XIV.D   Faculty Ranks

Faculty appointments in the School of Nursing are made in the Traditional Track and the Clinical Track. Faculty at the assistant professor rank are not assigned to any track. Before consideration for appointment or promotion to the rank of associate professor, individuals designate the track in which they will progress, either traditional or clinical. The decision is binding.

Faculty Not Assigned to Track Appointments

1. Assistant Professor (Junior Faculty Rank). Qualifications for appointment or promotion to this rank are a combination of actual and potential production as a teacher, scholar and clinician. Candidates for this rank must hold the appropriate terminal degree.

Faculty Assigned to Traditional Track Appointments

2. Associate Professor with Term. This is normally the rank of promotion from assistant professor or the rank of initial appointment for a person who has achieved excellence in teaching, clinical, and research activities, but who has not yet demonstrated fully the degree of distinction for appointment to the rank of professor. Achievements and promise as teachers and scholars should be strong enough to suggest that they would be qualified for tenure within five years. Distinction may be demonstrated in publications and completed research. Candidates for this rank must hold the appropriate terminal degree.

Appointments to Tenure

Candidates for appointment or promotion to a tenure position would normally hold the rank of professor or associate professor and have achieved scholarly distinction of a high quality. Tenure is a forward-looking decision. Therefore candidates for tenure are evaluated not only for their accomplishments, but for their commitment to the continuing development of new knowledge in nursing science and to the education of the next generation of nurse-scholars, educators, and clinicians. Contributions to the intellectual life of the School of Nursing and to the health of local, national, or international communities are important aspects of the tenure decision.

Pedagogical and clinical expertise and accomplishments are also considered, within the context of the candidate's training and scholarly work. Exceptionally effective teaching, an outstanding contribution to the community's health, or an outstanding contribution to the profession, while given weight in the tenure decision, do not substitute for contributions to knowledge through publications in the professional literature.

3. Associate Professor with Tenure. Candidates for this rank will be expected to have published, or to have had accepted for publication, a substantial work or body of scholarship that represents research undertaken since and extending well beyond the scope of the dissertation. Associate professors with tenure must be reviewed for promotion to professor within five years of their appointment to tenure. 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 Dean, may recommend that individual directly to the Corporation for promotion to professor. Candidates for this rank must hold the appropriate terminal degree.

4. Professor. Candidates for professor are expected to stand in competition with the foremost scholars and practitioners in their professional fields throughout the academic world. Candidates for this rank must hold the appropriate terminal degree.

Clinical Track Appointments. The Clinical Track is designed to recognize those faculty who place their emphases on clinical scholarship and practice. Faculty whose endeavors are derived from or affect the clinical practice setting and shape the health care system are eligible for consideration for appointment to the Clinical Track.

5. Associate Professor. After an appointment of at least three years as assistant professor, and at least five years of clinical experience post-specialization (degree and national certification in area of specialty, when appropriate), full-time faculty members who have demonstrated exemplary teaching skills, high-level patient care or administration thereof, and clinical scholarship are eligible for consideration for associate professor in the Clinical Track. Candidates for this rank must hold the appropriate terminal degree.

6. Professor. Individuals who have held full-time faculty appointments as assistant professor, or higher, at Yale or a comparable institution, are eligible for consideration for appointment as professor in the Clinical Track. Candidates for professor in the Clinical Track are expected to stand in competition with the foremost clinical and advanced practice scholars in similar professional fields. They will have achieved the highest recognition of distinction as demonstrated in publications, completed clinical scholarship, clinical excellence, and professional and academic awards.

7. Research Track Appointments. Research appointments are available to persons holding the Ph.D degree or having equivalent training. Faculty in the Research Track who take on teaching assignments will be appointed as lecturer annually by the Dean. The research track ranks are fully described in Section XV.B .

Other Faculty Appointments. The following appointments are non-tenure and are made on an annual renewable-term basis.

8. Lecturer. Appointment to the rank of lecturer is appropriate only for persons whose responsibilities include regular teaching and who demonstrate clinical excellence and hold the appropriate terminal degree. Appointments may be part or full-time for up to one year and are renewable. Appointments are made in accordance with the criteria and procedures described in Section IV.K , with the exception that the length of lecturer appointments at the School of Nursing may be for less than one semester.

