I am very concerned about the changes that say “some service and little or no scholarship.” My contract is 80% teaching, 10% service, 10% scholarship. I am very concerned that these guidelines will be used to discount my creative and scholarly activity when it comes to promotion. I believe the wording should take the scholarship of career track faculty seriously, allowing us to be evaluated based on how well we fulfill our contract. I’m also very concerned that this will be used as a way to offload service from tenure track faculty to career track faculty, even though tenure track faculty often have 20% service as opposed to 10% for career track.
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From Greg Crouch: I believe you are quoting from the CAS Career Track guidelines (linked here) and not the Faculty Manual Tracks and Appointment changes that were passed in April 2019. College promotion guidelines are defined by the appropriate dean and approved by the provost’s office. Laura Griner Hill (Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Affairs) and Todd Butler (Associate Dean CAS) will be at senate on March 5th, 2020.