晋升及任期准则
The Division adopts the 阿尔图纳 College criteria as its own.
分部晋升及任期委员会
All members of the committee must be tenured and at the associate rank or higher. Only members of a higher rank than a candidate for promotion may vote on the promotion of a candidate. The committee should have an odd number of voting members with a minimum of three. The committee must include at least one voting member from each of the disciplines in the pool of candidates being considered for tenure or promotion to associate professor or professor. Two candidates from the same discipline may be represented by one committee member, and one committee member may represent more than one discipline among the candidates. (The disciplines of non-tenure line candidates being considered for promotion need not be represented on the committee.) Additional members from the division’s disciplines at-large will serve, if necessary to achieve a membership of three or an odd number equal to or one greater than the number of required represented disciplines.
给n the need to constitute the committee in relation to the pool of candidates for the academic year, the term of office for the committee members shall be one year. 尽可能地, the divisional promotion and tenure committee shall be elected by the tenured or tenure eligible faculty of the division. 然而, 部门主管应任命适当的成员, 必要时, from this or other Penn State campuses to fill vacancies after the election process is completed or, 在选举之前, when committee members are required of a certain rank or discipline and no appropriate faculty exist in the division. Appointments from outside the division are subject to the approval of the Chancellor and the Provost.
每年秋季学期9月8日之前, the Division Head will conduct an election to form the committee for the academic year. 在投票中, for each discipline that must be represented and for which there are eligible faculty members from the division willing to serve, the Division Head will make a separate alphabetical list of candidates. 如果存在对普通会员的需求, the Division Head will list separately those faculty members again and any others from the division who agree to stand for election.
The electors may vote for only one candidate in each list. Or they may choose not to vote for any candidate in a list. For election, a candidate must receive at least five votes. The highest vote getter with five votes or more in each list among the required disciplines will be elected. The faculty members elected as disciplinary representatives will become ineligible for election as an at-large member. 得票最高的人, 不包括他们,并且至少有五票, 会不会赢得广大代表.
In the case of ties among candidates with five votes or more, a run-off election 将举行 and again five votes will be a minimum for election. In the case that no one receives five votes in a given category in which at least ten votes have been cast, 两名得票最高的候选人之间的决选, and any other candidates with the same number of votes as they, 将举行. 在决选中, if a tie does not result and the highest vote getter receives at least five votes, 那位候选人将当选. If a tie results among candidates with five votes or more, 事业部负责人从中选出一名优胜者. (This is to avoid the delay of additional run-off elections in the face of our College requirement to report the divisional committee membership to the Associate Dean for 学术事务 by September 8.)如果没有候选人获得五票, 一个空缺结果, and the Division Head may make an appropriate appointment.