UNIT CODE OF
OPERATIONS
Geography Code Approval
1. Approved by the permanently
tenured faculty of the Unit: 01/09/2009
2. Submitted to Dean: 01/12/2009
3. If changed, reapproved by
permanently tenured faculty: editorial
changes made 05/06/2009
4. Reviewed/recommended by
5. Approved by the
6. Approved by
Initial review 04/30/2009 Link to Chancellor’s response with suggested
revisions to unit code.
CODE OF OPERATIONS
The Department of Geography
PREAMBLE
This Code of Operations (Code)
allows for faculty participation in and establishes procedures for the
Department of Geography’s internal affairs and is consistent with all
applicable appendices of the
·
The Department of
Geography (the Department) is an academic unit in the Harriot
College of Arts and Sciences (the College) and serves as the academic home for
a variety of disciplines. These are
organized into the Geography Core and the Planning Program. The Planning Program became a component of
the Department of Geography in July 2005.
The Geography Core has a long history of diverse specialties. The merger of the Planning Program into the
Department of Geography offers the Planning Program autonomy and intellectual
freedom within the university’s existing policies and procedures while
guaranteeing efficiency and effecting the continued development of instruction,
research, and outreach programs. The
Department is committed to close collaboration between the Geography Core and
the Planning Program. The Geography Core
and Planning Program each have an internally generated mission statement.
Geography Core
The mission of the Department
of Geography, and the Geography Core specifically, is to assist the University
and the Harriot
To
fulfill these aims, the Geography Core’s primary objectives are:
— to offer students a substantial
and coherent core of liberal arts studies;
— to maintain a genuine
interest in students while equipping them to be competent professionals;
— to upgrade continually the
quality of instruction through a system of program assessment;
— to assist students in
developing critical thinking skills and their own life-view;
— to assemble a free and
responsible community of scholars;
— to undertake fundamental
research in order to advance geographic knowledge;
— to create opportunities for
collaboration throughout the entire Department;
— to conduct applied research
so as to contribute to the welfare of all the people in this region;
— to remain open to external
scrutiny regarding our responsibilities as researchers and teachers.
Planning Program
The Planning Program is committed to excellence in
instruction, basic and applied research, and service to the community at
large. The mission of the Planning
Program is to provide opportunities for students, within the context of the
multidisciplinary framework, to achieve excellence, envision their future, grow
intellectually, and pursue a professional planning position or a graduate
education. The Planning Program is
designed to prepare professional planners for both the public and the private sectors. Faculty members are expected to orient their
contributions toward the mission of the Planning Program and the
profession. The major activities, which
include teaching, research, and service, should be linked to the overall
mission and reflect the priorities of the program. The faculty of the Planning Program
recognizes the link between research, teaching, and service in the whole
process of developing and disseminating knowledge about planning. As a multidisciplinary field, planning
strives to integrate knowledge derived from the social and physical sciences,
and related professions. It upholds the
principle of promoting sensitivity to cultural, ethnic, and gender differences
and actively works to encourage diversity in its program.
To fulfill these aims, the Planning Program’s primary
objectives are:
—
to provide
students with the necessary knowledge, skills and values so those students can
develop into successful and effective planning professionals;
—
to follow
Planning Accreditation Board (PAB) guidelines regarding accreditation
standards;
— to conduct
and disseminate research that enhances the knowledge and applications of
the theory and practice of planning for
the development of communities and regions;
— to establish
the link between theory and practice, to address the urban, regional and
environmental problems impacting communities and regions.
Section II. Composition of the Department
A.
The Faculty
The faculty of the Department of Geography shall
consist of all faculty who are full-time with at least half of their
appointment within the Department of Geography.
This includes probationary-term, permanently tenured, and fixed-term
appointments. Graduate faculty of the Department are defined by the
B. Voting
To
cast a vote on issues listed in the current version of Appendix L of the ECU Faculty Manual, a faculty member
must meet the criteria stipulated in Appendix L. To vote on matters and concerns involving the
graduate program, a faculty member must meet the criteria for membership in the
Graduate Faculty of the Department of Geography. Members of the Graduate Faculty who are
employed full-time by the University shall recommend policy on all matters
affecting the graduate program. In all
other departmental cases requiring a faculty vote, i.e., those situations not
explicitly addressed in the ECU Faculty
Manual, any full-time faculty member with at least half of their
appointment within the Department may cast a vote.
C.
Administrative Officers
1. Department Chair
The
Department Chair is the chief administrative officer of the Department of
Geography. The Chair is responsible for
maintaining departmental activities and procedures in accordance with
University and departmental policies.
The Chair should ensure that Code
procedures are followed. The Chair is
subject to periodic evaluation that shall conform to established University
policy.
The
duties of the Department Chair include:
a. to represent the Department within the University
community;
b.
to administer the
affairs of the department in accordance with the policies determined by the
Department’s Code, the College, and
the University;
c.
to determine
faculty teaching assignments each year, supervise class scheduling with the
Geography Core Undergraduate Committee Coordinator and Graduate Coordinator,
and oversee faculty advising duties;
d. to
supervise departmental office personnel and be responsible for the acquisition
and appropriation of space, equipment, and supplies;
e. to prepare
and manage, in consultation with the faculty, the departmental budget and
annual report;
f. to
maintain personnel files;
g. to inform
the faculty in a timely manner of administrative decisions or actions affecting
the faculty;
h. to chair Department of Geography meetings and
supervise the composition and distribution of departmental minutes;
i. to evaluate annually, in consultation with the elected
Advisory Committee, each faculty member’s performance in teaching, research,
and service in accordance with the guidelines established in Section IV.C and D
of this document;
j. to conduct annually a review of the performance of the
administrative coordinators within the Department;
k.
to consult with
the Advisory Committee before submitting salary decisions;
l.
to recommend
faculty salary increments to the Dean of the Harriot
College of Arts and Sciences, giving consideration to the principles and
criteria established by the Department of Geography;
m.
to facilitate the
hiring of all new faculty members in consultation with the Personnel Committee
and in accordance with Appendix D of the ECU
Faculty Manual;
n.
to communicate
with the Personnel Committee chair concerning the processes of reappointment,
promotion and conferring of permanent tenure;
o.
to consult with
the Planning Program Director about the personnel matters pertaining to the
Planning Program faculty (hiring, reappointment, conferring permanent tenure,
and promotion);
p.
to provide a
means for the faculty of the Department of Geography to vote on the major
planning documents and other assessments of the Department prior to submission
to person(s) outside the Department;
q.
to forward
recommendations concerning the faculty of the Department of Geography to the
Dean of the Harriot College of Arts and Sciences.
