1. Appointments on Term. Cumulative time in the ranks of assistant professor and associate professor on term in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences may not exceed nine years (plus any extensions as described in Section III.F). This nine-year maximum includes any year in which the individual holds the rank of lecturer convertible.
Reappointment of persons holding term appointments is not automatic and requires careful evaluation of a candidate's work by the members of the department eligible to vote on reappointment. Chairs are responsible for ensuring the development and effectiveness of mentoring programs for nontenured faculty. They are expected to keep nontenured faculty members informed of the department's procedure for appointments and promotions and every year to discuss with each individual the department's assessment of his or her progress and prospects. The chair is also expected to inquire about the faculty member's teaching (including that in interdisciplinary programs), ongoing and published research and scholarship, and University service.
For each nontenured member of the faculty whose term of appointment is three years or more, it is a department's responsibility to review formally his or her accomplishments and promise as a member of the profession. Such a review should take place during the penultimate year of each appointment in the nontenure ranks. The individual faculty member should be notified in writing that such a review will take place and asked to submit any relevant publications or works in progress. The chair should also ask any appropriate program director(s) about the individual's contributions to interdisciplinary programs.
Assistant professors may be reviewed for promotion to associate professor on term at any time. They must be reviewed no later than their sixth year in the rank of assistant professor. Any person promoted to associate professor on term will be appointed for a term equal to his or her remaining eligible time in the nontenure ranks (plus extensions as described in Section III.F). Faculty in either nontenure rank may be reviewed for promotion to tenure at any time, but all those promoted to the rank of associate professor on term will be reviewed for tenure no later than their penultimate year in the nontenure ranks (including extensions as described in Section III.F). This tenure review will include assessments by experts outside of Yale. Assistant professors and associate professors on term who choose to be reviewed for promotion before their last year of eligibility are not entitled to a review in a subsequent year if the initial review did not result in a promotion. A department or program may, following a request approved by the Steering Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, conduct another review before the end of the penultimate year of the faculty member's term if notable and broad advances in the faculty member's scholarship, teaching, and service merit such an additional review.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences does not make research appointments to its ladder ranks but rather has specific ranks for appointments that are predominantly for research. Persons who hold ladder appointments, regardless of whether and to what extent their salaries are supported by research grants, are expected over time to devote at least half of their time to teaching and related instructional duties. (See Section XV).
Assistant Professor . The position of assistant professor is normally open only to persons who hold the Ph.D. degree or its equivalent. Qualifications for initial appointment include promise as a teacher and scholar or creative artist. Reappointment requires evidence of success as a teacher and achievement as a scholar or artist.
The initial appointment is normally for four years, including years on convertible appointments. A review for reappointment must be conducted no later than during the penultimate year of the initial appointment.
No person may serve as assistant professor at Yale for more than seven years (plus any extensions as provided in Section III.F). This seven-year maximum will include any years in the lecturer convertible rank. It will also include leaves, paid or unpaid, granted for professional purposes.
Lecturer Convertible. Successful candidates for assistant professorships who have not completed their Ph.D.s at the time their appointments begin are appointed for one year at the rank of lecturer convertible. Appointments to this rank assume that the Ph.D. will be completed within that year. They are renewable, but the rank of lecturer convertible may not be held for more than a total of four semesters. Conversion to assistant professor takes place when evidence of completion of the degree and a recommendation of the promotion are submitted by the applicable department or program to the Steering Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The conversion is retroactive to July 1 if the degree is received by October 1. If the degree is received after October 1 but before February 1, conversion is retroactive to January 1. For purposes of this conversion, the Steering Committee will accept a letter from the candidate's graduate school dean indicating that all the degree requirements have been met and that the degree will be awarded at the next opportunity.
Associate Professor on Term. Associate professor on term is normally the rank of promotion from assistant professor or the rank of initial appointment at Yale for an individual with scholarly or artistic achievement and substantial previous teaching experience. To be considered for this appointment candidates must present significant published research and scholarship representing early demonstrations of disciplinary or interdisciplinary leadership, excellent teaching and mentoring of students, and engaged university citizenship. These accomplishments will be assessed by the relevant departments and programs and by experts outside Yale.
This appointment as associate professor on term is always for a term equal to the individual's remaining eligible time in the nontenure ranks (plus extensions as described in Section III.F). There are no reappointments to this rank. No person may serve in the rank of associate professor on term at Yale for a period exceeding seven years (plus any extensions as provided in Section III.F). Associate professors on term may be reviewed for promotion to tenure at any time, but must be reviewed for promotion to tenure no later than during their penultimate year in the rank of associate professor on term.
2. Appointments to Tenure. The following description of standards for appointments to tenure in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is derived from the Dahl Report of June, 1965 [6], which was prepared by a committee of faculty members. These standards were reviewed and affirmed by faculty committees in 1981, 1985, and 2007, chaired by Professor Tobin, Professor Hartigan, and Deans Butler and Salovey, respectively.
