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- General:
- In unusual circumstances, when it is in the best
interests of the department/program and the College,
a department/program may request the tenure decision
regarding an Assistant or Associate Professor be
made prior to completion of the normal probationary
period. In such cases the candidate must have unusually
strong credentials in both teaching and scholarship.
In cases of early consideration for tenure, the
Committee on Tenure and Promotion retains the right
to defer the decision if the evidence is not sufficient.
In all cases a tenure decision must be made by
the spring of the last year of an individual's
probationary period.
- In special circumstances,
when it is in the best interests
of a department and of the
College as a whole, new appointments
to the rank of Associate
Professor with tenure may,
at the request of the department,
be recommended to the Committee
on Tenure and Promotion.
These recommendations must
have the support of a majority
of all of the voting members
of the department concerned.
- In
special circumstances,
when it is
in the best
interests of
a department
and of the
College as
a whole, new
appointments
to the rank
of Professor
with tenure
may, at the
request of
the department,
be recommended
to the Committee
on Tenure and
Promotion.
These recommendations
must have the
support of
a majority
of all voting
members of
the department.
For persons
recommended
for appointment
to the rank
of Professor
without tenure,
a decision
by the Committee
on Tenure and
Promotion with
respect to
tenure may
be made in
the first year
of service
and must be
made not later
than the spring
of the third
year.
- A candidate
for
initial
appointment
to
the
temporary
instructional
staff
of
Smith
College
at
the
rank
of
assistant
professor
with
at
least
two
years
of
full-time
teaching
at
or
above
the
rank
of
Instructor
(at
Smith
College
or
another
academic
institution)
may
request
that
one
or
two
years
of
prior
teaching
be
counted
in
the
probationary
period
leading
towards
tenure
at
Smith
College.
The
time
to
be
counted
toward
tenure
at
Smith
College
will
be
determined
at
the
time
of
the
initial
appointment
to
the
temporary
instructional
staff
by
the
Dean
of
the
Faculty
in
consultation
with
the
department
and
the
Committee
on
Tenure
and
Promotion.
- A
candidate
for
initial
appointment
to
the
temporary
instructional
staff
of
Smith
College
at
the
rank
of
associate
professor
with
at
least
three
years
of
full-time
teaching
at
the
rank
of
assistant
professor
or
above
(at
Smith
College
or
another
academic
institution)
may
request
that
up
to
three
years
of
prior
teaching
be
counted
in
the
probationary
period
leading
towards
tenure
at
Smith
College.
The
time
to
be
counted
toward
tenure
at
Smith
College
will
be
determined
at
the
time
of
the
initial
appointment
to
the
temporary
instructional
staff
by
the
Dean
of
the
Faculty
in
consultation
with
the
department
and
the
Committee
on
Tenure
and
Promotion.
- If a
member
of
the
immediate
family
of
a
person
on
the
Faculty
is
a
candidate
for
tenure,
that
person
shall
absent
herself
or
himself
from
all
discussions
of
the
relative's
case
and
shall
have
no
vote
in
the
matter.
- In
any
case
involving
tenure
it
shall
be
left
to
the
discretion
of
the
President
if
and
when
a
joint
meeting
of
the
Committee
on
Tenure
and
Promotion
and
the
Executive
Committee
of
the
Board
of
Trustees
is
in
order.
- With
respect
to
any
decisions
in
which
the
Chair
of
the
department
is
ineligible
to
participate
by
virtue
of
his
or
her
rank
or
tenure
status,
the
senior
member
of
the
department
eligible
to
vote
in
the
matter
shall
carry
out
the
responsibilities
assigned
herein
to
the
Chair.
- If
a
member
of
the
Faculty
is
recommended
simultaneously
for
tenure
and
promotion
by
an
identical
divided
vote,
and
if
the
grounds
for
the
recommendations
are
substantially
the
same,
subsequent
procedure
shall
be
governed
by
the
rules
laid
out
in
Section
IV.
- Procedures
for
making
a
tenure
recommendation
for
a
person
who
is
not
a
member
of
any
department
or
who
is
a
member
of
a
department
in
which
there
are
fewer
than
three
members
eligible
to
vote
and
voting
should
be
modeled
as
closely
as
possible
upon
regular
procedures,
by
common
agreement
of
the
Dean
of
the
Faculty
and
the
Faculty
member
and
with
the
approval
of
the
Committee
on
Tenure
and
Promotion.
These
procedures
shall
apply
to
a "member
of
a
department
in
which
there
are
fewer
than
three
members
eligible
to
vote
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