2. Planning Program Director
The
Planning Program Director will be selected using the procedures outlined in the
ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix L for
administrators. The Planning Program Director reports to the Department
Chair. As required by the Planning
Accreditation Board (PAB), the Planning Program Director “shall be capable and
effective in assisting the program to achieve its goals and objectives.” Current Planning Accreditation Board guidelines
(PAB’s “The Accreditation Document”) will be followed
in qualifying the Planning Program Director.
In situations where the Planning Program Director and the Department
Chair hold differing opinions regarding substantive areas, the Department Chair
and the Planning Program Director will meet jointly with the Dean of the Harriot College of Arts and Sciences to resolve the
differing opinions. Like the Department
Chair, the Planning Program Director is a nonvoting faculty member who has an
administrative position within the unit.
The Planning Program Director is subject to periodic evaluation that
shall conform to established university policy.
The duties of the Planning Program Director include:
a.
to lead the
Planning Program faculty in the necessary areas of program development and governance,
curriculum, budget, and course scheduling;
b.
to consult
regularly with the Chair of the Department of Geography about the needs of the
Planning Program;
c.
to participate in
annual evaluations of Planning Program faculty, including providing a written
evaluation of the faculty and attending evaluation meetings;
d.
to receive file
copies of all assessments and personnel actions on Planning Program faculty;
e. to consult with the Department Chair
about Personnel Committee recommendations pertaining to hiring, reappointment,
promotion, and permanent tenure of Planning Program faculty;
f.
to provide an
annual assessment of the Planning Program to the Department Chair for inclusion
in the Department of Geography’s annual unit report;
g.
to lead the
Planning Program faculty in its work as a committee-of-the-whole for the
Planning Program;
h.
to prepare and
manage, in consultation with the Planning Program faculty, the Planning Program
budget and annual report;
i.
to inform the
Planning Program faculty in a timely manner of administrative decisions or
actions affecting the faculty;
j.
to appoint
coordinators, as needed, for specialized areas within the Planning Program
curriculum at undergraduate and graduate levels.
3. Graduate Coordinator
The
Department of Geography’s Graduate Coordinator is appointed annually by the
Department Chair. The Department’s
Graduate Coordinator must be a full-time member of the Graduate Faculty.
The duties of the Department’s Graduate Coordinator
include:
a.
to consult with
and advise prospective graduate students in the Department of Geography, and to
prepare and distribute information describing the requirements for entrance
into and completion of the program, graduate assistantships, fellowship grants,
and other awards available to graduate students in the Department of
Geography. They will coordinate a
program of recruitment to enroll qualified students in the graduate program of
the Department of Geography;
b.
to coordinate, in
cooperation with the Department Chair and the Dean of the
c.
to be responsible
for maintaining the academic records of graduate
students enrolled in the Department of Geography, handling
inquiries and requests for assistance that pertain to graduate work in the
Department of Geography, and collecting and recording information pertaining to
professional activities of graduate alumni;
d.
to coordinate
annual assessment of the Department’s graduate program;
e.
to
coordinate annual assessment of the performance of graduate students;
f.
to represent the
Department of Geography to the
g.
to serve on the
Department of Geography Graduate Committee and to cooperate with this committee
in the selection of graduate assistants, fellows, and the recipients of other
awards;
h.
to approve the
membership of each thesis and internship committee after consultation with the
student and adviser;
i.
to serve as
interim adviser to graduate students and to assist thesis advisers in the
timely completion of degree requirements by their respective graduate students;
j.
to report
annually to the Department of Geography regarding the status of the graduate
program;
k.
to act for the
Department Chair in their absence on graduate matters.
4. The
Geography Core Undergraduate Coordinator
The
Geography Core Undergraduate Coordinator is appointed annually by the
Department Chair. The Geography Core
Undergraduate Coordinator must be a probationary-term or permanently tenured
faculty member. The duties of the
Geography Core Undergraduate Coordinator apply to Geography Core students and
include:
a. to receive students into the Geography Core, review
academic records, assign students to appropriate faculty advisers, maintain a
database of undergraduate Geography Core majors, counsel potential Geography
Core students who are interested in the Department of Geography programs, and
advise interested Geography Core undergraduates concerning admission to
graduate programs in the Department of Geography or elsewhere;
b. to serve as an initial adviser to undergraduate
students majoring in a Geography Core area and to assist all majors in the
timely completion of degree requirements;
c.
to coordinate
annual assessment of the undergraduate Geography Core programs;
d. to process such forms as are designated by the
Department Chair;
e. to keep abreast of regulations regarding major, minor,
and Foundations Curriculum requirements and to inform Geography Core academic
advisers and students accordingly;
f.
to serve on the
Geography Core Undergraduate Committee;
g. to report annually to the Department of Geography
regarding the status of the undergraduate Core programs and to lead the
departmental effort to market opportunities and recruit majors;
h. to act for the Department Chair in their absence on
undergraduate Geography Core matters.
5. The
Planning Program Undergraduate Coordinator
The
Planning Program Undergraduate Coordinator is appointed annually by the
Planning Program Director. The Planning
Program Undergraduate Coordinator must be a full-time member of the Planning
Program faculty. The duties of the
Planning Program Undergraduate Coordinator apply to Planning Program students
and include:
a. to receive students into the Planning Program, review
academic records, assign students to appropriate faculty advisers, maintain a
database of undergraduate Planning Program majors, counsel potential Planning
Program students who are interested in the Department of Geography programs,
and advise interested Planning Program undergraduates concerning admission to
graduate programs in the Department of Geography or elsewhere;
b. to serve as an initial adviser to undergraduate
students majoring in the Planning Program and to assist all majors in the
timely completion of degree requirements;
c. to process such forms as are designated by the
Department Chair or the Planning Program Director;
d. to coordinate annual assessment of the undergraduate
Planning Program;
e. to keep abreast of regulations regarding major, minor,
and Foundations Curriculum requirements and to inform Planning Program academic
advisers and students accordingly;
f.
to report
annually to the Department of Geography regarding the status of the
undergraduate program and to lead the departmental efforts to market
opportunities and recruit majors;
g. to act for the Planning Program Director in their
absence on Planning Program undergraduate matters.
