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 Professional Research (APM 310), Agronomist(__ in the AES) (APM 320), Project Scientist (APM 311), Specialist in Cooperative Extension (APM 334) 1 Dean's Review Ad Hoc/Stand Final Review Appointment Assistant Rank I-III I/R RP R/R A Assistant Rank IV-VI I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A Associate Rank, Step I through Full Rank, Steps I-IX and Above Scale I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Reappointment All ranks and steps I/R RP A Merit First normal merit after appointment and first normal merit after promotion I/R RP A Asst. Rank, II-VI; Assoc Rank, II-III;Full Rank, Step II-V I/R RP R/R A Assoc Rank, IV-V (for Professional Research Series Only) I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A To Full Rank, Step VI 2 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A To Full Rank, Steps VII, VIII, and IX 2 I/R RP R/R A To Full Rank, Above Scale 2 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Accelerated Merit Asst Rank, II-VI; Assoc Rank, II-III; Full Rank, II-V that does not skip a step I/R RP R/R A Assoc Rank, IV-V that does not skip a step I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A To Full Rank, Step VI that does not skip a step 2 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A To Full Rank, Steps VII, VIII and IX that does not skip a step 2 I/R RP R/R A To Full Rank, Above Scale that does not skip a step 2 I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A All accel. Merits that skip a step I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Full Rank, after first Above Scale 2 I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A Promotion Assistant Professional Researcher or Project Scientist to Associate Professional Researcher or Project Scientist I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Assistant ___ AES or Specialist in CE to Associate ___ AES or Specialist in CE I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Associate Professional Researcher or Project Scientist to Full Professional Researcher or Project Scientist I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Associate ___ AES or Specialist in CE to full ___ AES or Specialist in CE I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Deferral First and second year deferrals for ___ in AES and Specialists in CE only I/R RP A Third year deferrals for ___ in AES and Specialists in CE only I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A Five-Year Review Professional Research Series and ___ in the AES only 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 Deans Offices must review the action (see UCD 220 for procedure) Appeal Redelegated actions I/R RP R/R A Non-Redelegated actions I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A 1 When faculty hold a Professor (or Professor In Residence) and Professional Researcher (or Agronomist) title the entire review is conducted in accordance with the Senate title. 2 Approval of salary rate above 47% of the maximum of the appropriate salary scale requires President/Regents approval