APPENDIX D.
TENURE AND PROMOTION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
OF
Persons holding the professorial rank of instructor,
assistant professor, or associate professor
may be promoted to the next professorial rank. Promotion shall be based primarily on the faculty
member's demonstrated professional competence and achievement. See Appendix
C, Personnel Policies and Procedures for the Faculty of ECU. Promotion is
governed by the policies and procedures set forth in Section IV, below. By the first week of March of every academic
year, a faculty member who wishes to be considered for promotion to the next
professorial rank shall write a letter requesting a personnel action of
promotion in rank to her or his unit administrator. The request for promotion shall be considered
by the appropriate unit committee during the Fall semester of the next academic
year.[1]
4 A faculty
member considering such action is encouraged to seek consultation with the unit
Personnel Committee and the unit administrator.
When a faculty member applies for and then withdraws a request for
promotion, a copy of all documents submitted to support the request and a
record of all decisions by the appropriate committee and any administrator(s)
shall be directly forwarded to the appropriate vice chancellor.