Administrative Approval Chart for Faculty Actions

 

Faculty Ranks Faculty Search Initial
Appointment		 Reappointment Board Approval
for initial appointment)
LECT Dean Dean Dean No
SRLECT Dean Dean Dean No
MSLECT Dean Dean Dean No
INST Dean Dean Dean No
ASTP Provost Provost Provost No
ASCP Provost President Provost No
PROF Provost President Provost No
Adjunct Faculty Dean Dean Dean No
Clinical Professorial Faculty (full-time) Provost Provost Dean* No
Clinical Professorial Faculty (part-time) Dean Dean Dean No
Visiting Faculty Dean Dean Dean No
Associate/Full Professor of the Practice Provost Provost Dean* No
Research Faculty Dean Dean Dean No
Endowed/Chaired Professor Provost Provost Provost No
Associate Dean — Dean Dean No
Chair — Dean Dean No
Acting Chair — Dean Dean No
Associate Chair — Dean Dean No
Director (Academic Centers & Institutes and stand-alone academic programs) — Provost Provost No
Director (all others) — Dean Dean No
Acting Director (Academic Centers & Institutes, and stand-alone academic programs) — Provost Provost No (some exceptions)
Acting Director (all others) — Dean Dean No
Associate Director — Dean Dean No
Assistant Director — Dean Dean No
Actions Administrative Approval Board Approval
Promotion to ASCP or PROF President No
Tenure President No
Promotion to CLASCP, CLPROF, RSASCP, RSPROF, or PROFPP Provost No
Promotion to SRLECT or MSLECT Dean No
Sabbatical*** Dean No
Leaves of Absence*** Dean No
Emeritus Status*** Dean No
Extension of Service*** Dean No
Change of Status: full-time to part-time*** Dean No
Change of Status: part-time to full-time Provost No
Change of Status: non-tenure to tenure- track; tenure-track to non-tenure track Provost No
Additional (secondary or co-terminous) appointments without tenure for full-time faculty*** Dean** No

*Non-reappointment of clinical professorial and of the practice faculty requires approval by the Provost.

**Inter-unit appointments require Provost approval. Signatures from each Dean must be submitted to the Office of the Provost. Inter-unit reappointment do not require Provost approval as long as nothing substantial has changed.

***PDFs of completed paperwork for professorial faculty should be sent to the Provost’s Office for our records.