9. Visiting Faculty. The School of Nursing appoints visiting faculty as designated in Section XVI .

Faculty appointments in the School of Nursing are made in the Traditional Track and the Clinical Track. Faculty at the assistant professor rank are not assigned to any track. Before consideration for appointment or promotion to the rank of associate professor, individuals designate the track in which they will progress, either traditional or clinical. The decision is binding.

Faculty Not Assigned to Track Appointments

1. Assistant Professor (Junior Faculty Rank). Qualifications for appointment or promotion to this rank are a combination of actual and potential production as a teacher, scholar and clinician. Candidates for this rank must hold the appropriate terminal degree.

Faculty Assigned to Traditional Track Appointments

2. Associate Professor with Term. This is normally the rank of promotion from assistant professor or the rank of initial appointment for a person who has achieved excellence in teaching, clinical, and research activities, but who has not yet demonstrated fully the degree of distinction for appointment to the rank of professor. Achievements and promise as teachers and scholars should be strong enough to suggest that they would be qualified for tenure within five years. Distinction may be demonstrated in publications and completed research. Candidates for this rank must hold the appropriate terminal degree.

Appointments to Tenure

Candidates for appointment or promotion to a tenure position would normally hold the rank of professor or associate professor and have achieved scholarly distinction of a high quality. Tenure is a forward-looking decision. Therefore candidates for tenure are evaluated not only for their accomplishments, but for their commitment to the continuing development of new knowledge in nursing science and to the education of the next generation of nurse-scholars, educators, and clinicians. Contributions to the intellectual life of the School of Nursing and to the health of local, national, or international communities are important aspects of the tenure decision.

Pedagogical and clinical expertise and accomplishments are also considered, within the context of the candidate's training and scholarly work. Exceptionally effective teaching, an outstanding contribution to the community's health, or an outstanding contribution to the profession, while given weight in the tenure decision, do not substitute for contributions to knowledge through publications in the professional literature.

3. Associate Professor with Tenure. Candidates for this rank will be expected to have published, or to have had accepted for publication, a substantial work or body of scholarship that represents research undertaken since and extending well beyond the scope of the dissertation. Associate professors with tenure must be reviewed for promotion to professor within five years of their appointment to tenure. 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 Dean, may recommend that individual directly to the Corporation for promotion to professor. Candidates for this rank must hold the appropriate terminal degree.

4. Professor. Candidates for professor are expected to stand in competition with the foremost scholars and practitioners in their professional fields throughout the academic world. Candidates for this rank must hold the appropriate terminal degree.

Clinical Track Appointments. The Clinical Track is designed to recognize those faculty who place their emphases on clinical scholarship and practice. Faculty whose endeavors are derived from or affect the clinical practice setting and shape the health care system are eligible for consideration for appointment to the Clinical Track.

5. Associate Professor. After an appointment of at least three years as assistant professor, and at least five years of clinical experience post-specialization (degree and national certification in area of specialty, when appropriate), full-time faculty members who have demonstrated exemplary teaching skills, high-level patient care or administration thereof, and clinical scholarship are eligible for consideration for associate professor in the Clinical Track. Candidates for this rank must hold the appropriate terminal degree.

6. Professor. Individuals who have held full-time faculty appointments as assistant professor, or higher, at Yale or a comparable institution, are eligible for consideration for appointment as professor in the Clinical Track. Candidates for professor in the Clinical Track are expected to stand in competition with the foremost clinical and advanced practice scholars in similar professional fields. They will have achieved the highest recognition of distinction as demonstrated in publications, completed clinical scholarship, clinical excellence, and professional and academic awards.

7. Research Track Appointments. Research appointments are available to persons holding the Ph.D degree or having equivalent training. Faculty in the Research Track who take on teaching assignments will be appointed as lecturer annually by the Dean. The research track ranks are fully described in Section XV.B .

Other Faculty Appointments. The following appointments are non-tenure and are made on an annual renewable-term basis.

8. Lecturer. Appointment to the rank of lecturer is appropriate only for persons whose responsibilities include regular teaching and who demonstrate clinical excellence and hold the appropriate terminal degree. Appointments may be part or full-time for up to one year and are renewable. Appointments are made in accordance with the criteria and procedures described in Section IV.K , with the exception that the length of lecturer appointments at the School of Nursing may be for less than one semester.

9. Visiting Faculty. The School of Nursing appoints visiting faculty as designated in Section XVI .