Professor
Professor in Residence
Professor of Clinical ______
Acting Professor
Adjunct Professor (Academic Federation member, but follows these guidelines)
Appointment policies and
procedures are located in section APM 220 and UCD APM 220A. Please refer to the Delegation of
Authority to determine the
appropriate review channels.
· Prior to submitting a dossier for appointment, departments must follow the
Academic Recruitment Guidelines. Refer to APM 500 and UCD 500
· All proposed appointments which are reviewed by the Committee on Academic Personnel (CAP) are considered fast-tracked and a high priority. However, CAP has the option to appoint an ad hoc committee if they choose. Refer to Delegation of Authority
· If the appointment is a Target of Excellence (TOE) or Partner Opportunity Program (POP) appointment, the position must be screened by Committee on Academic Planning and Budget Review (CAPBR) and the Committee on Academic Personnel (CAP) and approved by the Vice Provost prior to submitting a dossier for review.
· If the candidate is from an AAU University, the Dean must notify the Vice Provost as soon as possible in order to notify the other institution of the impending offer by the April 30 deadline.
Refer to APM 500-16c and APM 500, Appendix A
· If the candidate is transferring from another UC campus, the Dean must notify the Vice Provost as soon as possible in order to notify the other campus of the impending offer by the April 1 deadline.
Refer to APM 510
· Guidelines for preparing appointment dossiers are outlined in the Checklist for Appointments (PDF)
· If the candidate will hold a joint appointment in two or more departments within the same college, or in different colleges, the home department prepares the dossier and coordinates the review with the other department(s). Refer to UCD 220 Procedure 3 and UCD Appendix II-A
· If the candidate will hold both an Academic Senate and an Academic Federation appointment, follow both sets of guidelines below:
o For Academic Senate titles: refer to APM 220 and UCD 220
o For Academic Federation titles: refer to Academic Federation Call
o Note: For appointees holding Professorial and ____ in the AES (Agronomist series) appointments, the entire review is conducted by CAP
·
Extramural letters (five to eight) are required for all
tenured and Assistant Professor, Step IV and Step V level appointments;
reviewers must be suggested by both the department and the candidate.
Refer to APM 220-80-c and UCD 220
IV.F.3
If a department is hiring an
Assistant Professor, Step I, II, or III and the candidate
has recently received their Ph.D. (or the Ph.D. is pending), departments may
not be able to suggest names of extramural reviewers because the candidate is
not known nationally; in such cases, the department need only submit letters
(three to five) from reviewers suggested by the candidate.
· Transfers of FTE, or the addition of a without-salary appointment (within UCD) requires:
(a) recommendation letters with justification and a faculty vote from all departments involved
(b) signed Candidate’s Disclosure Certificate referring to each departmental letter
(c) concurrence from dean
(d) updated publication lists
· An appointment “Via Change in Title” is considered a new appointment and requires departments to follow applicable procedures, outlined at the beginning of this document.