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The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is organized into departments and interdisciplinary programs with limited powers of appointment. Each department and most programs are assigned to one of four divisions: Humanities, Social Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Physical Sciences and Engineering. Each division has a director appointed by the President who serves as chair of one of four divisional advisory committees. The members of the divisional committees, also appointed by the President, are full professors drawn from the departments in that division. These committees have two related functions. They meet regularly with chairs of departments and programs or among themselves in order to provide advice to the deans and Provost about the quality and effectiveness, as well as the appointments needs, of the departments and programs in their division.
Many of the responsibilities carried out in other institutions by a dean of the faculty or a dean of arts and sciences are at Yale divided among the Dean of Yale College, the Dean of the Graduate School, and the Provost. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Executive Committee, composed of the President, the Provost, and the deans of Yale College and the Graduate School, is the final authority for all matters of policy. The responsibility for allocating faculty resources resides with the Provost, who chairs a committee called the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Steering Committee, which includes the deans of Yale College and the Graduate School and appropriate deputy, associate, and assistant provosts. With respect to the appointments process, each of the deans accepts responsibility for half of the departments and monitors the search and appointment process by which faculty positions in those departments are filled, from advertisement to final approval of the successful candidate.
The Executive Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences consists of the President, the Provost, and the deans of Yale College and the Graduate School together with such other members as the President may add from time to time. This committee is the final authority for all matters of policy within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The directors of the four divisions meet periodically with the Executive Committee for the discussion of matters affecting this faculty. This augmented group is called the Expanded Executive Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
From time to time during the year, each Divisional Advisory Committee is joined by the deans of Yale College and the Graduate School and one or two tenured faculty members from another division and meets as the Tenure Appointments Committee for that division. These committees review all appointments and promotions to the ranks of professor and associate professor with tenure. The Divisional Committees on Tenure Appointments are chaired in alternate years by the Dean of Yale College and the Dean of the Graduate School. The only exception is the Divisional Committee on Tenure Appointments in the Biological Sciences, which is chaired in alternate years by the Dean of the School of Medicine and the Dean of the Graduate School.
In special cases where the proposed candidate’s field does not fall clearly within the general area represented by a single divisional committee, the Provost may augment a Divisional Committee on Tenure Appointments by two or three additional voting members from other divisions, chosen for the expert advice and judgment they can bring to bear on the proposed appointment.
Appointments to most non-tenure faculty ranks in all divisions require approval by a single Term Appointments Committee, which is appointed by the President and chaired in alternate years by the Dean of Yale College and the Dean of the Graduate School. Proposed appointments, reappointments, and promotions to the ranks of lecturer convertible, assistant professor, associate professor on term, Gibbs instructors, and Gibbs assistant professors, are reviewed by the committee. Appointments and reappointments of two years or more of lectors, senior lectors, lecturers, senior lecturers, adjunct professors of all ranks, research faculty, and visiting faculty are brought to the committee at the discretion of the dean currently chairing the Term Appointments Committee. Appointments to these ranks of one year or shorter are brought to the Provost‘s Office. Secondary joint appointments of faculty from any of the professional schools are also reviewed by the Term Appointments Committee.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is divided into departments, each with the capacity to propose its own appointments and with its own chair appointed by the Corporation on nomination by the President after consultation with the faculty, for a term normally of three years. In addition, there are several interdisciplinary departments, programs, and centers (e.g., the Yale Center for International and Area Studies) with specified powers of appointment.
Division of Biological Sciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Division of Humanities
Classical Languages and Literatures
Comparative Literature
East Asian Languages and Literatures
English Language and Literature
French Language and Literature
Germanic Languages and Literatures
History
History of Art
Italian Language and Literature
Music
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures
Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
Applied Physics
Astronomy
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Geology and Geophysics
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
Division of Social Sciences
Anthropology
Economics
Linguistics
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Statistics
Cross-Divisional
African American Studies Department
American Studies Program
Women’s and Gender Studies Program
The departments of Applied Physics, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering constitute the Faculty of Engineering and are under the administration of the Dean of Engineering. Other programs, such as Film Studies, Theater Studies, and the Special Programs in the Humanities, offer courses and majors in Yale College and have the authority to make non-ladder faculty appointments independently and ladder appointments jointly with an FAS department. For details on these and other programs, consult the catalogues of Yale College and of the Graduate School.
Principal advisors of doctoral candidates must have appointments to the Graduate School faculty. An appointment to the ladder ranks (lecturer convertible, assistant professor, associate professor on term or with tenure, and professor) in one of the departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences or in certain of the departments or sections of the School of Medicine[8] simultaneously confers an appointment to the Graduate School faculty. Appointment to the Graduate School faculty is also simultaneously conferred when a member of the ladder faculty in a professional school is given a joint appointment, either fully joint or secondary, by one of the specified departments or sections. A joint appointment is an indication by the appointing department or section that a faculty member is fully qualified to teach and advise doctoral candidates in that department.
In professional schools that have graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. degree (Forestry and Environmental Studies, Management, and, in the School of Medicine, the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health), the school’s Standing Appointment and Advisory Committee (SAAC) will evaluate the credentials of their ladder faculty for appointment to the Graduate School faculty.
On rare occasions, a ladder faculty member of a professional school that does not have a Ph.D. graduate program and whose scholarly interests do not align with any Graduate School department or section may be proposed to teach or advise doctoral students. In this event, the proposed appointment to the Graduate School faculty will be reviewed by the appropriate Faculty of Arts and Sciences tenure appointments committee.
Meetings of the Yale College faculty are held on the first Thursday of every month during the academic year and on other occasions as announced by the Dean of Yale College.
Graduate School faculty meetings are held at least twice a year before the November or December and the May meetings of the Corporation, and at any other time required by the business of the Graduate School.
General appointment procedures outlined in Section III.K apply to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. For all appointments to the ladder faculty, the text of advertisements and the composition of the search committee are approved by the Dean of Yale College or the Dean of the Graduate School. Search committees may include members of the faculty from outside the department proposing the appointment. Advertisements and procedures for appointments to non-ladder faculty positions are reviewed by the Provost’s Office. The Provost issues annually a memorandum called “Procedures for Faculty Searches, Appointments, Leaves, and Terminations in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.” This document describes in detail the steps taken to ensure appointments of the highest quality through a process embedded in the principles of open access and diversity.
a. Voting in Departments and Programs. Tenured and term ladder faculty with primary or fully joint appointments in a department or program may vote on appointments and promotions to ranks below or equivalent to their own, except that faculty with term appointments may not vote on reappointments to ranks equivalent to their own. Consistent with department practices, faculty with secondary appointments may vote in the same manner, except that regardless of rank, they may not vote on promotions or appointments to tenure positions in the department of their secondary appointment. Faculty with fully joint appointments may vote in both departments, including voting on a joint appointment proposed in both departments. In accordance with department practices, faculty members in the adjunct and lector ranks may, within their own ranks, vote on appointments and promotions to ranks of the type they hold below or equivalent to their own, but they may not vote on reappointments to ranks equivalent to their own. A member of the faculty who has a personal or professional conflict of interest concerning an individual on whom a vote is to be taken must absent him or herself from all discussions and all votes taken on that individual. In interdisciplinary programs, such as American Studies, and interdisciplinary departments, such as African American Studies, faculty with secondary appointments have the same voting privileges as those with primary or fully joint appointments.
b. Recording Department Votes. Departments report the results of all votes and abstentions taken on a case being brought forward to a tenure appointments committee.
c. Absentee Ballots. Departments are not obliged to accept or report absentee ballots. If absentee ballots are taken, they are not included in the formal count and must be reported separately.
