Promotion and Tenure Review Committee (PTRC) Membership

Arts & Sciences Council

Revised: November 22, 2024

  • Size, Divisional Representation, and Terms
    • Nine members, elected by all full-time faculty.
    • Three members at the rank of Professor, three at the rank of Associate Professor, and three at the rank of QRF-Associate Professor or QRF-Professor, with one from each rank cohort representing each Arts & Sciences domain (i.e., Arts & Humanities, Mathematics & Natural Sciences, Social Sciences)
    • These members will serve two-year terms.
  • The chair of the PTRC is elected on an annual basis. All ranks are eligible to serve as chair. PTRC as a whole annually elects the chair from among those who have served at least one year in the committee.

  • The Office of the Dean will identify BUFMs eligible for election and send an open call for nominations, including self-nominations. Eligible BUFMs will self-select and confirm that they are willing to serve the full two-year term on PTRC and that they will not be submitting a dossier for review during the two-year term that they serve on PTRC. All full-time faculty in the college are eligible to vote on all nominees. The following restrictions to candidate eligibility apply:
    • PTRC members must be Bargaining Unit Faculty Members.
    • No probationary faculty, QRF Assistant Professors, or Faculty Administrators (FADs) are eligible to stand for election as a representative to the PTRC. Faculty members whose primary unit of appointment is outside the College of Arts and Sciences are also ineligible for PTRC membership.
    • Individuals may serve up to two successive terms. 
    • The PTRC may have more than one member from the same academic unit.
  • The election ballot presents the complete slate of nominees for each position clearly indicating the candidate’s rank and unit of appointment. The voter selects one nominee per domain-rank intersection.
    • For each position, the candidate with the highest vote count is elected as member.
    • In case of an unforeseen resignation, a runner up from the same election results will be selected as a replacement for the remainder of the term.
  • To allow for staggered terms, members will be elected as follows:
    • Even Years
      • Professor, Arts & Humanities
      • Professor, Math & Natural Sciences
      • Associate Professor, Social Sciences
      • Associate Teaching Professor/Teaching Professor, Arts & Humanities
      • Associate Teaching Professor/Teaching Professor, Math & Natural Sciences
    • Odd Years
      • Professor, Social Sciences
      • Associate Professor, Arts & Humanities
      • Associate Professor, Math & Natural Sciences
      • Associate Teaching Professor/Teaching Professor, Social Sciences
Current Membership Proposed Membership

9 members (3 from each domain for a 2-year term)

  • 3 Professors (1 from each domain)
  • 3 Associate Professors (1 from each domain)
  • 3 QRF Associate Professors or QRF Professors (1 from each domain)
 No Change
Chair/ Director plays a role in recruiting unit nominees College emails / connects directly with eligible prospective nominees, relieving the Chair/ Director from recruitment
Units cannot have more than one member. Units can have more than one member; the members will be from different ranks.
PTRC member cannot have successive terms. PTRC member may serve maximum of two successive terms.
Absolute majority required for selection of members. The candidate with the highest number of votes is elected.

Updated: 02/20/2025 04:36PM