Guidelines for Appointments, Promotion and Tenure
Emory University School of Medicine

Effective May 2001

IMPLEMENTATION

These Guidelines for Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure are fully effective April 2001 and will apply for all faculty appointments, promotions, and conferral of tenure in the School of Medicine, with the following exception. The criteria for promotion set forth in in Articles V. and VI. in the April 1996 Guidelines for Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure will apply for Assistant Professors on the tenure track in the School of Medicine whose first academic year was 1995-1996, 1996-1997, or 1997-1998 and to all Assistant Professors on the clinical and research tracks whose first academic year was 1997-1998 or prior, and who will be proposed for promotion to Associate Professor in the 2000-2001, 2001-2002, or 2002-2003 academic year.

GENERAL POLICY STATEMENTS

  1. GENERAL POLICY STATEMENTS

FACULTY RANKS

  1. OVERVIEW OF LIMITED AND CONTINUOUS APPOINTMENTS
    1. Limited and continuous appointments
    2. Faculty benefits for limited and continuous appointments

  2. REGULAR FACULTY RANKS AND TRACKS
    1. Tenure track ranks
      1. Professor
      2. Associate Professor
      3. Assistant Professor
      4. Instructor
    2. Clinical and research track ranks
      1. Professor
      2. Associate Professor
      3. Assistant Professor
      4. Instructor
      5. Associate and Senior Associate
    3. Clinical and research track designations
      1. Clinical track (CT)
      2. Research track (RT)
    4. Summary: Regular faculty titles
      1. Changing tracks
        1. Clinical or research track to tenure track
        2. Associate and Senior Associate, research or clinical track to tenure track
        3. Instructors and Assistant Professors, research or clinical track to tenure track
        4. Associate Professor and Professor, research or clinical track to tenure track
        5. Tenure track to clinical or research track
        6. Status of chief residents and fellows at Emory University affiliated hospital

  3. OTHER TYPES OF FACULTY APPONITMENT
    1. Volunteer faculty appointments
    2. Clinical (volunteer) faculty in the School of Medicine
    3. Adjunct (volunteer) faculty in the School of Medicine
    4. Summary of volunteer faculty titles in the School of Medicine
    5. Clinical and adjunct (volunteer) appointments of School of Medicine faculty at other institutions
    6. Joint and secondary appointments
      1. Joint and secondary appointments of Emory faculty in the School of Medicine
      2. Joint and secondary appointments of School of Medicine faculty at other institutions
      3. Joint and secondary faculty appointments in the School of medicine of faculty at other institutions
    7. Special titles in the School of Medicine
    8. Emeritus appointments
      1. Emeritus status for regular faculty
      2. Emeritus status for clinical and adjunct faculty


    CRITERIA FOR APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION

  4. CRITERIA FOR JUNIOR FACULTY APOPINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS ON THE TENURE, CLINICAL, OR RESEARCH TRACK
    1. Overview
    2. Requirements for appointment and promotion to Instructor
    3. Requirements for appointment and promotion to Assistant Professor

  5. SCHOLARSHIP, TEACHING, AND SERVICE - BROAD DEFINITIONS
    1. Scholarship
    2. Teaching
    3. Service

  6. CRITERIA FOR CONTINUOUS APOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
    1. Overview
    2. Requirements for continuous appointments and promotions to Associate Professor and Professor (with tenure)
    3. General discussion of criteria for continuous appointments and promotions
      1. Scholarship
      2. Examples of scholarship
    4. Teaching
      1. Examples of teaching
      2. Professional service

  7. CRITERIA FOR SENIOR FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS ON THE CLINICAL AND RESEARCH TRACKS
    1. Overview
    2. Requirements for appointment or promotion to Associate Professor and Professor, CT and RT
    3. General discussion of criteria for appointments and promotions as Associate Professor and Professor (CT, RT)
      1. Associate Professor and Professor (CT)
        1. Scholarship
          1. Examples of scholarship
        2. Teaching
          1. Examples of teaching
        3. Professional service
          1. Examples of professional service
      2. Associate Professor and Professor (RT)
        1. Outstanding scholarship
          1. Examples of scholarship
        2. Teaching
          1. Examples of teaching
        3. Professional Service
          1. Examples of professional service

  8. CRITERIA FOR VOLUNTEER APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
    1. Requirements for appointment and promotion as senior clinical volunteer faculty
      1. Clinical Associate Professor
        1. Examples of teaching and professional service
      2. Clinical Professor
    2. Requirements for appointment and promotion as senior adjunct volunteer faculty
      1. Adjunct Associate Professor
        1. Examples of teaching and scholarship
      2. Adjunct Professor


    PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION

  9. PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION AT SENIOR RANKS FOR TENURE, CLINCIAL, AND RESEARCH TRACKS
    1. Minimum time in one rank before promotion to the next rank
    2. Maximum time in rank before promotion to the next rank
      1. General rule
      2. Extension of time in academic probationary rank as Assistant Professor
        1. University policy
          1. Examples of unusual circumstances that might justify a delay in the tenure review
    3. Terms and renewal of limited appointments
    4. Departmental procedures for appointment/promotion
      1. Chair's review
      2. Departmental committee review
      3. Departmental report to Dean
        1. Written report
        2. Letters of evaluation
          1. For all faculty who hold joint appointments in a University unit outside the School of Medicine
          2. For Assistant Professor on any track
          3. For Associate Professor and Professor with tenure
          4. For Associate Professor and Professor, clinical track or research track
        3. Teaching Portfolio
          1. Overview
          2. Requirement
          3. Contents
    5. Procedure for extra-departmental review
      1. Action by Dean for appointments and promotions to limited introductory ranks
      2. Action by Dean for appointments and promotions to Associate Professor and Professor (all tracks)
      3. Action by the Faculty Committee on Appointments and Promotions
        1. Committee's initial review of a proposal for appointment or promotion
        2. Review by primary and expert reviewers
        3. Committee's in depth review
        4. Voting
        5. Committee report to the Dean
      4. Action by the Dean
      5. Action by the Council of Chairs
    6. Procedure for review of an overdue proposal for promotion
      1. Departmental review
      2. Extra-departmental review
      3. Appeal rights
    7. Procedure for review of long-term Associate Professor with tenure

  10. PROCEDURES FOR VOLUNTARY AND JOINT/SECONDARY APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
    1. Clinical (volunteer), adjunct (volunteer), special titles
    2. Joint and secondary appointments


    FACULTY COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS

  11. GUIDELINES FOR THE FACULTY COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
    1. Structure of the Committee
      1. Appointment by Dean
      2. Members
      3. Committee Chair
      4. Term of service
      5. Duties of Committee
      6. Records


    APPEALS, TERMINATION, AND RECORDS

  12. APPEALS
    1. Appeal of Chair's decision or decision of departmental committee
    2. Appeal of recommendation of the Committee on Appointments and Promotions
    3. Appeal of decision of Dean
    4. Appeal of decision allegedly based on discrimination

  13. TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT

  14. RECORDS