPQ Committee may seek evaluations from any other persons whom they feel may contribute to evaluation of a faculty member. Following evaluation, the CPQ shall make recommendations to the Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs. • At the request of the dean or the president, CPQ may be asked to review and evaluate faculty members being considered for reappointment or any candidate being considered for initial appointment (to either tenure or non-tenure track positions). • CPQ will maintain careful records of the evaluation procedure for each faculty member during deliberations. All records are deemed confidential except to the CPQ, the dean, the president, and the candidate. Following conclusion of deliberations all records will be secured and kept in the Office of the dean for Academic Affairs. • CPQ may serve in an advisory role to any faculty member requesting clarification or considering initiating the review process for promotion and tenure. CPQ may collaborate with the Faculty Development Committee, to achieve this objective. • CPQ will review the Committee on Professional Qualifications (CPQ) Policy Document yearly. Any suggested modifications of the Policy Document must be approved by a majority vote of the faculty at a scheduled faculty meeting. The Policy Document is part of the faculty handbook. D. MEMBERSHIP: Membership will consist of five faculty members holding the rank of Associate Professor, Associate Clinical Professor, or higher, excluding department chairs and College officers (Management Confidential (M/C) employees with faculty appointments). At least three of the members must have attained tenure. • Two representatives from each of the two departments who are elected by the faculty members of their respective departments and one representative from the UEC who is elected by UEC faculty members.

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