FAQ Aims
Guiding Principles for advancement in UC system
I. TERMS/DEFINITIONS
Preface: Use of the terms 'candidate' and 'reviewer'
Academic Personnel Manual (APM)
Academic Senate Faculty
Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
Roles of Department Chair, Dean, and Vice Provost
Redelegated Actions
Non-redelegated Actions
Personnel Committees (CAP, CAPAC, FPC)
Series, Ranks, Steps
Overlapping Steps
Use of Overlapping Steps
Ad Hoc Committee
Merit Review
Merit Review Period
Promotion Review
Promotion Review Period
Tenure Clock (eight year limit)
Tenure Clock Extension
Appeal
Faculty Privilege/Academic Personnel Advisor
Appraisal
Acceleration
Deferral
'Acting' Title
Five-year Review Policy
II. DOSSIER
The Dossier/File
Annual Call
Notice of Eligibility for Merit/Promotion Actions
Assembling the Dossier
Annual Report of Professional Activities Form
Candidate's Disclosure Certificate
Candidate's Statement
Departmental Letter
Disagreement with the Departmental Letter
Voting
Split Appointments
Dean's Letter
Extramural Letters
Dossier Review Process
Inclusion of Information about Awards and Prizes
III. EVALUATION OF MERIT/PROMOTION DOSSIERS
Criteria
IV. TEACHING
Teaching Record
Reviewer's Concerns about Teaching
Evaluating the Teaching Record (quantity and quality)
Documenting Teaching Quality
Kinds of Teaching Assignments
Developing Teaching Opportunities
V. RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
Description of Research and Creative Activities
Medical School Professorial and Clinical __ Research/Creative Activity
Publication List Format
Multiple Authored Papers
Evaluation of Research
Evaluation of Research Independence
Evaluation of Journal Quality
Evaluation of Online Publication
Grant Funding
VI. PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND ACTIVITIES
Professional Competence
Professional Activities
Service Expectations for Assistant Professor Rank Faculty
VII. SERVICE: UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC
University Shared Governance
University Service Activities
Quantity of University Service
Public Service Activities
Evaluation of Public Service
VIII. SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW FACULTY
Keeping the CV up to date
Maintaining Other Information for the Review Period
Selecting a Mentor