Section III.
Committees
A.
Standing
Committees
Members of standing committees shall be elected by a
majority of the faculty of the Department of Geography present and voting. Fixed-term and probationary faculty shall be
eligible to election on standing committees, except as noted below. The Graduate Committee shall be elected by
and from the Graduate Faculty, to whom it shall report. Unless otherwise noted, standing committee
membership will be as follows:
·
A faculty member
shall be eligible for no more than two consecutive full terms on a particular
standing committee but shall be eligible for re-election to the committee after
a lapse of one year.
·
Members shall be
elected for three-year consecutive and overlapping terms, which shall commence
at the beginning of the academic year or until their successors have been
elected.
·
Committee chairs
shall be elected by respective committees annually and limited to no more than
three consecutive annual terms.
Following a one-year lapse, the individual shall again be eligible for
office.
Standing committee meetings shall be open to all
members of the faculty of the Department of Geography and invited guests except
in those cases that deal with personnel actions.
The standing committees of the Department of Geography
are: Personnel Committee; Permanent Tenure Committee; Promotion Committee;
Advisory Committee; Curriculum Committee; Graduate Committee; Geography Core
Undergraduate Committee; and Planning Program Committee. The first four are Personnel Action
Committees while the others are Program and Administrative Committees.
Personnel Action Committees
1. The Personnel Committee
The Personnel Committee shall be responsible for making
recommendations regarding initial probationary appointments and initial and
additional special fixed-term appointments. The Personnel Committee shall
perform additional functions as listed in the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D.
The composition of the Personnel Committee shall be
determined by the faculty but shall consist of at least four members. The
membership of the committee shall be composed of some or all of the permanently
tenured or probationary-term voting faculty members of the unit, including
those who are on leave but in attendance at the meeting at the time of the
Committee’s vote, but excluding the Department Chair and the Planning Program
Director. Membership must include at least
one representative each of the Geography Core and the Planning Program. At least two thirds of the Personnel
Committee membership shall be permanently tenured voting faculty. When there
are not enough permanently tenured voting faculty members in the unit to
satisfy this requirement, additional permanently tenured faculty shall be
appointed according to the procedures of the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D. All other members of the Personnel
Committee shall be elected by the permanently tenured and probationary-term
voting faculty of the Department of Geography.
The chair of the Department of Geography’s Personnel
Committee shall be permanently tenured and shall be elected annually by and
from the Committee's membership. The
chair shall preside over all committees making personnel recommendations to the
faculty and may participate in the decisions of any committee of which the
chair is a member, except as noted below.
If the chair of the Department of Geography’s Personnel Committee holds
a professional rank lower than that to which a faculty member requests
promotion, the Personnel Committee chair shall not be eligible to participate
and shall only be responsible for calling the meetings of such committees and
facilitating the election of a chair of the committee from among its membership.
In such cases where the Chair of the Personnel Committee is ineligible to
participate, they shall not attend any meetings of the committee except to
facilitate the election of the chair as noted above. The elected chair of the committee shall
obtain and distribute materials to be used during the deliberation of such
bodies, ensure that a valid vote has been taken, communicate the results of
such votes to the appropriate faculty and to the Department, and perform other
duties as designated by the faculty of the unit.
In addition to duties explicitly assigned in the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D, the
duties of the chair of the Department of Geography Personnel Committee shall
include:
a.
to supervise the
administration of peer teaching evaluations for the Department of Geography
faculty;
b.
to participate
with the Department Chair in establishing expectations for newly appointed
faculty;
c. to consult with the Department Chair on the content of progress-toward-permanent-tenure letters.
2. The Permanent Tenure Committee
The Permanent Tenure Committee of the Department of Geography
shall be responsible for making recommendations for reappointments of
probationary-term faculty members, the granting of permanent tenure, and
conferral of permanent tenure for initial appointments with permanent tenure.
The membership of the Permanent Tenure Committee shall be
composed of the permanently tenured voting faculty of the Department of
Geography, including those who are on leave but in attendance at the meeting at
the time of the Committee's vote, but excluding the Department Chair and the
Planning Program Director. When the Department of Geography has fewer than
three permanently tenured voting faculty members not holding administrative
status, the Dean of the College shall appoint permanently tenured faculty from
other units to increase the Committee's membership to three. These appointments
to the Committee must be from one list of candidates selected by a vote of the
permanently tenured and probationary-term faculty of the Department of
Geography. The list forwarded to the
Dean will contain at least twice the number of faculty members required to
complete the membership of the committee.
Before voting on the list to be forwarded to the Dean of the
In accordance with duties assigned in the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D the
entire membership of the Department of Geography Permanent Tenure Committee
will participate in specified roles. The
Department of Geography Permanent Tenure Committee:
a)
Consults
with the Department Chair who writes a progress-toward-permanent-tenure letter
to each probationary-term faculty member as described in ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D.
b)
Produces
a list of possible external reviewers and selects external peer reviewers from
lists produced by the Committee and by the candidate as described in ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D.
c)
Selects,
with the Department Chair, the research and creative activity materials to be
sent to external peer reviewers as described in ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D.
d)
Prepares
a cumulative evaluation in narrative form of the candidate’s teaching,
research, service, and any other relevant duties as described in the ECU Faculty Manual,
Appendix D.
3.
The Promotion
Committee
The Department of Geography Promotion Committee shall be
responsible for making recommendations for promotions in rank and for
recommending the ranks of initial appointments at the associate professor or
professor level.
The membership of the Department of Geography Promotion
Committee shall be composed of those permanently tenured and probationary-term
voting faculty members who hold rank at least equal to the rank for which the
candidate is being considered, including those on leave but in attendance at
the time of the Committee's vote, but excluding the Department Chair and
Planning Program Director. The composition of the Committee shall thus vary
with the rank to which a faculty member is being considered for promotion. When
the Department of Geography has fewer than three permanently tenured voting
faculty members of sufficient rank and not holding administrative status, the
Dean of the College shall appoint permanently tenured faculty at the required
rank from other units across the university to increase the Committee's
membership to three, with at least two-thirds of the members being permanently
tenured faculty. These appointments to
the Committee must be from one list of candidates selected by a vote of the
permanently tenured and probationary-term faculty having rank at least equal to
the candidate(s) being considered for promotion. The list forwarded to the Dean
by the faculty will contain at least twice the number of faculty members
required to complete the membership of the committee. Before voting on the list
to be forwarded to the Dean, voting faculty will ascertain that faculty members
nominated to have their names placed on the list are willing and able to serve
in this capacity. The list of faculty names recommended to the Dean may not be
returned for revision.