d. Voting in Tenure Appointments Committees. Members of the committee may not vote on candidates brought to the committee by departments in which they are eligible to vote, regardless of whether they voted in the department. Such committee members are counted as present and not eligible to vote. A quorum of six members eligible to vote is the minimum required for a vote to have force. For any appointment to be carried to the Joint Board of Permanent Officers, the candidate must receive affirmative votes from a majority of those present and eligible to vote.
e. Abstentions in Departments and in Tenure Appointments Committees. 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 cast against the appointment.
f. Voting in the Joint Boards of Permanent Officers. Full professors whose primary or fully joint appointments are in a Faculty of Arts and Sciences department may vote, as may full professors of professional schools with secondary appointments in a Faculty of Arts and Sciences department and explicit Corporation approval for such voting rights. The only exception to this rule is for faculty in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, where faculty must choose whether to vote in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences or in the School of Medicine. By long standing custom, a quorum for the conduct of business at a meeting of the Joint Boards consists of 37 members eligible to vote. No vote has force if the number of votes, plus recorded abstentions, falls short of that number. Tenure appointments are forwarded to the Corporation only if two thirds of the members present vote in the affirmative. All other appointments are approved by majority vote.
g. Voting in Yale College Faculty Meetings. All ladder faculty of departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences may attend and vote by written invitation of the Dean. Ladder faculty of professional schools and certain other individuals who regularly teach in Yale College are invited to attend meetings and vote. Residential College deans and other members of the administration who are invited by the Dean may also attend and vote.
h. Voting in the Graduate School. All ladder faculty of departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences or in one of the basic science departments of the School of Medicine are automatically members of the Graduate School Faculty and may vote in meetings of the Graduate School. Ladder faculty of professional schools who have either fully joint or secondary appointments in one of the departments described above are also members of the Graduate School faculty and may vote. In certain cases, other members of professional school faculty may be appointed to the Graduate School Faculty. (See 6 above.)
a. Appointments on Term. Cumulative time on term appointments to the ladder ranks at Yale may not exceed ten years (plus any extensions as described in Section III.F above). This ten-year maximum includes the entire academic year in which a convertible appointment becomes an appointment as assistant professor.
In the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as in other schools of the University, 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 expected to keep non-tenured faculty members informed of the department’s procedure for appointments and promotions and each year to discuss informally 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 recent work: teaching (including that in interdisciplinary programs), research, and University service.
For each non-tenured 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 non-tenure ranks. The individual faculty member should be notified in writing that such a review will take place and be 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.
Although a non-tenured member of the faculty cannot be a candidate for tenure at Yale unless there is an authorized tenure position in the relevant field, it is important for the department to conduct this penultimate year review with thoroughness and care. The purpose of the review is to provide a clear and accurate assessment of the individual’s accomplishments and prospects in the profession. Even for associate professors on term this is not a review “for tenure,” though an outcome of such a review might be to request authorization for a tenure position in the candidate’s field.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences does not make research appointments to its ladder ranks but rather has specific ranks for appointments which 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 V.)
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 of achievement as a scholar or as an artist.
The initial appointment is normally not less than three years, including years on convertible appointments, and may be for a maximum of five years. Typically, reappointment brings the individual’s total years in the assistant professor rank to seven. For individuals who have remained at the rank of lecturer convertible for one or two years, the Term Appointments Committee may extend the initial appointment by the period of time spent in the rank of lecturer convertible.
No person may serve as assistant professor at Yale for more than a total of seven years plus any extensions as provided in Section III.F. This seven-year maximum will include the entire year in which a convertible appointment becomes an appointment as assistant professor, even if the conversion is effective in January. 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 for not more than a total of four semesters. Conversion to assistant professor takes place when evidence of receipt of the degree and a recommendation of the promotion are submitted by the department to the chair of the Term Appointments Committee. 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 1. For purposes of this conversion, the Term Appointments 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. Achievement and promise as a teacher and scholar or artist should be such as to qualify for tenure at a major institution within five years. To be considered for this appointment candidates must present a substantial work or body of scholarship that represents research undertaken after the dissertation and extending beyond the scope of the dissertation.
This initial appointment is normally for a period of three years and may be up to a period of five years. There may be only one reappointment 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.
b. 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[9], which was prepared by a committee of faculty members. These standards were reviewed and affirmed by faculty committees in 1981 and 1985, chaired by Professors Tobin and Hartigan, 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. The candidate’s contributions to the intellectual life and the well being of the community will also be considered.
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, though 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 associate professorships with tenure differ from those for professorships in degree rather than in kind. Professors are expected to stand in competition with 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 professorships. Candidates should be recommended to the rank of associate professor with tenure only if the sponsoring department is confident that they will merit promotion to the rank of professor at Yale within five years.
It is expected that professors will continue to develop the qualities of scholarship and creativity that earned them their appointments.
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 indicated promise of a person in the earlier stages of a career justifies appointment, even though his or her attainments to date may be fewer than those of more established candidates.
Professor. Candidates for the rank of professor are expected to stand in competition with the foremost leaders in their fields throughout the world.
Associate Professor with Tenure. Candidates for this rank will be expected to have published or 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 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.
The following positions are not among the ladder ranks, and appointments to these positions are not counted in the calculation of the maximum time that a faculty member may serve in any ladder rank or ranks. Recommendations for appointment to these ranks for terms of two years or more are reviewed by the Term Appointments Committee. Appointments of less than two years are reviewed by the Provost’s Office. Depending upon department practices, adjunct and other non-ladder faculty may participate in appropriate department deliberations. Non-ladder faculty are not eligible to vote on appointments or promotions in the ladder faculty. Fringe benefits and other privileges for non-ladder appointments are not necessarily the same as those for ladder appointments. (See Section VIII.D.) Individuals holding non-ladder appointments should check with the Benefits Office. In all of these positions where the term of appointment is more than one year, the individual will be carefully reviewed in the penultimate year of appointment. (See also Section III.G. for notice of termination and non-reappointment.) Reappointment is dependent on the continued budgetary authorization of the position, the teaching needs of the department, and an evaluation of the performance of the individual.
Professor Adjunct, Associate Professor Adjunct, and Assistant Professor Adjunct. In the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the adjunct ranks are appropriate for the appointment of individuals with special qualifications who play important roles in the teaching of undergraduate or graduate students, but who may not be fully engaged in the research activities characteristic of ladder faculty in disciplines represented by Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences departments and programs. The clearest examples of individuals who qualify for these ranks are professional writers and performing artists. Other examples would include business leaders, individuals with specific competencies relevant to a need in the teaching program, or individuals with academic qualifications in fields normally not represented at Yale. In some cases, adjunct faculty may be appointed full-time, but more often, they will spend a significant amount of time engaged in administrative or professional activities either at Yale or outside Yale. In the latter case, the fraction of time they are employed by Yale will depend on the level of those activities and the amount of their contribution to Yale. In some cases, particularly in the sciences, members of the adjunct faculty may be employed full-time at another institution or company and contribute to the University’s teaching program both by their teaching and by other contributions to a department or to the larger Yale community.
Adjunct faculty may not vote on ladder faculty appointments or serve as the principal advisers of dissertations. With special approval of the Provost, adjunct faculty may become principal investigators of grants. Depending upon department practices, adjunct faculty may participate in deliberations on matters other than appointments. Since adjunct faculty who are appointed primarily as teachers are not expected to participate in many of the research, advising, and administrative responsibilities of ladder faculty, their teaching loads are larger than those of ladder faculty. For the same reasons, they do not qualify for research leaves of absence or funds for travel to professional meetings. Depending upon department needs, adjunct faculty may from time to time be allowed to take leaves of absence without salary.
