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General Expectations for Promotion on the Tenure Track

General Expectations for Awarding of Tenure

General Expectations for Promotion on the Non-Tenure Track

Interpretation of the General Expectations

General Categories of Faculty Appointed to the Tenure Track

More Specific Interpretation of Expectations of Faculty on the Tenure Track

General Expectations for Promotion of Faculty with Appointments on the Non-Tenure Track 

More Specific Interpretation of Recommendations

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General Categories of Faculty Appointed to the Tenure Track

Faculty who are on the tenure track fall roughly into three categories, with the majority in Category 1.

Category 1:  Faculty whose primary activity is research (discovery of new knowledge) and who have sustained extramural funding, with some teaching and, perhaps, clinical service. These faculty members typically have a Ph.D. degree. If they have an M.D. degree, they have little or no clinical commitment, and usually have appointment in an institute or center.

Category 2:  Faculty whose major emphasis is clinical care with a substantial amount of teaching, but who conduct on-going, funded research or other scholarly activity, most likely clinical investigation related to their clinical specialty or sub-specialty. These individuals typically have an M.D. degree and primary affiliation in one of the sections of the department. In most instances, faculty in this category would allocate at least 40% of their effort to scholarly activities and would be expected to maintain extramural funding. Faculty who allocate significantly less effort to scholarly activity would most appropriately be appointed to the non-tenure track.

Category 3:  Faculty whose primary responsibilities are teaching and/or educational administration with some clinical care commitment and who conduct ongoing scholarly activities in the area of medical education.  Faculty in this category would be expected to produce a series of thematically related scholarly products, including peer-reviewed publications. A collection of unrelated products would not meet the scholarship expectations of tenure track faculty. Faculty would be expected to allocate in the range of 50% of their effort to scholarship and to maintain some extramural funding. Faculty who allocate significantly less effort to scholarly activity would most appropriately be appointed to the non-tenure track.


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April 11, 2007