Meetings of the Promotion Committee shall be convened by the
chair of the Department’s Personnel Committee.
The first order of business for a newly convened Promotion Committee
shall be to elect a Chair from among its membership.
4.
Advisory
Committee
The
Advisory Committee has two purposes.
The
first is to assist the Department Chair in assigning evaluation scores for
merit raises and in allocating annual salary raises. The Advisory Committee’s goal is to offer
complementary interpretations of faculty accomplishments, in order to provide a
broad range of views during the evaluation process. The principle that a
diversity of opinions in the evaluation process will lead to more effective valuation
is implicit in this goal. This Committee
is only advisory to the Chair of the Department of Geography on merit
evaluation and raises.
The
second purpose of the Advisory committee is to evaluate proposed changes to the
Department of Geography’s Procedures and
Policies Manual and forward proposed changes and recommendations to the
departmental faculty for a vote.
Composition
of the Committee:
The
Advisory Committee shall be constituted as follows:
a.
Four full-time Department
of Geography faculty members of any rank or standing;
b.
At least one
representative each from the Geography Core and the Planning Program;
c.
Members are
elected annually by a vote of the faculty;
d.
The term of
membership shall be one year;
e.
Because the work
of the Committee is cyclic and that the cycle frequently continues into the
subsequent fall semester, each Committee will be empanelled to complete a full
cycle, independent of the academic year;
f.
Faculty members
are eligible for committee membership for up to three consecutive years. Following a three-year term, a faculty member
is ineligible for committee membership for a full academic year.
Membership
of the Advisory Committee is determined by the following election
procedure: faculty are asked to inform
the Personnel Committee Chair if they are unable to serve on the Advisory
Committee; each full-time departmental faculty member votes for four
individuals eligible for Advisory Committee membership; the Personnel Committee
chair tallies the vote. The top
individuals from the Geography Core and the Planning Program along with the
next two top vote getters constitute the Advisory Committee.
Procedures
of the Advisory Committee are located in the Department of Geography’s Procedures and Policies Manual.
Other Standing Committees and Functions
5.
Curriculum Committee
The
membership of the Department of Geography Curriculum Committee shall consist of
a minimum of four full-time faculty members elected for a period of three
years. The Committee will consist of at
least one representative each from the Geography Core and the Planning
Program. The responsibilities of the
Curriculum Committee are both managerial and developmental. The departmental Graduate Coordinator and the
Undergraduate Coordinators from the Geography Core and the Planning Program
will serve as ex officio members of the Curriculum Committee. This Committee deals with all undergraduate
and graduate programs housed within the Department of Geography. Responsibilities of the Curriculum Committee
include:
a. to monitor
results of program assessment activities undertaken and reported by the
Geography Core Undergraduate Committee, the Geography Graduate Committee, and
the Planning Program Committee;
b. to provide
leadership and to facilitate graduate and undergraduate curriculum changes for
all degrees in the Department of Geography that must navigate the university
hierarchy;
c. to review
new course or program proposals and to seek departmental faculty
approval of curriculum changes;
d. to
anticipate disciplinary evolution and suggest need for curriculum development
to maintain contemporary features at undergraduate and graduate levels;
e. to report to
the Department of Geography on all Curriculum Committee activities.
6. Graduate Committee
The membership of the
Department of Geography Graduate Committee shall consist of at least four
Graduate Faculty members elected by the Department’s Graduate Faculty for a
period of three years.
The Committee will consist of at least one representative each from the
Geography Core and the Planning Program. The
Graduate Faculty can determine the number of committee members. The responsibilities of the Graduate
Committee include:
a.
to manage the
recruitment and admission of graduate students;
b.
to oversee the
granting of teaching and research assistantships;
c.
to coordinate the
assignments of graduate assistants each semester;
d.
to oversee
procedural and curriculum changes in the graduate program as proposed by the
Graduate Faculty;
e.
to advise the
Department Chair regarding graduate class scheduling for each semester;
f.
to monitor the
completion of MA degree requirements as specified in the Departmental Graduate
Student Handbook, including administration and grading of comprehensive
examinations, student’s continuation in the program after a thesis proposal
defense, and scheduling and reporting results of the thesis defense;
g.
to promote better
understanding of policy, procedure, and guidelines among graduate students and
faculty;
h.
to execute the
Department of Geography’s graduate program assessment strategy.
7. Geography Core Undergraduate Committee
The membership of the Geography
Core Undergraduate Committee shall consist of a minimum of three full-time
faculty members elected for a period of three years selected by a vote of
faculty members primarily in the Geography Core. The responsibilities of the committee
include:
a.
to promote fields
within the Geography Core as a major;
b.
to advise
Geography Core majors and review senior summaries;
c.
to procure
internships and supervise co-op programs for Geography Core majors;
d.
to nominate
outstanding student(s) for awards, honors and scholarships;
e.
to advise the
Department Chair regarding undergraduate Geography Core class scheduling for
each semester;
f.
to promote better
understanding of policies and procedures among undergraduate Geography Core
majors and faculty;
g.
to conduct an
annual review of Geography Core undergraduate programs with possible
recommendations to the Curriculum Committee;
h.
to select one or more
faculty members to serve as advisor to Gamma Theta Upsilon, the student honor
society for Geography;
i.
to execute the
Geography Core’s undergraduate program assessment strategy.
8. Planning Program Committee.
The
Planning Program Committee is a composed of all full-time faculty members with
greater than half time appointments in the Planning Program, including the
Planning Program Director. The Planning
Program Director will serve as the chair of the Planning Program
Committee. The purpose of this committee
is to give the Planning Program a significant degree of autonomy in issues
related to undergraduate education as well as program development and
administration. There are no term limits
on the Planning Program Committee.
Major
duties of the Planning Program Committee will be:
a.
to maintain and promote a nationally
recognized Planning Program;
b.
to maintain
current Planning Program Policy Document;
c.
to develop and
propose changes to the Planning Program curriculum;
d.
to prepare a
Planning Program dossier and satisfy the requirements for degree accreditation
through the Planning Accreditation Board;
e.
to execute the
Planning Program’s undergraduate assessment strategy;
f.
to provide the
necessary academic services to Planning Program majors and minors;
g.
to advise the
Department Chair regarding Planning Program class scheduling for each
semester;
h.
to maintain a
visible presence in the University and in eastern
i.
to maintain a
strategic plan for the Planning Program;
j.
to establish
subcommittees as necessary.