Appointments to the adjunct ranks may vary in length from one semester to five years and are renewable, depending upon the continued teaching needs of the department, the Provost’s authorization for the appointment, and the performance of the individual. Recommendations for appointments for terms of more than one year must be supported by letters from outside Yale and approved by the Term Appointments Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Shorter terms of appointment also require supporting letters and are approved by the Provost’s Office. Although appointments to this rank may be renewed, they carry no presumption of reappointment and no expectation of long-term employment at Yale. The appointment may be made for a given number of years without specifying a particular amount of teaching or the level of salary. These may be determined subsequently, and in some cases the appointment may carry no remuneration.
The level of the adjunct rank is dependent upon the qualifications and experience of the individual. An assistant professor adjunct will normally just have completed the Ph.D. or other terminal professional degree or have had fewer than six years of full-time teaching experience at the beginning of the appointment. The appointment must be supported by written evidence that the individual will be an effective teacher in his or her field. Appointment or promotion to the rank of associate professor adjunct requires substantial teaching experience at a high level of effectiveness; evidence of significant professional development, either at Yale or elsewhere; and demonstrated excellence in the area of expertise, whether in performance, scholarship, or professional achievement. Appointment or promotion to the rank of professor adjunct requires scholarly or professional achievement of the highest quality, as reflected by visible impact at a national level.
Professor in the Field. Persons who have achieved exceptional distinction as practitioners or performers in a field may be candidates for appointment as professor in the field. Candidates must show evidence of exemplary ability to teach the skills of their field. They must also show evidence, through past achievement and future promise, that they will advance the practice and understanding of their field at the highest level. Appointments to this rank shall be full-time for terms of three to five years; they may be renewed, after review by the sponsoring department or program and the appropriate Tenure Appointments Committee. Persons holding this rank have all the responsibilities and privileges of ladder faculty except for membership in the Joint Boards of Permanent Officers and the right to vote on ladder appointments in their departments. Appointments to this rank are expected to be rare.
Lecturer and Senior Lecturer. Appointment to these ranks is appropriate only for persons whose responsibilities include regular teaching. Lecturers and senior lecturers will normally have earned the Ph.D. or its equivalent or another appropriate terminal degree. Appointment to the rank of senior lecturer requires at least six years of full-time teaching, at Yale or elsewhere, in a ladder or non-ladder rank, including the rank of lecturer. Individuals appointed or promoted to that rank must also have established a documented record of excellent teaching. Appointments to the rank of lecturer may be part or full-time for one semester, for one year, or for a period of up to three years. Appointments to the rank of senior lecturer may be part or full-time for one semester, for one year, or for a period of up to five years. Recommendations for appointments of more than one year must be approved by the Term Appointments Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Shorter terms of appointment are approved by the Provost’s Office. Although appointments to this rank may be renewed, they carry no presumption of reappointment and no expectation of long-term employment at Yale. Reappointment will depend on the continued need for the position, the availability of resources for the position, and the performance of the individual.
An individual with an appointment in one of these ranks for a term of three or more years will be reviewed for possible reappointment by the end of the penultimate year. An individual with an appointment of one or two years will be reviewed only if a reappointment is contemplated by the department and authorized by the Provost. Individuals who have held a combination of non-ladder ranks, e.g. lecturer and lector, on a full-time basis for four or more consecutive years will be given written notice of non-reappointment at least one year before the expiration of their current term of appointment. (See also Section III.G.)
Lector and Senior Lector. Individuals engaged in the teaching of
foreign languages at Yale may be appointed to one of these ranks for terms
varying from one semester to five years, depending on academic accomplishment
and teaching experience. The ranks are characterized by an increasing level of
responsibility or by the qualifications and experience of the individuals
appointed to them. Appointments,
reappointments, and promotions in either of these ranks depend on the
demonstrated need for instruction in the language, the availability of
resources for the position as authorized by the Provost, and the qualifications
and performance of the individual.
All recommendations for appointments of more than one year must be approved by the Term Appointments Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Shorter terms of appointment are approved by the Provost’s Office.
In the case of appointments for terms of three years or more, individuals will be reviewed by the end of the penultimate year of the appointment. Individuals who have held any combination of non-ladder ranks, e.g. lecturer and lector, on a full-time basis for four or more consecutive years and are not to be reappointed will normally be given written notice of non-reappointment at least one year before the end of their last year of appointment. (See also Section III.G.)
The rank of Lector is appropriate for individuals who have native or near-native language proficiency and some training in language pedagogy, but who have had relatively little teaching experience. That experience might range from teaching during graduate training to fewer than three years of full-time teaching at the college level. Lectors may be appointed for one, two, or three years, renewable, to a maximum of five years. Promotion to senior lector may be considered at any time.
The rank of Senior Lector has two steps, characterized by the responsibility of the position and the qualifications and experience of the individuals appointed to it. Senior lectors with appropriate qualifications may be asked to engage in a limited amount of teaching in non-language courses at the undergraduate or graduate level. Senior lectors may be appointed to terms varying from one semester to five years, but a senior lector appointed to step one will normally be appointed for a renewable three-year term.
Qualifications for appointment to senior lector at step one include substantial teaching experience with documented evidence of excellence; the capacity to carry out administrative or other department responsibilities such as directing specific courses, contributing to the training of language teachers, or serving on department committees; and evidence of professional growth and activity, either at Yale or nationally, in support of the department’s language teaching mission. Senior lectors who have served at least three years at step one may be reappointed for an additional term of one to three years, following a favorable review and a recommendation from the department. Senior lectors normally serve at least six years at step one, but after three years of experience at that step, an individual may be considered for promotion to senior lector at step two.
Appointment or promotion to senior lector at step two normally carries a renewable five-year term, and the qualifications include a superlative record of teaching as a senior lector; continued professional growth as evidenced by special achievements or innovation in support of the department’s teaching mission; and demonstrated capacity for leadership in the language teaching profession outside the University. Department recommendations for appointment to step two of the senior lector rank will be reviewed by the Language Study Committee before going forward to the Term Appointments Committee for approval. Appointment or promotion to step two requires thorough review of the candidate by members of the department, including the Language Program Director, if the department has such a position, and by the University Director of Language Study.
Gibbs Instructor and Gibbs Assistant Professor. The ranks of Gibbs instructor and Gibbs assistant professor exist in certain departments in the physical sciences and are open only to persons who hold a Ph.D. degree or its equivalent. A Gibbs instructor is normally appointed for two years and a Gibbs assistant professor for three years without the possibility of reappointment in that rank. For this reason, these ranks are not considered ladder faculty ranks, and no special notice of non-reappointment is necessary. In most other respects, however, Gibbs instructors and Gibbs assistant professors have the same responsibilities and benefits as assistant professors.
Assistant in Instruction. This title is used for persons who carry out the duties of teaching fellows but who are not currently enrolled in one of the graduate or professional schools. Appointments are made for one semester or one year. No notice of non-reappointment is necessary.
Visiting Appointments. Persons who hold academic appointments at
other institutions may be invited to teach or conduct research at Yale. They
are normally appointed to a visiting rank comparable to the rank they regularly
hold. (See Section VI.)
Instructional appointments for graduate and professional school students are not faculty appointments, and individuals holding them must remain registered students of their schools.
Part-time Acting Instructor. Graduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences are first eligible for this appointment at the beginning of the term after they have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation. Students appointed as part-time acting instructors are responsible for teaching one or more courses, seminars, or sections of a multi-section course, subject to department guidance and supervision. No one may teach more than two term courses in any semester or more than three term courses in any year at the rank of part-time acting instructor.