A candidate for appointment or promotion to a tenure position, whether at the rank of professor or associate professor, must have attained scholarly or creative distinction of a high quality as demonstrated by both written work and teaching. Consideration for tenure emphasizes the impact and continuing promise, at the very highest levels, of the candidate's research and scholarship, as well as excellent teaching and engaged University citizenship within and beyond a department or program.
A tenure appointment, whether at the rank of professor or associate professor, is a permanent, forward-looking commitment. Appraisals of past contributions must be supplemented by other evidence and estimates of future contributions to the profession and the teaching program. In choosing among available candidates, the faculty may decide that accomplishments to date and indicated promise justifies appointment, even though his or her publications may be fewer than those of other candidates.
While the several manifestations of intellectual distinction are prerequisite to an appointment with tenure, it is recognized that the balance among them may vary from candidate to candidate and from field to field; there may be variation in the quantity of the written or creative work, although the quality must always be high. Unusually effective teaching or an unusually significant contribution to the community's well-being will serve as strong support for the evidence of quality provided by the candidate's scholarly writings, but cannot compensate for an absence of the most tangible and enduring demonstration of a scholar's distinction.
The criteria for appointment or promotion to the rank of associate professor with tenure differ from those for professors in degree rather than in kind. Tenured faculty at Yale are expected to stand among the foremost leaders in their fields throughout the world. Associate professors with tenure are expected to develop the qualities of scholarship that earned them their permanent appointments, so that within a reasonable period of time their value to the University and their national or international standing will make them suitable candidates for professor.
Professor. Candidates for the rank of professor are expected to stand among the foremost leaders in their fields throughout the world. It is expected that professors will continue to develop the qualities of scholarship, creativity, teaching and university citizenship that earned them their appointments.
Associate Professor with Tenure. Candidates for this rank are expected to have shown evidence of exceptional accomplishments and future promise that makes the sponsoring department confident that within five years they will merit promotion at Yale to the rank of professor. Tenured associate professors must be reviewed by their department for promotion within five years. At any time after seven years have passed from the date of appointment or promotion to associate professor with tenure, the Provost, in consultation with the department chair, may recommend that individual directly to the Corporation for promotion to professor.
[6] "Report to the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the Ad Hoc Committee on Policies and Procedures on Tenure Appointments" (Yale University, June 1965).
1. Appointments on Term. Cumulative time in the ranks of assistant professor and associate professor on term in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences may not exceed nine years (plus any extensions as described in Section III.F above). This nine-year maximum includes any year in which the individual holds the rank of lecturer convertible.
Reappointment of persons holding term appointments is not automatic and requires careful evaluation of a candidate's work by the members of the department eligible to vote on reappointment. Chairs are responsible for ensuring the development and effectiveness of mentoring programs for nontenured faculty. They are expected to keep nontenured faculty members informed of the department's procedure for appointments and promotions and every year to discuss with each individual the department's assessment of his or her progress and prospects. The chair is also expected to inquire about the faculty member's teaching (including that in interdisciplinary programs), ongoing and published research and scholarship, and University service.
For each nontenured member of the faculty whose term of appointment is three years or more, it is a department's responsibility to review formally his or her accomplishments and promise as a member of the profession. Such a review should take place during the penultimate year of each appointment in the nontenure ranks. The individual faculty member should be notified in writing that such a review will take place and asked to submit any relevant publications or works in progress. The chair should also ask any appropriate program director(s) about the individual's contributions to interdisciplinary programs.
Assistant professors may be reviewed for promotion to associate professor on term at any time. They should be reviewed in their fifth year and must be reviewed no later than their sixth year in the nontenure ranks. Those who are appointed to associate professor on term may remain in that rank for a period of time such that their appointments in the nontenure ranks do not exceed nine years in the rank of assistant professor. Any person promoted to associate professor on term will be appointed for a term equal to his or her remaining eligible time in the nontenure ranks (plus extensions as described in Section III.F above). Faculty in either nontenure rank may be reviewed for promotion to tenure at any time, but all those promoted to the rank of associate professor on term will be reviewed for tenure no later than their eighth their penultimate year in the nontenure ranks (including extensions as described in Section III.F). This tenure review will include assessments by experts outside of Yale. Assistant professors who choose to be reviewed before the fifth year of their appointment Assistant professors and associate professors on term who choose to be reviewed before the eighth year of their appointment are for promotion before their last year of eligibility are not entitled to a review in a subsequent year if the initial review did not result in a promotion. A department or program may, following a request approved by the Steering Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, conduct another review before the end of the penultimate year of the faculty member's term if notable and broad advances in the faculty member's scholarship, teaching, and service merit such an additional review.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences does not make research appointments to its ladder ranks but rather has specific ranks for appointments that are predominantly for research. Persons who hold ladder appointments, regardless of whether and to what extent their salaries are supported by research grants, are expected over time to devote at least half of their time to teaching and related instructional duties. (See Section XV).)
