XII.C   Governance

1. Board of Permanent Officers. Faculty at the rank of full professor who are appointed without limit of term, together with the President and Provost, ex officiis , and the Dean of the School of Medicine, constitute the School's Board of Permanent Officers. This is the governing board of the School, entrusted with matters of educational policy and governance and responsible for recommendations to the President and Provost for appointments at the associate professor, professor, clinical professor, and professor adjunct ranks. The permanent officers may invite other faculty to attend meetings of the Board and vote on appointments and promotions to ranks below or equal to their own. By longstanding policy, the Board of Permanent Officers has offered such rights to all faculty who hold the ranks of associate professor with tenure and clinical professor. In all meetings action is taken by majority vote of those present and eligible to vote. Emeritus faculty are invited non-voting members of the Board of Permanent Officers.

2. Voting Rights and Policies. Professors in the Traditional Track, Investigator Track, Clinician-Scholar Track, and the Clinician-Educator Track have full voting rights on appointments and promotions to all ranks in all tracks. Associate professors with tenure may vote on all ranks in all tracks except for the rank of professor. Assistant and associate professors on term appointments in the faculty tracks may be invited by the professors in their departments to vote in their departments on appointments and promotions to ranks below or equivalent to their own, although associate professors may not vote on the reappointment of associate professors. Absentee ballots are not accepted in department voting. Regardless of rank, faculty with secondary appointments with a department or school may not vote on promotions or appointments to tenure. Recommendations for appointments or promotions to all ranks above assistant professor and associate research scientist are submitted for action to the appropriate appointment and promotion committee after a majority affirmative vote of the faculty qualified by rank to vote in the department. Since a majority of those present and eligible to vote is necessary and sufficient to bring an appointment forward to the next level, abstentions have the same effect as votes against the appointment or promotion. All voting on appointments and promotions must be done with secret ballots.

1. Board of Permanent Officers. Faculty at the rank of full professor who are appointed without limit of term, together with the President and Provost, ex officiis , and the Dean of the School of Medicine, constitute the School's Board of Permanent Officers. This is the governing board of the School, entrusted with matters of educational policy and governance and responsible for recommendations to the President and Provost for appointments at the associate professor, professor, clinical professor, and professor adjunct ranks. The permanent officers may invite other faculty to attend meetings of the Board and vote on appointments and promotions to ranks below or equal to their own. By longstanding policy, the Board of Permanent Officers has offered such rights to all faculty who hold the ranks of associate professor with tenure and clinical professor. In all meetings action is taken by majority vote of those present and eligible to vote. Emeritus faculty are invited non-voting members of the Board of Permanent Officers.

2. Voting Rights and Policies. Professors in the Traditional Track, Investigator Track, Clinician-Scholar Track, and the Clinician-Educator Track have full voting rights on appointments and promotions to all ranks in all tracks. Associate professors with tenure may vote on all ranks in all tracks except for the rank of professor. Assistant and associate professors on term appointments in the faculty tracks may be invited by the professors in their departments to vote in their departments on appointments and promotions to ranks below or equivalent to their own, although associate professors may not vote on the reappointment of associate professors. Absentee ballots are not accepted in department voting. Regardless of rank, faculty with secondary appointments with a department or school may not vote on promotions or appointments to tenure. Recommendations for appointments or promotions to all ranks above assistant professor and associate research scientist are submitted for action to the appropriate appointment and promotion committee after a majority affirmative vote of the faculty qualified by rank to vote in the department. Since a majority of those present and eligible to vote is necessary and sufficient to bring an appointment forward to the next level, abstentions have the same effect as votes against the appointment or promotion. All voting on appointments and promotions must be done with secret ballots.