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 Professors in the School of Law (APM 220) Dean's Review Ad Hoc/Stand Final Review Appointment Acting Professor I in the School of Law I/R RP R/R A Acting Professor II and above in the School of Law I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A Professor of Law, Steps I to IX, and Above Scale 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 Acting Professor of Law and Professor of Law, Steps II-V I/R RP R/R A To Professor of Law, Step VI 1 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A To Professor of Law, Steps VII, VIII, and IX 1 I/R RP R/R A To Professor of Law, Above Scale 1 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Professor of Law, after first Above Scale 1 I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A Accelerated Merit Acting Professor of Law and Law Professor, Steps II-V that does not skip a step I/R RP R/R A Professor of Law, Step VI, that does not skip a step 1 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Professor of Law, Steps VII, VIII and IX that does not skip a step 1 I/R RP R/R A To Professor of Law, Above Scale that does not skip a step 1 I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Professor of Law, after first Above-Scale 1 I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A Professor of Law - All actions that skip a step I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Promotion Acting Professor of Law to Professor of Law I/R RP R/R RP O R/R RP A Deferral First and second year deferrals 2 I/R RP A Third year deferral 2 I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A Five-Year Review Professor of Law 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 Professor of Law Non-redelegated actions I/R RP R/R A Professor of Law Redelegated actions I/R RP R/R RP R/R RP A 1 Approval of salary rate above 47% of the maximum of the appropriate salary scale requires President/Regents approval 2 Does not apply to Professor, Step V and above (or equivalent titles at same step)