B. Task-Related (Ad
Hoc) Committees
In
addition to the eight standing committees, there are task-related (ad hoc) committees and functions. Task-related committees can be created or
eliminated by a simple majority vote at any full faculty meeting of the
Department of Geography. Specific
task-related committees, their composition, purpose, and policies are part of
the Department’s Procedures and Policies
Manual.
Section IV. Faculty Personnel Actions
All decisions involving personnel must be by secret ballot and all decisions concerning that vote must be stated immediately thereafter to attendees of the meeting in which the vote took place. Additionally, all decisions involving personnel must be communicated formally in the manner prescribed by Appendix D of the ECU Faculty Manual. On all personnel matters, changes to the ECU Faculty Manual automatically result in changes to this Code without the need for further amendment.
A. Appointments
The selection and appointment
of new faculty will be in accord with University procedures and criteria
established in the ECU Faculty Manual,
Appendices C and D.
The Personnel Committee, in
consultation with the Department Chair, shall designate an ad hoc recruiting committee of permanently tenured,
probationary-term, or fixed-term faculty for each open position. The recruiting committee shall solicit and
receive applications, examine application materials, and conduct candidate
interviews. Each member of the Personnel
Committee should examine the dossier of each applicant interviewed and must
hear (in formal meeting) the evaluation of each candidate by the recruiting
committee. At a duly called special
meeting of the voting faculty of the Department of Geography, the Personnel
Committee shall present its recommendation with respect to the acceptability of
each interviewed candidate, a rank order of preference, and any binding
conditionality in the event that the first and/or second candidate were to
decline the Department’s offer for the open position. First, the voting faculty of the department
shall vote by secret ballot upon the acceptability of each nominated
candidate. Second, the voting faculty
shall indicate by secret ballot the ranking of the acceptable candidates. Third, the voting faculty shall vote by
secret ballot upon any conditionality recommended by the recruiting
committee. The results of this faculty
vote are advisory to the Personnel Committee.
Finally, the Personnel Committee will consider the previously mentioned
information sources (application materials, recruiting committee evaluations,
and faculty vote/discussion) in making its recommendation to the
B. Teaching Assignments and Reassigned Time
Faculty shall be notified of
their teaching assignments for each semester in accord with university
procedures established in the ECU Faculty
Manual, Appendix C.
The Department’s “Work Load
Policy” provides additional guidance and is located in the Department of
Geography’s Procedures and Policies
Manual.
C. Faculty Evaluation
Each faculty member will
receive an annual evaluation from the Department Chair in accordance with
University guidelines established in the ECU
Faculty Manual, Appendix C.
All full-time continuing
faculty members shall annually document their accomplishments in teaching
effectiveness, research, and service for the academic year. Because spring semester student opinion survey
results are not known when the annual evaluation is conducted, the previous
year’s spring semester results will be used (as provided by Appendix C of the ECU Faculty Manual).
These documents will be
considered by the Department Chair using the University’s qualitative
descriptions and 0.5 increments on a 0.0 to 5.0 point scale. The Department Chair is assisted in this
process by the elected Advisory Committee (see Section III, A of this Unit Code). In addition, the Planning Program Director
will provide assistance in evaluation of the Planning Program’s faculty.
The Department Chair will
negotiate the specific weights given to teaching effectiveness, research, and
service with individual faculty members. These weights should reflect
departmental need balanced with individual faculty member preference. In general, the weights shall range between
25-50 percent for teaching effectiveness, 25-50 percent for research
productivity, 20-25 percent for service.
The general norm within the Department is a weighting of 40/40/20. However, the weighting factors may be
adjusted to accommodate special circumstances such as research leave, institutional related
work/teaching-leave, College Research Award, instructional fixed term
positions, or buyout of a course or courses.
The annual evaluation must be:
1. in writing; 2. discussed with the faculty member prior to forwarding to the
Dean of the Harriot College of Arts and Sciences; 3.
signed and dated.
D. Merit Salary Allocation
The annual salary increments shall
be reported to faculty in accord with the prescription established in the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix C.
The responsibility for assigning evaluation scores and
recommending (to the administration) what portion of the departmental merit
pool to award faculty members, including awards to newly promoted faculty
members, belongs to the Department Chair with the advice of the elected
Advisory Committee. Additionally, the
basis for allocating the merit pool will be defined in terms of absolute
dollars and not percentage raises.
Finally, the faculty evaluations (and their respective quantitative
scores) will be used to construct an ordinal scale of reward (merit salary
increase) to be drawn from a single Department of Geography raise pool. The elected Advisory Committee will meet with
the Chair to review the allocation prior to forwarding the recommendation to
the Dean of the
E. Evaluation of Faculty Eligible for Reappointment, Permanent
Tenure and Promotion
The procedures for reappointment of probationary-term
faculty, granting of permanent tenure and promotion are as follows, which are
in addition to those prescribed in the ECU
Faculty Manual Parts XII, XIII and Appendix D.
The evaluation process for reappointment, permanent tenure
and promotion is subject to the schedule established in the ECU Faculty Manual, Part XIII. In the case of reappointment, the initiation
of the process is automatic. In the case
of candidates for permanent tenure and/or promotion, the candidate is responsible
for initiating the process through a letter addressed to the Chair of the
Personnel Committee. If the Chair of the
Personnel Committee wishes to initiate their own promotion, then the letter
should go to a higher ranking member of the Personnel Committee and copied to
the Department Chair.
Faculty who are being considered for reappointment,
permanent tenure and promotion are responsible for preparing their Personnel
Action Dossier (PAD), following the prescriptions of the ECU Faculty Manual, Part XII.
The PAD is to be submitted to the Chair of the
Personnel Committee by the deadlines established in Part XIII of the ECU Faculty Manual. The Chair of the Personnel Committee, with
the agreement of the candidate, may modify those deadlines to the benefit of
the candidate. In no circumstances may
the PAD be submitted less than a week prior to the scheduled meeting of the
appropriate evaluating committee.
