Tenure and/or Promotion to Associate Committee (TPAC)

Group Purpose

All tenure-track faculty in their sixth year of tenure-track service, including any probationary period credits, must be considered for tenure. Faculty with the rank of Assistant Librarian or higher are eligible for tenure. The TPAC Committee is responsible for ascertaining what documentation is necessary, communicating requirements to the candidate, reviewing the tenure and/or promotion file, and advising the Library Chair or Dean, as appropriate, on all tenure and promotion to Associate decisions.

Membership

The TPAC shall consist of three tenured regular faculty members of the Library faculty, plus an alternate, all at the rank of Associate Librarian or higher. The terms of office shall be three years for the elected members of the TPAC, on a rotating basis, and one year for the alternate. The alternate shall be the immediate past member of the TPAC. An Alternate serve when one of the TPAC members must be absent for a specific review. Committee members shall be elected by a secret ballot in the spring of each year with service beginning immediately thereafter. Committee members shall not succeed themselves but may be elected to serve any number of times. A member becomes chair for a year in the second year of service in the Committee.

Current Members