III.H   Joint Ladder Faculty Appointments Between Departments or Schools

Joint ladder faculty appointments to two or more schools or departments are normally appropriate only if the appointee is expected to make a significant contribution to the undergraduate or graduate programs by teaching, conducting research, supervising dissertations, or carrying out administrative responsibilities on a regular basis in both of the schools or departments to which joint appointment is made.

There are two kinds of joint faculty appointments. A fully joint appointment is made for the same duration (including without term, if the rank is one of tenure) and confers voting rights appropriate to the rank in both departments, programs, or schools. Such an appointment is made only by vote of both departments, programs, or schools, the appropriate appointments committees and governing boards, and the Corporation, either at the time of initial appointment or subsequently.

The more common kind of joint appointment is characterized by a primary appointment in one department or school and a secondary (sometimes called "courtesy") appointment in another. The secondary appointment will normally be either for a time not to exceed the term in the primary department or school or for five years, whichever is less. Under most conditions the secondary appointment may be renewed by vote of the faculty in the secondary department or school.

When either kind of joint appointment of a new member of the faculty is anticipated, the initiating school or department is expected to seek participation of any proposed second school or department at the beginning of or as early as possible in the search for candidates. Joint appointments require approval through the normal procedures of both schools or departments.

Persons currently holding an appointment in one Faculty of Arts and Sciences department may be granted a secondary appointment in another for a renewable term of up to five years with the approval of both departments and the Steering Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Persons holding an appointment in a professional school may be granted a secondary appointment in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences with the approval of the school, the department, and the Steering Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Persons holding an appointment in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences may be granted a secondary appointment in a professional school with the approval of the school's appointments committee, where appropriate, and board of permanent officers or other authorized governing board.

Voting rights in the secondary department or school follow department or school customs, except that faculty holding secondary appointments may not vote on tenure appointments in the department or school in which they hold secondary appointment.

Within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, faculty members holding secondary appointments in an interdisciplinary department (such as African American Studies) or certain interdisciplinary programs (such as the Humanities Program) have the same voting privileges as those with primary or fully joint appointments.

Joint ladder faculty appointments to two or more schools or departments are normally appropriate only if the appointee is expected to make a significant contribution to the undergraduate or graduate programs by teaching, conducting research, supervising dissertations, or carrying out administrative responsibilities on a regular basis in both of the schools or departments to which joint appointment is made.

There are two kinds of joint faculty appointments. A fully joint appointment is made for the same duration (including without term, if the rank is one of tenure) and confers voting rights appropriate to the rank in both departments, programs, or schools. Such an appointment is made only by vote of both departments, programs, or schools, the appropriate appointments committees and governing boards, and the Corporation, either at the time of initial appointment or subsequently.

The more common kind of joint appointment is characterized by a primary appointment in one department or school and a secondary (sometimes called "courtesy") appointment in another. The secondary appointment will normally be either for a time not to exceed the term in the primary department or school or for five years, whichever is less. Under most conditions the secondary appointment may be renewed by vote of the faculty in the secondary department or school.

When either kind of joint appointment of a new member of the faculty is anticipated, the initiating school or department is expected to seek participation of any proposed second school or department at the beginning of or as early as possible in the search for candidates. Joint appointments require approval through the normal procedures of both schools or departments.

Persons currently holding an appointment in one Faculty of Arts and Sciences department may be granted a secondary appointment in another for a renewable term of up to five years with the approval of both departments and the Steering Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Persons holding an appointment in a professional school may be granted a secondary appointment in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences with the approval of the school, the department, and the Steering Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Persons holding an appointment in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences may be granted a secondary appointment in a professional school with the approval of the school's appointments committee, where appropriate, and board of permanent officers or other authorized governing board.

Voting rights in the secondary department or school follow department or school customs, except that faculty holding secondary appointments may not vote on tenure appointments in the department or school in which they hold secondary appointment.

Within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, faculty members holding secondary appointments in an interdisciplinary department (such as African American Studies) or certain interdisciplinary programs (such as the Humanities Program) have the same voting privileges as those with primary or fully joint appointments.