Candidates
for promotion and/or permanent tenure must be reviewed externally. External
peer review means a review of a candidate’s research and creative activity by
persons who are not faculty or employees of
F. Progress
toward Permanent Tenure
Each spring semester, the Department Chair, in
consultation with the Permanent Tenure Committee, will write a
progress-toward-permanent-tenure letter to each probationary-term faculty
member as prescribed in Appendix D of the ECU
Faculty Manual. For Planning Program
Faculty, the Chair will also consult with the Planning Program Director prior
to signing the progress-toward-permanent-tenure letter. This letter will review the activities of the
candidate during the academic year in the areas of teaching, research and
service, and will provide the candidate with a qualitative assessment of
his/her progress toward permanent tenure.
In accordance with the procedures specified in
Appendix D of the ECU Faculty Manual,
this letter will be placed in the Personnel Action Dossier of each
probationary-term faculty member.
G.
Reappointment of Probationary-Term Faculty
The Permanent Tenure Committee conducts the evaluation
of candidates eligible for reappointment as prescribed by the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D. The Permanent Tenure Committee shall review
the Personnel Action Dossier (PAD) of each probationary-term faculty
member. During the second year of continuous service at
The Department Chair and/or the Planning Program
Director, upon invitation from the Permanent Tenure Committee, may be present
at the Committee deliberations to serve as a resource person. When there are no
further questions, the administrator is excused and the Committee deliberates
further and then votes. The Committee
shall recommend reappointment only if the dossier demonstrates a reasonable
probability that the record will eventually sustain a recommendation for
permanent tenure and promotion using the criteria of the Harriot
College of Arts and Sciences in the policy entitled, “Criteria for Permanent
Tenure and Promotion” (Appendix A of this Code)
and the ECU Faculty Manual,
Appendices C and Appendix D.
H. Granting of
Permanent Tenure to Faculty
Recommendations to the administration regarding permanent tenure originate with the Permanent Tenure Committee of the Department of Geography as prescribed by Appendix D and the timeline specified in Part XIII of the ECU Faculty Manual. A positive recommendation is issued when a majority of the members of the Permanent Tenure Committee vote in the affirmative.
The
Permanent Tenure Committee, in preparing a recommendation for or against
conferral of permanent tenure, shall apply criteria outlined in the ECU Faculty
Manual, Appendix
D. In addition to these, candidates for
permanent tenure and promotion shall be evaluated by criteria contained in the Harriot College of Arts and Sciences’ policy entitled,
“Criteria for Permanent Tenure and Promotion” (Appendix A of this Code).
The
Chair of the Personnel Committee shall convey by letter to the Department Chair:
1) a cumulative evaluation in narrative form of the candidate’s teaching,
research, service, and any other relevant duties, and 2) the recommendation of
the Permanent Tenure Committee concerning conferral of permanent tenure. The Department Chair provides their own
cumulative evaluation and recommendation of the candidate. The cumulative evaluations and
recommendations of both the Permanent Tenure Committee and Department Chair are
forwarded by the Department Chair to the Dean of the Harriot
College of Arts and Sciences.
Other
procedures governing the disposition of departmental recommendations of
permanent tenure are provided in Appendix D of the ECU Faculty Manual.
I.
Recommendations for Promotion
It is the responsibility of the faculty member to
inform the Chair of the Personnel Committee that they would like to be
considered for promotion. Candidates for
promotion to associate professor would normally submit this request to the
Personnel Committee Chair at the same time as the request to be considered for
permanent tenure as prescribed in Appendix D and Part XIII of the ECU Faculty Manual.
After
receipt of the Personnel Action Dossier, the Promotion Committee will review
the candidate’s qualifications for promotion.
Each candidate will be evaluated based on criteria outlined in the ECU Faculty
Manual Appendices C and D. In
addition to these, candidates for promotion shall be evaluated by criteria
contained in the Harriot College of Arts and
Sciences’ policy entitled, “Criteria for Permanent Tenure and Promotion”
(Appendix A of this Code). In the case of promotion to professor, the
Committee also shall be guided by criteria elaborated in “Criteria For
Promotion To Professor” (Appendix B of this Code).
The Chair of the Personnel Committee shall convey by
letter to the Department Chair the recommendation of the Promotion
Committee. The Department Chair provides
their own evaluation and recommendation of the candidate. The recommendations of both the Promotion
Committee and the Department Chair concerning a promotion request shall be
forwarded by the Chair to the Dean of the Harriot
College of Arts and Sciences.
Other
procedures governing the disposition of departmental recommendations of
promotion are provided in Appendix D of the ECU
Faculty Manual.
J.
Reappointment of Fixed-term Faculty
In accord with Appendix D of the ECU Faculty Manual, no obligation exists on the part of
Section V. Meetings
Department
of Geography meetings shall be held not fewer than three times per semester on
different days. Additional general
meetings may be called by the Department Chair or by petition of one third of
the faculty. A quorum for general
meetings is a majority of the voting faculty.
In
the case of any Personnel, Permanent Tenure, Promotion or Advisory Committee
meeting, a quorum is defined as three quarters of the membership for the
committee that has twenty or fewer members; and a quorum is defined as a
majority, defined as 50% plus one, of the membership for a committee that has
more than twenty members. For all other standing committees, a quorum is
50% plus one of the membership.
All
standing committees of the Department will meet at least once each
semester. All Department of Geography
meetings are governed by Roberts Rules of
Order, Newly Revised unless otherwise specified. In all cases, the Department of Geography
expects an environment of trust and respect within which to conduct its
official business.
Section VI. Evaluation of Unit,
Unit Administrator, and University Administrators
A. Faculty shall be given a minimum of five working days to evaluate
those externally mandated documents which require a vote, such as major
planning documents and assessments of unit operations. Additionally, faculty will be given
opportunity to discuss the Department’s annual budget(s) and the effectiveness
of departmental expenditures.
B. Program and Code Evaluation
These procedures shall conform
to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix
L.
C. Unit Administrator Evaluation
The appointment of the Chair of
the Department of Geography shall conform to the Board of Trustees policy for
appointment and review of administrators.
The Department Chair shall be
evaluated in accordance with established University policies.
D. University
Administrator Evaluation
University administrators shall be evaluated in accordance with established
University policies.
Section VII. Other Policies and Documents
Policies
and Procedures not explicitly covered within this Department of Geography Code of Operations are located in the
Department of Geography’s Procedures and
Policies Manual, or in the Planning Program’s Policy Document. These include but are not limited to: the
Department’s Summer Teaching Policy, Travel Allocation Policy, Work Load Policy, Advisory Committee
Policy, and task-related (Ad Hoc) Committees.
