Delegations of Authority for Academic Personnel Actions

On October 1, 2006, the Vice Provost-Academic Personnel, was delegated the authority by then-Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw to administer the academic personnel program for the UC Davis campus, including development of implementing procedures and application of the UC academic personnel policies.

This site provides guidance for understanding delegations of authority regarding academic personnel actions. These authorities are official only when documented in an official policy or delegation of authority at http://manuals.ucdavis.edu/da.

A: Approval authority RP: Review for adherence to policy I/R: Initiate action/Recommend R: Review R/R: Reviews/Recommends O: Optional Ad Hoc or Standing Committee review Professor (APM 220), Prof In Residence (APM 270), Prof of Clinical ___ (SOM, VM) (APM 275), and Acting (excluding Law School) (APM 235) Dean's Review Ad Hoc/Stand Final Review Appointment Assistant Professor, Steps I to III I/R RP R/R A Assistant Professor, Steps IV toVI I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Assoc Prof, Step I to V through Professor, Steps I to IX and Above-Scale (Acting only) 1 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Assoc Prof. Step I to V through Professor, Step I to IX and Above Scale (Professor, In Residence, and Clinical ___ Series only) 1 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Merit First normal merit after appointment and first normal merit after promotion I/R RP A Asst. Professor, Step II-VI Assoc Professor, Step II-III; Professor, Step II-V 2 I/R RP R/R A Assoc. Professor, Step IV-V I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A To Professor, Step VI 1 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A To Professor, Steps VII, VIII, and IX 1 I/R RP R/R A To Professor, Above Scale 1 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Professor, after first Above Scale 1 I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A Accelerated Merit Asst. Prof II-VI; Assoc Prof, I-III; Professor I-V that does not skip a step I/R RP R/R A Assoc Prof, IV-V that does not skip a step I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A To Professor, Step VI that does not skip a step 1 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Professor, Steps VII, VIII, and IX that does not skip a step 1 I/R RP R/R A Professor, after first Above-Scale 1 I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A To Professor, Above Scale that does not skip a step 1 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Professor Series - All accelerated merits that skip a step I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Appraisal Assistant Professor - 4th year (Regular, In Residence, Clinical ___ Series only) I/R RP R/R R/R RP R/R RP A Promotion Assistant Professor to Associate Professor (In Residence - approved promotions, Clinical ___ and Acting Series Only) I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Assistant Professor to Associate Professor ( Professor Series only) I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Assistant Professor to Associate Professor (In Residence - denied promotions only) I/R RP R/R RP R/R R/R RP A Associate Professor to Professor (Professor, In Residence, Clinical ___ and Acting Series) I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Deferral First and second year deferrals 3 I/R RP A Third year deferral 3 I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A Five-Year Review Associate and Full Professor I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A Joint Appointment All actions are processed in accordance with procedures outlined above except all Departments and Dean's Offices must review the action (see UCD 220 for procedure) Appeal Professor series - Redelegated actions I/R RP R/R A Professor series - Non-Redelegated actions I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A Removal of Acting (excluding Law School) Associante Professor and Full Professor, Any Step 4 I/R RP RP RR RP A 1 Approval of salary rate above 47% of the maximum of the appropriate salary scale requires President/Regents approval 2 Assistant Prof, V & VI and Associate Prof, IV & V are reserved for faculty entering the rank at Step II and above who need additional years to establish a record appropriate for promotion 3 Does not apply to Professor, Step V and above (or equivalent titles at same step) 4 This delegation excludes Visa issues