Reports to Senior Vice President for Academic Administration
Membership
Senior Vice President for Academic Administration (chair), six Level 3 teaching faculty members, at least four of whom must hold rank of full professor, and two members shall be elected each year by the Faculty Senate for staggered, non-renewable, three-year terms (eligible for another term after a one-year hiatus)
Purpose
To examine, on the basis of criteria established by the Faculty Affairs Committee and Approved by the Faculty Senate, the qualifications of faculty who are eligible for higher rank or Level contract status, and in collaboration with the Senior Vice President for Academic Administration, recommend an initial rank placement based on qualifications of prospective faculty members; and to make appropriate confidential recommendations to the president and to the Board of Trustees.