In the event of a material discrepancy between the two policy documents,
the departmental document takes precedence.
Policy changes to the Department’s Procedures
and Policies Manual are recommended
by the Advisory Committee and must be approved by a simple majority of the
Department of Geography’s voting faculty at a general faculty meeting. Any member of the faculty may submit to the
Advisory Committee a proposed change to the Department’s Procedures and Policies Manual.
Such proposals must be in writing.
Proposals for an ad hoc
committee that does not influence policy may be made directly by any faculty
member present at a general faculty meeting.
Reasonable prior notice of the proposal must be given.
Key personnel documents are appended to this Code of Operations. They are:
Section VIII. Enabling
This Code of Operations shall go into effect
upon the approval by a two-thirds majority of the permanently tenured faculty
members of the Department of Geography by secret ballot, with subsequent review
by the Dean of the Harriot College of Arts and
Sciences, and approvals by the Faculty Senate and the Chancellor of East
Carolina University.
Section IX.
Procedures for Salary Increases
The
elected Advisory Committee (see Section III.A.4 of this Code of Operations) is charged with recommending faculty
evaluations and salary allocations, including merit and equity
adjustments. At least two annual
meetings of this Committee take place with the Department Chair. One meeting arrives at consensus evaluation
of individual faculty performance.
Another meeting occurs after salary pool information has been
distributed. After consultation with the
elected Advisory Committee, recommendations for merit and equity salary
adjustments are forwarded from the Department Chair to the Dean of the
Section X. Amendment of Unit Code
of Operations
Any
faculty member may initiate a proposed amendment to the Code. Proposed amendments
must be presented, in writing, to the department faculty at least seven days
prior to a regularly scheduled meeting for inclusion as an agenda item. Amendments to the Code must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the permanently
tenured faculty of the department.
Amendments to the Code also
require the approval of the Unit Code Screening Committee of the Faculty
Senate, the Faculty Senate and the Chancellor of East Carolina University.
On
all personnel matters, changes to the ECU
Faculty Manual automatically result in changes to this Code without the need for further amendment.
APPENDIX A
(adopted by the
I. TEACHING/ADVISING
Teaching/Advising—(1) the articulation of the salient aspects of a discipline in a rigorous but accessible manner, whether in or out of the traditional classroom setting; (2) academic advising within the discipline and General College, where unit operating procedures provide such opportunity; and (3) other contributions towards the University’s fundamental mission of transmitting knowledge, including participation in curriculum development
Documentation of teaching and advising contributions requires the faculty member’s willingness to participate in unit-approved means of assessment. Expectations regarding these contributions increase as the faculty member’s career progresses.
A. Criteria for Permanent Tenure:
1. Satisfactory overall results from student and peer evaluations.
2. Other documentation of teaching effectiveness using instruments and procedures approved by the unit.
3. Lucid, carefully written course objectives, requirements, formats, procedures, instructional materials, grading policies, and evaluation materials for students.
4. Active role in unit discussions regarding curriculum and program development.
5. Active role in the achievement of overall program goals of the unit.
6. Maintenance of a level of student performance consistent with unit standards.
7. Active role in advising students regarding course and laboratory work, independent research, program choices, and career planning.
8. Achievement and maintenance of the level of teaching and advising effectiveness specified by the unit.
B. Criteria for promotion to Associate Professor:
C. Criteria for promotion to Professor:
The teaching criteria for promotion to Professor include those for promotion to Associate Professor See I. A., above. Additional criteria include, but are not limited to, the
following:
1. Leadership achievements in curriculum and program development.
2. Leadership achievements in the enhancement of teaching effectiveness.
3. Leadership achievements in the enhancement of advising effectiveness.
4. Advisory role with probationary-term faculty regarding teaching and advising effectiveness.
II.
RESEARCH/CREATIVE PRODUCTIVITY
Research— (1) serious inquiry,
examination, or experimentation aimed at the discovery and interpretation of knowledge,
revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new knowledge, or
practical application of such new or revised theories or laws; and (2) the
dissemination of such discovery, interpretation, or revision through refereed
scholarly publications; or the combination of refereed scholarly publications
and publication of monographs by reputable scholarly presses. Applies to
most academic disciplines, such as those with learned journals.
Creative Activity— the act of bringing
into existence ex nihilo, as in composing a poem or play, scoring an
opera, or sculpting a statue; or the act of giving a rendition of an art work,
such as directing or acting in a play or performing a musical composition. Applies
only to select inventive or performing disciplines.
The candidate must have consistent achievements of high quality in research/creative productivity before permanent tenure and promotions can be awarded.
A. Criteria for Permanent Tenure:
Research Faculty. The candidate’s publications must reveal a significant and
developing research agenda in the area of specialization. The publications must be of promise, high quality in content and style, and reveal consistent research efforts. They should take the form of articles published in the discipline’s refereed journals; or the combination of refereed scholarly publications and publication of monographs by reputable scholarly presses, university presses, scholarly societies, or other presses held in high regard by the scholarly community. Textbooks shall count as research only if they have a significant impact on one s peers within the discipline. In those disciplines where single-authored articles and books are the norm, whether a publication is single- or multiple-authored shall be an evaluative consideration. Evaluation of the quality and quantity of the candidate’s corpus by specialists at other institutions shall be used in the evaluation.
Secondary considerations shall include, where appropriate, such activities as securing grants from agencies in support of the candidate’s research program and publishing
papers in conference proceedings. Papers read at professional meetings, while often important, shall usually warrant less consideration.
Creative Activity Faculty. The candidate’s creative or performance record must reveal a significant and developing achievement in the area of specialization. The achievement must be of high quality and reveal consistent efforts. Only those achievements shall count that have gained widespread recognition among one’s professional peers. Evaluation of the quality and quantity of the candidate’s corpus by specialists at other institutions shall be used in the evaluation.
B. Criteria for promotion to Associate Professor
The research/creative activity criteria for promotion to Associate Professor are the same as those for permanent tenure: See II. A., above.