Assistant Professor . The position of assistant professor is normally open only to persons who hold the Ph.D. degree or its equivalent. Qualifications for initial appointment include promise as a teacher and scholar or creative artist. Reappointment requires evidence of success as a teacher and achievement as a scholar or artist.
The initial appointment is normally for four years, including years on convertible appointments. A review for reappointment would be conducted must be conducted no later than during the third penultimate year of a four-year the initial appointment.
No person may serve as assistant professor at Yale for more than seven years (plus any extensions as provided in Section III.F). This seven-year maximum will include any years in the lecturer convertible rank. It will also include leaves, paid or unpaid, granted for professional purposes.
Lecturer Convertible. Successful candidates for assistant professorships who have not completed their Ph.D.'s at the time their appointments begin are appointed for one year at the rank of lecturer convertible. Appointments to this rank assume that the Ph.D. will be completed within that year. They are renewable, but the rank of lecturer convertible may not be held for more than a total of four semesters. Conversion to assistant professor takes place when evidence of completion of the degree and a recommendation of the promotion are submitted by the applicable department to or program to the Steering Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The conversion is retroactive to July 1 if the degree is received by October 1. If the degree is received after October 1 but before February 1, conversion will take effect as of January is retroactive to January 1. For purposes of this conversion, the Steering Committee will accept a letter from the candidate's graduate school dean indicating that all the degree requirements have been met and that the degree will be awarded at the next opportunity.
Associate Professor on Term. Associate professor on term is normally the rank of promotion from assistant professor or the rank of initial appointment at Yale for an individual with scholarly or artistic achievement and substantial previous teaching experience. To be considered for this appointment candidates must present significant published research and scholarship representing early demonstrations of disciplinary or interdisciplinary leadership, excellent teaching and mentoring of students, and engaged university citizenship. These accomplishments will be assessed by the relevant departments and programs and by experts outside Yale.
This initial appointment as associate professor on term is normally for a period of three or four years. There may be only one reappointment always for a term equal to the individual's remaining eligible time in the nontenure ranks (plus extensions as described in Section III.F). There are no reappointments to this rank. No No person may serve in the rank of associate professor on term at Yale for a period exceeding seven years (plus any extensions as provided in Section III.F). Associate professors on term may be reviewed for promotion to tenure at any time, but must be reviewed for promotion to tenure no later than their eighth year in the nontenure ranks at Yaleduring their penultimate year in the rank of associate professor on term.
2. Appointments to Tenure. The following description of standards for appointments to tenure in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is derived from the Dahl Report of June, 1965 [6], which was prepared by a committee of faculty members. These standards were reviewed and affirmed by faculty committees in 1981, 1985, and 2007, chaired by Professor Tobin, Professor Hartigan, and Deans Butler and Salovey, respectively.
A candidate for appointment or promotion to a tenure position, whether at the rank of professor or associate professor, must have attained scholarly or creative distinction of a high quality as demonstrated by both written work and teaching. Consideration for tenure emphasizes the impact and continuing promise, at the very highest levels, of the candidate's research and scholarship, as well as excellent teaching and engaged University citizenship within and beyond a department or program.
A tenure appointment, whether at the rank of professor or associate professor, is a permanent, forward-looking commitment. Appraisals of past contributions must be supplemented by other evidence and estimates of future contributions to the profession and the teaching program. In choosing among available candidates, the faculty may decide that accomplishments to date and indicated promise justifies appointment, even though his or her publications may be fewer than those of other candidates.
While the several manifestations of intellectual distinction are prerequisite to an appointment with tenure, it is recognized that the balance among them may vary from candidate to candidate and from field to field; there may be variation in the quantity of the written or creative work, although the quality must always be high. Unusually effective teaching or an unusually significant contribution to the community's well-being will serve as strong support for the evidence of quality provided by the candidate's scholarly writings, but cannot compensate for an absence of the most tangible and enduring demonstration of a scholar's distinction.
The criteria for appointment or promotion to the rank of associate professor with tenure differ from those for professors in degree rather than in kind. Tenured faculty at Yale are expected to stand among the foremost leaders in their fields throughout the world. Associate professors with tenure are expected to develop the qualities of scholarship that earned them their permanent appointments, so that within a reasonable period of time their value to the University and their national or international standing will make them suitable candidates for professor.
Professor. Candidates for the rank of professor are expected to stand among the foremost leaders in their fields throughout the world. It is expected that professors will continue to develop the qualities of scholarship, creativity, teaching and university citizenship that earned them their appointments.
Associate Professor with Tenure. Candidates for this rank are expected to have shown evidence of exceptional accomplishments and future promise that makes the sponsoring department confident that within five years they will merit promotion at Yale to the rank of professor. Tenured associate professors must be reviewed by their department for promotion within five years. At any time after seven years have passed from the date of appointment or promotion to associate professor with tenure, the Provost, in consultation with the department chair, may recommend that individual directly to the Corporation for promotion to professor.
[6] "Report to the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the Ad Hoc Committee on Policies and Procedures on Tenure Appointments" (Yale University, June 1965).
