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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY – FACULTY APPOINTMENT, REAPPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, TENURE
     
  X. Academic Area Advisory Committees
       
    A. Origin of Academic Area Advisory Committees as Standing Committees of the University Senate
           
        1. Senate Council Chair 01-07-70 Advises President on Proposed Senate Rule re charge to Academic Area Advisory Committees
        2. President Oswald’s Oct. 15, 1963 meeting with Faculty Council – he proposes a new review system for promotion and tenure that would involve four new “Area Committees”, membership to be nominated or appointed by the Council
        3.

President Oswald’s Oct. 24, 1964 communication to Faculty Council – “these committees would be the Council’s committees.”
        4. President Oswald’s June 27, 1966 memo to all faculty – “President as chairman of this body [Senate] may cause to be nominated, after consultation with the Senate Council, faculty members to ... Area Advisory Committees.”
        5. President Oswald’s June 27, 1966 list to all faculty of “Membership of Area Advisory Committees of the University Senate”
        6. President Singletary’s 1972-1973 memo to all faculty – showing a listing under  “Committees of the Senate”  of each of the “Academic Area Advisory Committees”
       
    B. Origin of Senate Advisory Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure as Senate Committee of Area Committee Chairs
           
        1. SC 07-02-69 approves charge to newly created Senate Advisory Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure
        2. Senate Council Chair 01-07-70 Advises President on Proposed Senate Rule re charge to Senate Advisory Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure
        3. President Singletary’s 1972-1973 memo to all faculty – showing a listing under  “Committees of the Senate”  of each of the “Academic Area Advisory Committees”
        4. President Singletary’s 1972-1973 memo to all faculty – showing a listing under  “Committees of the Senate”  of each of the “Appointment, Promotion and Tenure” membership as “Chairmen of Academic Area Advisory Committees”
        5. President Singletary’s Jan 27, 1971 memo to members of “University Senate Advisory Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure” on its first charge: to draft the first Administrative Reg. on faculty appt, promotion & tenure
        6. Univ. Senate Adv. Comm. on Appt., Promotion and Tenure Mar. 31, 1971 work product – became issued one year later as the first AR II-1.0-1, that we have today, on the faculty appointment, promotion and tenure procedures
        7. President Singletary’s Mar. 1972 memo to all faculty – announcing and supplying copy of newly issued first version of AR II-1.0-1, that we have today, on the faculty appointment, promotion and tenure procedures
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Annual Report of SACAPT 1973
       
    C. Additional Documents Relating to History of Academic Area Advisory Committees
           
        1. President Oswald’s 10/28/63 memo establishing  Presidential-level faculty “Review committee” to advise faculty “Area Personnel Committees” on appt or promotion/tenure cases [modeling the Univ. California structure]
        2. President Oswald’s 12/18/63 memo establishing Academic Area Personnel Committees to advise President on appt or promotion to asst prof or above
        3. Exec. Pres. Albright’s 02/13/65 memo proposing that if Acad. Area Pers. Comm. decision to deny tenure is not unanimous – then it obtain ad hoc comm. recomm.
        4. Presidents Oswald’s 04/06/66 memo establishing new Academic Area Personnel Committee for Community College System
        5. VP Willard’s 11/20/69 request that President rename “Area Committee for Clinical Sciences for Medicine and Dentistry” to “Medical Center Clinical Sciences and Special Title Series Area Committee”
        6. Senate Council 07/16/66 memo reviewing functioning of the five Academic Area Personnel Committees
        7. President Singletary’s 01/14/70 memo establishing new Academic Area Advisory Committee for Clinical Title Series and Special Title Series
        8. President Singletary’s 03/09/70 memo announcing to faculty establishment of Area Committee for Clinical and Special Title Series
        9. Vice President Cochran’s 06/71/71 memo confirming that Area Committee’s take into account the D.O.E. in developing recommendations
        10. President Singletary’s 08/28/80 memo articulating role and function of Academic Area Advisory Committee with respect to College Dean]
        11. Chancellor’s 08/27/91 memo to Deans on issues raised by Area Committee Annual Reports
        12. Area Committee Chairs’ 01/28/98 summary of meeting with Chancellor Zinser [re: Deans must write reasons for denials]
        13. President Wethington’s 05/07/01 memo approving Medical Center use of Extension Title Series and Extension Area Committee
        14. Med Chancellor Holsinger’s 1998 memo to Clinical and Special Title Area Committee on handling and evaluation of dossiers
        15. Clinical Area Committee’s 09/08/98 memo to Deans/Chairs advising on unit preparation of Special Title Series descriptions
        16. Med Chancellor’s 1998 memo on meeting procedures for Clinical and Special Title Area Committee
       
    D. Provost & Area Committees Joint Meetings
           
        1. 08/06/03 Meeting Summary
       
    E. Annual Policy Memo to Area Committees
           
        1. Provost's July 17, 2003 memo to Area Committees "Review of Dossiers"
        2. Provost's 2004 memo to Area Committees "Review of Dossiers"
        3. Provost's August 26, 2005 memo to Area Committees "Review of Dossiers"
       
    F.

Annual Reports of Academic Area Advisory Committees
           
        1. Biological Sciences
        2. Humanities and Arts
        3. Extension
        4. Social Sciences and Humanities
        5. Physics and Engineering
        6. Medical Center Clinical Series Academic Area Advisory Committee Annual Report 1981
                     
                     

 

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