Teaching Fellow and Teaching Assistant. Teaching fellows are students registered in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences who have formal teaching duties assisting members of the faculty and involving regular classroom or laboratory contact with students. Students registered in one of the professional schools who perform these duties are appointed as teaching assistants. Teaching fellows may have responsibility for teaching sections of a multi-section course if supervision is provided by a regular member of the faculty. Supervision by the faculty will be expected to include assistance both in planning the work of the sections and in helping teaching fellows and teaching assistants improve their teaching.
Appointments will ordinarily be made at various levels according to policies established by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
1. Description
For the School of Architecture, policies and practices specified in this section take precedence over conflicting policies and practices designated in other sections of the Faculty Handbook.
The School of Architecture offers graduate and post-professional education in the fields of architecture and environmental design. It also offers programs of study to Yale College students that may lead to an undergraduate major in architecture.
2. Governance: The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is the governing board of the School and consists of all tenured faculty members holding appointments in the School and others appointed by the Dean from the ranks of associate professor on term, associate professor adjunct, and professor adjunct. The Dean may invite non-voting members from other ranks at the School to meet with the Executive Committee in an advisory capacity. The Executive Committee participates in the formulation of educational and administrative policies and reviews proposed faculty appointments and promotions.
3. Composition and Ranks of Faculty
The faculty in the School of Architecture is composed of scholars and professional practitioners. Faculty members are expected to devote a portion of their time to research or practice in their areas of professional interest and expertise. The faculty is as follows:
a. Ladder Faculty comprises the ranks of assistant professor, associate professor on term, associate professor with tenure, and professor. With modifications as appropriate for faculty holding appointments in the School of Architecture, the definitions of these ladder ranks as established for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences apply to the School of Architecture. (see Section IV.A.10.) Appointees within this category are considered members of the regular faculty; are considered full-time faculty members; and are responsible for teaching and other duties, such as participation in faculty meetings, juries, School committees, and student advising.
i. Term
Appointments. Terms of appointments are from one to three years as
assistant professor and from three to five as associate professor on term. No
one may serve in the rank of assistant professor for more than seven years. The
cumulative time on term appointments in the ranks of assistant professor and
associate professor on term may not exceed ten years plus any extensions as
described in Section III.F.
ii. Tenure
Appointments. Associate professor
with tenure and professor are tenure appointments and are made without term.
b. Adjunct Faculty comprises the ranks of assistant professor adjunct, associate professor adjunct, and professor adjunct. Appointees within this category are considered members of the regular faculty. Appointments in these ranks are given to those who are active as practitioners in their professional field, and are defined as requiring less than full-time participation in teaching and other activities expected of faculty holding full-time appointments in the School. Adjunct faculty will not be appointed to less than half of full-time employment. Appointments to these ranks are normally for a term of one to five years and may be renewed one or more times without either the expectation or the promise of tenure. Adjunct faculty members are responsible for teaching and other duties, such as participation in faculty meetings, juries, School committees, and student advising.
c. Critic, Lecturer, or Instructor appointments are offered to outstanding scholars and other distinguished individuals who may or may not hold any rank from another academic institution. Faculty members appointed within these ranks are responsible for teaching and may be responsible for other duties, such as participation in faculty meetings, juries, School committees, and student advising. Appointments in these ranks are for a term of one year or less.
d. Endowed Visiting Professorships are given to distinguished professionals who
may or may not hold an academic rank from another academic institution. These
faculty members are responsible for teaching and normally are not required to
participate in administrative responsibilities within the School. Appointments
are generally considered to be part-time and normally are made on an annual
basis for lengths of time varying from one to two semesters.
e. Visiting Appointments are given to distinguished scholar-professionals who hold an academic rank from another academic institution. Their visiting Yale appointment will carry the same rank as they hold at the other institution. These appointments normally carry only teaching responsibilities and are made in lengths of time varying from one week to nine months. These appointments are made in accordance with Section VI and are subject to the benefit limitations as described in Section VIII.D.2.
4. Appointment, Reappointment, and Promotion Procedures
Open searches are required to fill appointments to tenure as well as initial positions within the ranks of non-tenured ladder and adjunct faculty. Searches are not required for appointments to any other ranks or for reappointments or promotions to the ranks of non-tenured ladder and adjunct faculty.
a. Term
Appointments, Reappointments, and Promotions.
i. Non-tenured
Ladder and Adjunct Faculty.
Proposed term appointments, reappointments, and promotions to the ranks of
non-tenured ladder and adjunct faculty are presented by the Dean to the
Executive Committee for review and recommendation. Voting is limited to members
of the Executive Committee at the rank under consideration or higher without
distinction between ladder and adjunct status, e.g., all professor, professor
adjunct, associate professor on term, and associate professor adjunct members
of the Executive Committee may vote on appointment or reappointment for an
associate professor on term. The Dean forwards appointments, reappointments,
and promotions recommended by the Executive Committee to the Provost. If the
Provost approves an appointment, reappointment, or promotion, in consultation
with the School’s Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC) when
appropriate, the recommendation is forwarded to the Corporation for final
approval.
Faculty members who
hold the rank of assistant professor will be considered for promotion not later
than the end of the sixth year of their appointment at that rank in the School.
Adjunct faculty members shall be reviewed for promotion when recommended by the
Dean.
ii. Other Term Faculty. Proposed term appointments and
reappointments to ranks other than mentioned above are made by the Dean and
forwarded to the Provost for approval.
b. Tenure Appointments and Promotions. Following the conclusion of a required search, a proposed appointment to tenure as well as a proposed promotion from associate professor with tenure to professor are presented by the Dean to the Executive Committee for review and recommendation. Only tenured members of the Executive Committee at the rank under consideration or higher may vote. The Dean forwards appointments and promotions recommended by the Executive Committee to the Provost. If the Provost approves an appointment or promotion, with the advice of the Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC), the recommendation is forwarded to the Corporation for final approval.
Associate professors
with tenure must be reviewed for promotion to professor within five years of
hire or promotion to that rank. 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.
c. Non-reappointment
Notification Policy for Term Appointments.
i. Ladder and
Adjunct Faculty. Faculty members of
ladder and adjunct ranks holding appointments of three or more years shall
receive written notice of non-reappointment at least one year before the
terminal date of the appointment. Appointments for terms of fewer than three
academic years shall receive notice of non-reappointment at least six months
before the expiration of the appointment. Failure to provide such notice does
not create any right to extension or reappointment.
ii. Other Faculty. For full-time faculty in the fifth or any subsequent year of successive years of appointment in the non-ladder and non-adjunct ranks, notice of non-reappointment normally will be given by December 31 of the final year of appointment. There is no requirement of notification of non-reappointment for any ranks not mentioned above.
5. Leave Policy
Leave policies for the School of Architecture conform in general to those set forth in Section VII and Section III.I. Persons holding the ranks of associate professor on term, associate professor with tenure, and professor are eligible for Triennial Leaves of Absence, Sabbatical Leaves of Absence, and Senior Faculty Fellowships Leaves. Assistant professors holding full-time appointments are eligible only for Junior Faculty Leaves in accordance with Section VII.B.5.a. Faculty at the ranks of associate professor adjunct and professor adjunct are eligible for Sabbatical Leaves of Absence after having taught in those ranks at Yale for twelve semesters without a paid leave.
1. Description
The School of Art offers professional instruction in the fields of painting/ printmaking, graphic design, sculpture, and photography. Each of these areas is headed by a director of graduate studies. The School also offers programs of study to Yale College students which may lead to an undergraduate major in art.