C. Criteria for promotion to Professor:
Research Faculty. The research/publications criteria for promotion to Professor include those for permanent tenure: See II. A., above. In addition:
The candidate must have earned national recognition in the discipline or specialization, principally through a number of articles published in the discipline’s refereed journals; or the combination of refereed scholarly publications and publication of monographs by reputable scholarly presses, university presses, scholarly societies, or other presses held in high regard by the scholarly community. In addition to the prima facie evidence of the publications themselves, evidence of such recognition may include references to the candidate’s work in the research publications of peers, favorable reviews published in learned periodicals, or creditable awards bestowed in honor of the candidate’s work. Evaluation of the quality and quantity of the candidate’s corpus by specialists at other institutions shall be used in the evaluation.
A candidate whose national recognition as an important scholar in the discipline or specialization is not clearly established through publications shall not be promoted to Professor.
Creative Activity Faculty. The creative activity criteria for promotion to Professor include those for permanent tenure: See II. A., above. In addition:
The candidate must
have earned national recognition primarily through achievement in the
discipline or the area of specialization. The candidate’s work must reveal high
achievement in professional arenas external to
A candidate whose national recognition as an important artist or performer is not clearly established shall not be promoted to Professor.
III. PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE
Service—formal and informal assignments or activities on behalf of the department, College, University, the community at large, and the profession. The highest level of professional service is that which enhances the academic credibility of the University.
Expectations regarding service contributions increase as a faculty member’s career progresses. The minimum required for permanent tenure and promotion therefore depends upon rank.
A. Criteria for Permanent Tenure:
Although service is accorded the least weight in the tenure evaluation, it is nevertheless an essential component of the candidate’s professional commitment. An especially strong service record cannot compensate for a record of weak teaching or weak research/creative activity, but a reasonable record of departmental and university service is expected of any faculty member under consideration for tenure. The quality rather than the quantity of service is of primary importance.
It is expected that most of the faculty member’s early service contributions will be internal. During subsequent years, the faculty member should strive to make service contributions to the college and University as a whole and eventually to the community at large and to the profession. Examples of such contributions may include, but would not be limited to, the following;
1. Unit— Department committee participation as specified by unit codes, administrative duties, and special assignments from the Department Chair
2. College— Participation in college-level committees and assignments.
3. University— Participation in University-level committees and assignments.
4. Community— Participation in regional, national, or international community activities directly related to the faculty member’s profession, such as lectures and presentations, news media interviews, and professional advice to nonprofit agencies.
5. Discipline— Participation in service functions of professional organizations, especially as an officer; writing or editing books or resource manuals that are essentially compilations of previously available materials (whereas books or resource manuals that advance or make a significant contribution to the discipline and that contain a significant amount of original research material shall count as research).
B. Criteria for promotion to Associate Professor
The criteria for promotion to Associate Professor include those for permanent tenure:
See
C. Criteria for promotion to Professor:
The criteria for promotion to Professor are the same as those for permanent tenure: See III. A., above. In addition, the candidate must show evidence of leadership in the various service areas described in III.A., items 1. through 5., above.
APPENDIX B
CRITERIA FOR PROMOTION TO PROFESSOR
Department of Geography
Full Professors play a
critical role in determining the intellectual quality of the University. The
rank is reserved for those who have exhibited continuous intellectual
development and professional leadership in the areas of research, teaching, and
service. Associate Professors seeking promotion to the rank of full professor
should demonstrate outstanding scholarly productivity, highly effective
teaching and advising, and a willingness and ability to contribute to the
Department, University, and their discipline in significant ways.
Scholarly Activity:
A substantial record of high
quality, nationally and/or internationally recognized scholarly activity in the
candidate’s discipline or specialization is expected at the time of the
promotion decision. High quality research is defined as major integrative work
with far-reaching implications or broad impact on the literature in the
candidate’s area of specialization.
A national and/or
international scholarly reputation may be demonstrated in a number of ways,
including number of refereed articles in leading journals, books and/or book
chapters in titles published by highly regarded presses, contributions to
edited volumes, publication of major review articles, and invited commentaries
and/or scholarly presentations. Additional evidence of research quality may be
derived from successful grantsmanship, frequent
citation of research publications, favorable reviews published in respected
periodicals, journal editorship, and
special honors or awards. Recognition and/or use of research by government,
non-government/non-profit organizations, the mass media, or popular press may
constitute evidence of significant impact in applied research.
National/International
recognition is further evidenced by external letters of support from leading
scholars in the discipline or area of specialization (generally defined as full
professors at research institutions).
Teaching and Advising Effectiveness and Leadership:
Effective teaching and
advising involves the articulation of the salient aspects of the discipline in
a rigorous but accessible manner, either in or out of the traditional classroom
setting; an ability to stimulate student interest in the discipline; and an
ability to mentor the professional development of undergraduate majors and
graduate students. In addition to demonstrating an ability to effectively teach
and advise students, Full Professors are also expected to exhibit leadership in
curriculum and program development; in the enhancement of teaching and advising
effectiveness; and in mentoring probationary-term faculty in the area of
teaching and advising effectiveness.
Evidence of effective
teaching and advising may include student and peer evaluations; development
of instructional materials such as textbooks, manuals, and lab exercises;
sponsoring and/or collaborating on student research and creative activities;
development of new courses and innovative teaching methods; success in chairing
thesis, dissertation, and internship committees; publications related to
teaching issues; and/or organizing professional development events such as
workshops and panel discussions dedicated to issues in teaching and advising.
Professional Service and Community Outreach:
Associate Professors seeking
promotion are expected to have contributed consistently and significantly to
the operation of both the Department and the University in a leadership
capacity. This includes chairing Department, College, and/or University
committees; contributing in other significant ways to the administration of
College/University programs and divisions;
and mentoring the professional development of probationary faculty.
In addition, candidates for promotion
are expected to show evidence of external service activities, such as: election
as an officer of a professional organization; appointment to journal
editorships; review of journal/book manuscripts and grant proposals;
organization of professional development seminars, workshops, panel discussions
at professional meetings; community outreach activities related to the
profession or that further the objectives of the Department, College,
University; news media interviews; and professional advice to nonprofit
agencies.
Timing and Feedback:
Although there is no set
schedule for initiating a request to be considered for promotion to Full
Professor, Associate Professors seeking promotion should follow Part XIII of
the ECU Faculty Manual. Associate Professors seeking promotion to
Full Professor should seek advice from the Department Chair and Full Professors
in the Department of Geography as to their readiness to request promotion. Furthermore, it shall be the responsibility
and obligation of the Full Professors and Department Chair to provide regular
feedback and information to Associate Professors about their progress toward
promotion.