{"id":573,"date":"2012-02-27T11:20:13","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T16:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/?page_id=573"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:29:28","slug":"admin-approval","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/academic-process-policies\/faculty-actions\/admin-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Administrative Approval Chart for Faculty Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Faculty Ranks<\/th>\nFaculty Search<\/th>\nInitial
\nAppointment<\/th>\n		Reappointment<\/th>\nBoard Approval
\nfor initial appointment)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
LECT<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SRLECT<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MSLECT<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
INST<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ASTP<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ASCP<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nPresident<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PROF<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nPresident<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adjunct Faculty<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clinical Professorial Faculty (full-time)<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nDean*<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clinical Professorial Faculty (part-time)<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Visiting Faculty<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Associate\/Full Professor of the Practice<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nDean*<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Research Faculty<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Endowed\/Chaired Professor<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Associate Dean<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chair<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acting Chair<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Associate Chair<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director (Academic Centers & Institutes and stand-alone academic programs)<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director (all others)<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acting Director (Academic Centers & Institutes, and stand-alone academic programs)<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nNo (some exceptions)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acting Director (all others)<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Associate Director<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assistant Director<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Actions<\/strong><\/td>\nAdministrative Approval<\/strong><\/td>\nBoard Approval<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Promotion to ASCP or PROF<\/td>\nPresident<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tenure<\/td>\nPresident<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Promotion to CLASCP, CLPROF, RSASCP, RSPROF, or PROFPP<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Promotion to SRLECT or MSLECT<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sabbatical***<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leaves of Absence***<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emeritus Status***<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Extension of Service***<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Change of Status: full-time to part-time***<\/td>\nDean<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Change of Status: part-time to full-time<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Change of Status: non-tenure to tenure- track; tenure-track to non-tenure track<\/td>\nProvost<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Additional (secondary or co-terminous) appointments without tenure for full-time faculty***<\/td>\nDean**<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*Non-reappointment of clinical professorial and of the practice faculty requires approval by the Provost.<\/p>\n

**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.<\/p>\n

***PDFs of completed paperwork for professorial faculty should be sent to the Provost’s Office for our records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2614,"featured_media":0,"parent":65729,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/573"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65363,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/573\/revisions\/65363"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}