2. The Governing Board and the Appointments Committee
All members of the tenured faculty (associate professors and professors) and the Dean constitute the Governing Board of the School of Art. The Appointments Committee includes a chair, who is a tenured professor, and other members of the faculty representing different areas of study. The committee is appointed by the Dean.
3. Composition and Ranks of Faculty
Faculty in the School of Art are expected to be established professional artists who bring to their teaching a high level of accomplishment in their creative work. Consequently, most members of the faculty begin teaching after they are established in professional practice, and as a matter of School policy they are expected to continue to devote a considerable portion of their time to practice in their areas of professional interest.
a. Full-time Faculty Ranks (Term and Tenure). With modification as appropriate for faculty holding appointments in the School of Art, the definitions of the ranks of assistant professor, associate professor, and professor are in accordance with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as described in Section IV.A.10. Terms of appointment for these ranks in the School of Art are three to five years as assistant professor and three to five years as associate professor. No one may serve in the rank of assistant professor for more than seven years. No one may serve in the rank of associate professor on term for more than six years. The cumulative time on term appointments in the ranks of assistant professor and associate professor on term may not exceed ten years plus any extensions as described in Section III.F above.
b. Adjunct Ranks. Appointments to the ranks of associate professor adjunct and professor adjunct are defined as requiring less than full-time participation in teaching and other activities expected of faculty holding full-time appointments in the School. Adjunct appointments are made for terms of one to five years and may be renewed one or more times without either the expectation or the promise of tenure; or in special cases they may be made on a continuing basis subject to termination on two years’ notice.
c. Part-time Appointments and Other Instructional Appointments. In accordance with University procedures it is possible for some individuals to serve part-time in the regular academic ranks (see Section III.I) or to hold other instructional appointments (see Section IV.A.11).
d. Visiting Appointments. Visiting appointments may be made in the regular academic ranks by the Dean on the advice of the department for a term of up to one year. (See Section VI.)
e. Senior Critic, Critic, and Lecturer. These appointments are recommended by the Dean to the Provost for approval by the Corporation and are made for a term of up to one year. They may be renewed annually.
4. Appointments
a. Procedure. Recommendations for new term and tenure appointments will be made only after an open search has been conducted with regard to the position.
i. Term Appointments. All proposed appointments, promotions and reappointments are reviewed by the Appointments Committee and forwarded with recommendation to the Governing Board for a vote. Only those individuals at the rank under consideration or higher may vote. No non-tenured faculty may vote on reappointment to ranks equivalent to their own. Appointments recommended by the Governing Board are sent to the Dean who then forwards them to the Provost. If approved by the Provost, the recommendations are forwarded to the Corporation.
ii. Tenure Appointments. Recommendation for tenure is voted by the Appointments Committee and the Governing Board and sent to the Provost, who will normally appoint an ad hoc committee to advise him or her on the appointment. If approved by the ad hoc committee, the appointment is returned to the Provost who reviews it. If approved by the Provost, the recommendation is forwarded to the Corporation.
b. Promotion. Faculty members who have held appointments as assistant professor will be considered for promotion not later than the end of the sixth year of their appointment in the School of Art. Promotion, if approved, will normally be to the rank of associate professor on term.
c. Termination. Written notice of non-reappointment of ladder and adjunct faculty members will be as follows. Term appointments of three or more years receive notification at least one year before termination, and appointments of fewer than three academic years receive notice of termination at least six months before the expiration of the appointment. For one-year appointments, there will normally be three months notice. For further information on terminations see Section III.G.
5. Leave Policy
Leave policies for the School of Art conform in general to those set forth in Section VII. Persons holding the ranks of associate professor and professor are eligible for Senior Faculty Fellowships and Triennial and Sabbatical Leaves of Absence. In addition, faculty at the ranks of associate professor adjunct and professor adjunct are eligible for Sabbatical Leaves after having taught at those ranks at Yale for six years since their last paid leave. Assistant professors holding full-time appointments will be eligible for a one-semester paid Junior Leave of Absence if they have served three years at Yale at the rank of assistant professor and if they have been reappointed to the rank of assistant professor. Thus a reappointed assistant professor is eligible for a Junior Leave of Absence in the fourth year of service at Yale. For further information on leaves consult the Dean.
1. Description
The Divinity School is a graduate professional school whose primary purpose is to educate men and women for the churches’ lay and ordained ministries, including pastoral leadership, Christian education, pastoral care, and chaplaincies. The Divinity School also offers theological resources for persons who anticipate professional, public, and social service careers. Finally, the Divinity School offers programs preparatory to Ph.D. studies in the theological fields. Through the Graduate School, members of its faculty participate in Ph.D. instruction, educating future scholars and teachers in the fields of religious studies.
The Berkeley Divinity School is one of the seminaries of the Episcopal Church, with its own Board of Trustees and resources. By action of both schools, the Berkeley Divinity School affiliated with the Yale Divinity School on July 1, 1971, with a fully integrated faculty, student body, and program. All degrees are granted by Yale University, and Berkeley resources are used to support the academic program of the Divinity School and to supervise the formation of Episcopal students for ordination.
The Institute of Sacred Music was established at Yale in 1973 to provide a program of preparation in music, worship and the arts. Through faculty and students it is related both to the Divinity School and the School of Music.
2. Faculty Ranks
The definition of rank and the time limits in rank for persons holding term and tenure appointments are the same as those in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. (See Section IV.A.10.) For information about other non-ladder ranks, consult the Dean.
3. Appointments
a. Term Appointments. Review committees appointed by the Dean recommend appointments, reappointments, and promotions to the Governing Board, composed of all tenured faculty in the School. An appointment approved by the Governing Board is forwarded to the Provost, who reviews it; if approved, the recommendation is forwarded to the Corporation.
b. Tenure Appointments. Review committees appointed by the Dean recommend appointments and promotions to the Governing Board. An appointment recommended by the Board is forwarded to the Provost. Recommendation on appointments to tenure will be made by the Provost with the advice of the School’s Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC). The Provost will forward approved recommendations to the Corporation.
c. Research Affiliates. A limited number of professors, ministers, priests and other appropriate persons may be appointed as research affiliates for a semester or an academic year. Research affiliates are not members of the faculty, but they are entitled to use the University libraries, consult with members of the faculty, and audit Divinity School courses. (See Section V.B.3.)
4. Termination Policy
For information regarding notice of termination, see Section III.G.
5. Leave Policy
Leave policy for senior faculty in the Divinity School conforms in general to that of the University. (See Section VII). In the Divinity School, assistant professors holding full-time appointments will be eligible for a one-semester paid Junior Faculty Leave of Absence if they have served three years at Yale at the rank of assistant professor and if they have been reappointed to that rank. A faculty member who is eligible for a one-semester Junior Faculty Leave of Absence and who is successful in winning outside fellowship support for a period extending beyond one semester may be granted instead a Special Junior Faculty Leave of Absence for a full year. The University contribution to this Special Leave will not exceed one-half of the academic year salary at the time of the leave, with the remainder up to full salary to come from the source outside the University. For complete information on leaves, consult the Dean.
1. Description
The School of Drama is a professional school offering graduate degrees in eight programs covering all major disciplines within theater: Acting, Directing, Design, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, Technical Design and Production, Theater Management, and Stage Management. In addition, it is a conservatory for theater training utilizing the Yale Repertory Theater as a laboratory in which theoretical study in the classroom can be related continuously to professional practice in production work.
