Merit-Based Range Adjustment

Merit-Based Criteria for Range Changes

An applicant for a merit-based range adjustment in rank, must meet one of the following criteria:

1. The faculty member who has not yet achieved the rank of Full Professor must have demonstrated extraordinary accomplishments applicable to one or more of the criteria set forth in Appendix II of the Local Selected Procedures Agreement relatively early in her/his time in the current rank and before achieving the full range of experience and accomplishment normally associated with promotion to the next higher rank.
2. Full-time faculty at the rank of assistant or associate professor who have not met the full range of the required criteria for promotion, must have made significant contributions to the University over a long period of time in their current rank that are consistently and demonstrably beyond meeting one's normal professional obligations and that have positive impact on issues of importance to the University community.
3. The faculty member who has achieved the rank of Full Professor must have demonstrated Extraordinary accomplishments applicable to one of more of the criteria set forth in Appendix II of the Local Selected Procedures Agreement during the period following promotion to Professor or a range adjustment within the rank of Professor.