2. Faculty Composition and Responsibilities
Appointments in the School of Drama are based primarily on professional theater qualifications rather than on academic credentials. Faculty members take responsibility for both teaching and the practice of theater at Yale. These standards are applicable to all faculty members regardless of how their responsibilities are divided between teaching and their work on productions at the School or at the Yale Repertory Theatre.
a. Scope of Responsibilities. The training process extends into project and performance situations that take place beyond the classroom setting. Therefore, faculty members maintain a substantial responsibility for students’ applied work and must be available to examine, consult, and evaluate students’ involvement in rehearsal and production, and in the administration of the Yale theater companies.
While appointments to the faculty are normally for nine months, faculty responsibilities in administrative, supervisory or production areas will often require faculty presence to extend to ten, eleven or twelve months.
b. Outside Interests and Employment. The School of Drama encourages its faculty to engage in professional work, just as other schools and departments encourage their faculties to publish scholarly work. However, the School seeks to balance the enhancement of a faculty member’s professional competence with the individual’s obligation not only to meet classes but also to be available to students outside the classroom and to participate in the life of the School. No full-time member of the faculty or staff may undertake an outside professional commitment without permission. All such requests should be submitted to the appropriate department chair in sufficient time to be reviewed and approved by both the department and the Dean. The approval of such requests will be guided by the general principles cited in this Handbook under Outside Interests in Section X.D.
3. Faculty Ranks
The Drama School does not make tenure appointments. Therefore all appointments are for a specific term. Ranks include lecturer, assistant professor adjunct, associate professor adjunct, and professor adjunct. All ranks can include either full-time or part-time appointments.
Visiting faculty members can be appointed at the Dean’s discretion in any proportion of full time. All appointments for visiting faculty will be at the rank of lecturer unless an individual currently holds a professorial rank at another university. For further information see Section VI.
4. Appointments
Proposed appointments above the rank of lecturer will be reviewed by a committee appointed by the Dean and composed of a chair and two or more members of the faculty representing different areas of study. The committee will forward recommendations to the Dean, who will then forward them to the Provost for review.
Recommendations on appointments to the rank of professor adjunct and associate professor adjunct will be made by the Provost with the advice of the School’s Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC). The Provost will forward approved recommendations to the Corporation.
Recommendations for appointments of assistant professor adjunct, associate professor adjunct, and professor adjunct will be made only after an advertised national search has been conducted with regard to the position.
a. Term of Appointments. Initial appointments are normally made for one year. The Dean, in consultation with the faculty of the appropriate departments, makes reappointments for terms of one to five years following a review.
b. Notice of Termination. Faculty members will be given notice of non-reappointment in accordance with Section III.G above.
5. Reappointments and Promotions
a. Lecturer. There are no limits to the number of years an individual may serve in the rank of lecturer.
b. Assistant Professor Adjunct. There are no limits to the number of years an individual may serve in the rank of assistant professor adjunct. However, at least six years at the assistant professor adjunct level are normally required before promotion to associate professor adjunct is considered. Those proposed for promotion should have demonstrated that they are excellent teachers and are recognized professionals of national standing. Promotion, if approved, will normally be to the rank of associate professor adjunct.
c. Associate Professor Adjunct and Professor Adjunct. There are no limits to the numbers of years an individual may serve in the rank of associate professor adjunct. However, at least four years at the associate professor adjunct level are normally required before promotion to professor adjunct is considered. Those proposed for promotion to professor adjunct should have demonstrated exemplary teaching skills and must have achieved the highest recognition of distinction in the profession.
6. Leave Policy
Because the School does not require research or publication for promotion, it does not normally grant paid leaves. Requests for a leave of absence without pay will be considered by the Dean, and some funds are available to provide short-term leaves for full-time faculty members engaged in specific scholarly or production projects. Consult the Dean for details.
The School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES) pursues teaching, research, and practice in the natural, physical, and policy sciences most relevant to the management of natural resources and the environment. Within that broad range of disciplines and problem areas, the School offers the degrees of: Master of Environmental Management (M.E.M.), Master of Forestry (M.F., accredited by Society of American Foresters), and two research-oriented master’s degrees (Master of Environmental Science, M.E.Sc. and Master of Forest Science, M.F.S.). The School also offers the degree of Doctor of Forestry and Environmental Studies (D.F.E.S.) and acts as a department of the Graduate School to offer the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree.
2. Governance
a. Governing Board. The Governing Board includes the Dean and all tenured faculty with primary or fully joint appointments in the School. The Board participates in formulating educational policy and in recommending candidates for academic and research positions.
b. Appointments Committees. For all ladder and some other faculty positions, the Dean appoints individual ad hoc committees to run searches and make recommendations to the Governing Board on hiring and promotions. For most non-ladder faculty positions, an Appointments Committee, appointed by the Dean, reviews candidates for appointment, reappointment, and promotion. Recommendations of the Appointments Committee are forwarded to the Governing Board and the Dean for approval.
c. Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee (SAAC). The School’s SAAC reviews all appointments to tenure. The SAAC is chaired by the Provost and composed of four to six full professors appointed and selected by the Provost in consultation with the Dean of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The SAAC is advisory to the Provost. Decisions on tenure are made by the Provost, who forwards appointments to the Corporation for final approval. Proposed areas of appointments are presented to the SAAC for consideration of field and resources in the context of the programmatic mission of the School.
3. Ladder Faculty Ranks and Appointments
a. Term Appointments. The definitions of rank and the time limits in rank for persons holding term appointments are the same as those for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. (See Section IV.A.10.) An appointment approved by the Governing Board is forwarded to the Provost. If approved by the Provost, the recommendation is forwarded to the Corporation.
b. Tenure Appointments. Appointments to tenure are generally made at the full professor level. A recommendation for promotion to tenure voted by the Governing Board is forwarded to the SAAC. If then approved by the Provost, the recommendation is forwarded to the Corporation.
In the case of a fully joint tenure appointment in the School of Forestry and another school or department in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the appointment procedures of the other unit must also be followed.
c. Termination Policy. The termination policy conforms in general to that established for the University. (Section III.G.)
4. Leave Policy
The leave policy conforms in general to that established for the University. (See Section VII.)
5. Other Instructional and Research Appointments
Most recommendations for appointment to these ranks are reviewed by the School’s Appointments Committee and voted on by the Governing Board. Among the exceptions are associate research scientist/scholar and postdoctoral appointments: these appointments are approved by the Dean. Appointments approved by the School are forwarded to the Provost and then to the Corporation. In all term positions where the term of appointment is three years or more, the individual will be carefully reviewed in the penultimate year of appointment. Reappointment is dependent on the continued budgetary authorization of the position, the needs of the School, and the performance of the individual. Compensation and benefits are described in Section VIII.
a. Professor Adjunct, Associate Professor Adjunct, and Assistant Professor Adjunct. In Forestry and Environmental Studies these teaching ranks are normally intended for the appointment of persons whose interests, as well as the interest of the University, are served by their continuing in a professional capacity outside of the University while teaching less than full time. They do not serve as the principal advisers of dissertations or vote on ladder faculty appointments, though with the approval of the Dean of the School, adjunct faculty may become principal investigators of grants. Adjunct appointments are normally less than full time and are made for terms of up to five years. Following a careful review, individuals in these ranks may be renewed upon the recommendation of the Governing Board, but such renewal is made without the expectation or the promise of tenure or of subsequent reappointment. The adjunct rank to which a candidate might be appointed or promoted reflects the individual’s accomplishments and distinction.
b. Professor, Associate, and Assistant Professor in the Practice. Candidates for appointment to the ranks of professor in the practice must show evidence of significant accomplishment as either a practitioner or scholar in an area integral to the practice of natural resource or environmental management, or in another field highly relevant to the School’s mission. They must also show promise of exemplary performance in teaching the fundamental skills of that area of practice to others. Appointments to these ranks are typically full-time, may be made for terms of up to five years, and may be renewed one or more times. Persons holding appointment to these ranks have all the responsibilities and privileges of ladder faculty except for membership on the Governing Board and the right to vote on ladder appointments.
c. Lecturer. Appointment to this rank is made only for persons whose responsibilities include regular teaching. Lecturers will hold a Ph.D. or an appropriate advanced degree. Appointments may be made for one semester, for one year, or for a period of up to three years. Although appointments to this rank may be renewed, they carry no presumption of reappointment, and no expectation of permanent employment on the part of the University. A lecturer with an appointment for a period of three years will be reviewed for possible reappointment in the second year. Persons who have held the rank of lecturer on a full-time basis for two or more consecutive one-year appointments and are not to be reappointed will normally be given three months’ notice of non-reappointment. Persons who have held the rank of lecturer on a full-time basis for five consecutive years or more will be given written notice of non-reappointment at least one year before the expiration of their term of appointment.
d. Visiting Faculty. Visiting faculty appointments conform to University policies. (See Section VI.) The Appointments Committee recommends appointees to the Governing Board and the Dean, who then passes the approved appointments to the Provost, who, on approval, transmits them to the Corporation.
e. Visiting Fellows and Senior Visiting Fellow. In addition to visiting fellows, described in Section VI.C., the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies also appoints senior visiting fellows. This title is given to established scholars and other distinguished individuals whose association with the University and residence in the community for an extended period (greater than one year) will be of mutual benefit. Appointments may be for two to five years. No teaching or work for the University is required. As with visiting fellows, senior visiting fellows are not members of the faculty, nor are they Yale employees, and they receive no compensation from the University. They are not eligible for participation in Yale’s fringe benefit plans.
f. Research Appointments. Research appointments conform to University policies. (See Section V.) For senior research scientist/scholar and research scientist/scholar positions, the Appointments Committee recommends individuals to the Governing Board and the Dean, who then passes approved appointments to the Provost and then to the Corporation. For the position of associate research scientist/scholar, the Dean approves appointments and then passes them on to the Provost, who, on approval, transmits them to the Corporation. Postdoctoral appointments are approved by the Dean.
6. Instructional Opportunities for Graduate Students (Ph.D., D.F.E.S. and Master’s)
For a description of these opportunities refer to Section IV.A.12 above. The Director of Doctoral Studies, in consultation with the faculty member responsible for each course, must determine which level of appointment is appropriate. The faculty member will have primary responsibility for seeing that undue demands are not made of the teaching fellows. The rules governing part-time acting instructors described in Section IV.A.12 apply also to D.F.E.S. students in the school.
1. Description
The primary educational purpose of the Yale Law School is to train lawyers; its primary scholarly role is to encourage research in law. Throughout much of the School’s history, its teachers, students, and deans have taken a broad view of the role of law and lawyers in society. The School has sought to train lawyers for public service and teaching as well as for private practice and to advance inquiry at the boundaries of the law as well as to inculcate knowledge at the core. This professional and academic orientation is enriched by a setting hospitable to a wide variety of intellectual currents and is designed to produce lawyers who are creative, sensitive, and open to new ideas.
2. Appointments: The Governing Board
All teaching appointments to the Law School are reviewed by the Governing Board (Board of Permanent Officers), which consists of persons holding the rank of professor. Associate professors on term, associate clinical professors, clinical professors, professorial lecturers, and associate deans may participate in meetings of the Expanded Governing Board and may discuss new appointments but they do not vote, and they may not participate in discussion of the status of existing non-tenured faculty. An appointment approved by the Governing Board is forwarded to the Provost, who reviews it; if approved, the recommendation is forwarded to the Corporation. In general, appointment procedures conform to those set forth in Section III, with some variations, mainly resulting from the nature of the appointments process at the Law School. For more information on appointments, consult the Dean of the Law School. For information concerning terminations, see Section III.G.
3. Faculty Ranks
a. Appointments on Term and to Tenure. The definitions of rank and the maximum time in rank for persons holding the following two ladder appointments in the Law School are the same as those for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (see Section IV.A.10) with the following modifications: wherever reference is made to the Ph.D. degree, it should be read to refer to the J.D. degree, or the equivalent.
Associate Professor on Term. All non-tenure appointments to ladder positions are made at this rank. An initial appointment is made for a period of three years. It is presumed that this first appointment will be renewed for a second term of four years. In exceptional circumstances the presumption may be rebutted and denied. A decision on whether or not the individual will be appointed to a tenure position will be made by the close of the sixth year of the candidate’s appointment.
Professor. This is the only rank with tenure in the Law School. Individuals are promoted to this rank from associate professor on term when the Governing Board is satisfied that the individual has demonstrated achievement in scholarship and teaching appropriate to the rank. This decision ordinarily must be made within seven years of initial appointment to the faculty in any rank.
Appointment directly to this rank for individuals not currently holding an appointment as an associate professor on term is usually preceded by a visiting year or semester. It is made only when the individual has a record of extraordinary distinction in teaching, scholarship, or the practice of law.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law or Associate Clinical Professor of Law. Initial appointment to these ranks normally will be for a two-year term as associate professor. Upon favorable review and recommendation, the first appointment will be renewed for a term normally of three to five years. Normally, consideration for promotion to clinical professor will occur no later than the seventh year after initial appointment.
Clinical Professor of Law. This appointment is normally without term, subject to termination on two years’ notice following a two-thirds vote of the Governing Board.
Supervising Attorney. This is a faculty rank used for persons who have graduated from law school and who supervise students engaged in legal services, student practice, and forensic programs. Supervising attorneys may be either full-time or part-time employees. The appointment normally is for one year and may be renewed.
c. Other Instructional Ranks (in addition to those described in Section IV.A.11 for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences):
Professorial Lecturer. This appointment is without term and is available to retired professors teaching no less than one seminar per year and no more than one-half a full teaching load.
Visiting Lecturer. This designation is used for members of the profession who teach a seminar or course for credit. The appointment is normally for one year and may be renewed.
Tutor in Law. This rank is used for law school graduates who assist members of the faculty in courses or seminars, especially in the forensic or services programs, on a part-time basis. The appointment is normally for one year and may be renewed.
Assistant in Instruction. This designation is for persons who either have graduated from law school or are third-year students at the Law School and who assist members of the faculty in the first-term legal research program. The appointment is for one year and may be renewed.
4. Leave Policy
The policy in the Law School generally conforms to that of the University (see Section VII) with some minor differences. For more information, consult the Dean.
1. Description
The School of Management prepares leaders for the global business environment by providing students with a broad intellectual framework and the business skills necessary to manage in the ever-changing marketplace. The principal scholarly role of the School is research in the disciplines and functional fields of management, broadly understood, including operations, finance, accounting, organizational behavior, marketing, and managerial and political economics.
The School seeks to develop innovative research in management from its own resources and to make functional use of the scholarly work of the social science departments and of other professional schools at Yale.
2. Governance
a. Board of Permanent Officers. The Board of Permanent Officers includes the Dean and all faculty at the rank of full professor holding appointments in the School. The Board participates in formulating educational policy and in recommending candidates for faculty appointments.
b. Appointments Committee. The Appointments Committee, consisting of the Dean and members of the Board of Permanent Officers appointed by the Dean, oversees and coordinates the reviews of all candidates for appointment, reappointment, or promotion at the School.
3. Faculty Ranks
a. Ladder Faculty: Appointments on Term and to Tenure. The definition of rank and time limits in rank for persons holding term appointments jointly with a Faculty of Arts and Sciences department are generally the same as for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. (See Section IV.A.10.)
In the School of Management, appointment to the non-tenure ranks normally includes two consecutive three-year appointments as assistant professor and, following a promotion review, one five-year term at the rank of associate professor. Tenure is granted at the rank of professor. Tenure is granted at the rank of professor. Wherever reference is made in Section IV.A.10 to the Ph.D. degree, the reference indicates the Ph.D., D.B.A., J.D., or substantial equivalent.
b. Other Instructional Ranks. Definitions of non-ladder ranks in the School of Management include those in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (see Section IV.A.11). The School has the additional non-ladder ranks of professor in the practice and associate professor in the practice, as described below. For complete information on these and other non-ladder ranks, consult the Dean.
c. Professor in the Practice. This is a term position for practitioners or scholars whose appointments are based primarily on their distinction in one of the areas integral to the practice of management. Persons appointed in this position must show evidence of significant accomplishment as either a practitioner or scholar in their chosen area. In addition, they must show evidence of exemplary performance in teaching the fundamental skills of that area of practice to others.
Such appointments may be made for terms of up to five years and may be renewed with no limit on the number of reappointments without involving the University in either the expectation or promise of tenure. Professors in the practice have all the responsibilities and privileges of ladder faculty except for membership in the Board of Permanent Officers.
4. Procedures for Appointment
First-term assistant professors are reviewed by the Appointments Committee with recommendations from appropriate search committees. Term appointments to second-term assistant professor and to the rank of associate professor are reviewed by ladder faculty of equivalent or higher rank.
Recommendations for appointments to tenure positions are reviewed by the Board of Permanent Officers. If approved, they are sent to the Dean and thence to the Provost for review and recommendation to the Corporation. The Provost will ask the School’s Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee to review and make a recommendation on tenure appointments or in other cases where it is deemed appropriate. When tenure appointments are made jointly between the School and a department of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, appointments are also sent to the appropriate Divisional Committee on Tenure Appointments for review and concurrent approval. Tenure appointments proposed jointly with another school must follow that school’s appointments procedure also. Appointments approved by the Provost are forwarded to the Corporation. For information concerning terminations, see Section III.G.
5. Leave Policy
The leave policy in general follows that outlined for the University, with some minor differences. (See Section VII.) For complete information on leaves, consult the Dean.
The faculty of the School of Medicine is responsible for the instruction of students of medicine, students of public health, graduate students of the biomedical sciences, and students in the Physician Associate Program. The School provides graduate training programs for residents in medical disciplines and postdoctoral trainees in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. Continuing education programs are offered for physicians and other health care professionals. Clinical programs of instruction are available at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center, the Connecticut Mental Health Center, the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, and other medical facilities with which formal affiliation agreements have been entered.
The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health not only functions as a department of the School of Medicine but is also an accredited School of Public Health. The Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health serves as Dean of Public Health in the School of Medicine.
The faculty is organized into basic science departments, clinical departments, bridge departments, and extra-department sections, each headed by a chair or director appointed by the Corporation upon the recommendation of the President.
Cell Biology
Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Neurobiology
Pharmacology
Anesthesiology
Child Study Center
Dermatology
Diagnostic Radiology
Internal Medicine
Laboratory Medicine
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Surgery
Therapeutic Radiology
Epidemiology and Public Health
Genetics
Pathology
Sections
Section of Comparative Medicine
Section of the History of Medicine
Section of Immunobiology
Section of Microbial Pathogenesis
3. Governance
a. 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, research scientist and senior research scientist 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 voting.
b. Medical School Council. Consisting of representatives of all constituencies of the School, the Medical School Council provides a forum for dissemination of information, discussion, and expression of opinion on significant school-wide issues. The Steering Committee of the Council recommends to the Dean the membership of standing committees of the School of Medicine.
c. Voting Rights. 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 first-term associate professors may not vote on the reappointment of associate professors. Absentee ballots are not accepted in department voting.
4. Supervision of Students
The School of Medicine confers the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree, the Masters of Medical Science (M.M.S.) degree, and, through its relationship to the School of Public Health, the Masters of Public Health (M.P.H.) . Students who are candidates for the Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy in the biomedical sciences or in Public Health are enrolled not in the School of Medicine but in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Faculty of the School of Medicine who supervise Graduate School students must have an appointment to the Graduate School faculty. (See Section IV.A.6.)
5. Appointments and Promotions Procedures
Faculty in the School of Medicine are appointed to a faculty track, a research rank, an adjunct rank, or a voluntary rank. General appointment procedures, as described in Section III.K, apply to the School of Medicine. Some procedures, however, are specific to the School of Medicine.
Department chairs are appointed by the Yale Corporation upon recommendation of the President after nomination by the Dean. The academic appointments of individuals recruited to serve as chairs are recommended by the search committee to the appropriate committee on appointments. If approved, the appointment is presented to the Board of Permanent Officers of the School of Medicine before forwarding to the Yale Corporation.
Except for appointment of the chair, any faculty appointment at the rank of associate professor, professor, research scientist, or senior research scientist must be recommended by the professors and tenured associate professors in non-voluntary ranks of the department of primary and, where applicable, secondary appointment. When meeting to discuss a faculty appointment or promotion, the professors and tenured associate professors of a department may invite the other faculty of the department who hold rank equal to or higher than the rank of the position to be filled to attend and to empower them to vote. Faculty with secondary appointments in a department may not vote on appointments or promotions to tenure. Faculty who hold appointments at the rank of associate professor with term may not vote on reappointments to the rank of associate professor. Absentee ballots are not accepted in department voting.
Appointments and reappointments to the rank of assistant professor without track designation are initiated within the department and submitted by the chair to the Dean for endorsement and, if endorsed, recommendation to the President and Provost. Recommendations for appointment or promotion 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.
The committee that has authority to recommend tenure appointments in the basic science departments, bridge departments (excluding Epidemiology and Public Health), and sections (excluding Comparative Medicine), is chaired in alternate years by the Dean of the School of Medicine and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. This committee is called the Tenure Appointments Committee for Biological Sciences (TACBS). All term appointments, as well as appointments and promotions to the rank of associate professor without term and professor in departments other than those listed above, are reviewed by the appointments and promotions committees appointed by the Dean and chaired by the Dean or the Dean’s designate. The number of committees on appointment and promotion, as well as the constituency and responsibility of each, may change from time to time. Ad hoc members may be invited to join when circumstances require. The Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences or a designate of that Dean is a voting member of an appointments and promotions committee of the School of Medicine when an appointment in the Graduate School is being considered. In Epidemiology and Public Health, appointments and promotions to the ranks of professor, associate professor without term, associate professor with term, senior research scientist, and research scientist are reviewed by the Standing Appointments and Promotions Committee of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, which is appointed by the Provost and co-chaired by the Dean of the School of Medicine and the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The recommendations of any of the appointments and promotions committees are then presented to the Board of Permanent Officers of the School of Medicine for endorsement. Approved appointments and promotions in all faculty tracks and ranks are put forward by the Dean to the President and Provost for review and recommendation to the Yale Corporation for final approval.
6. Faculty Tracks
Ladder faculty appointments at the School of Medicine are made in the Traditional Track, Investigator Track, Clinician-Scholar Track, and Clinician-Educator Track. Appointments and promotions are made in the context of department needs and the missions of the school.
Track designation occurs at the time of promotion to associate professor except in the case of the Clinician-Educator Track where it may occur after at least one year in the rank of assistant professor.
Transfer of Track. Faculty in any track may request a transfer of an appointment to another track, subject to the following restrictions:
a. No transfer of track at the rank of associate professor or professor will be permitted within two years of the expiration of an appointment. (Transfers from the rank of assistant professor in the Clinician-Educator Track are not subject to this restriction.)
b.