User:Jsteffen1966

Avoid working here, if you can. This is a 4 year undergraduate teaching university, and the requirements for tenure are extremely high: Faculty teach 12 contact hours per semester, and are expected to have a) excellent teaching evaluations from students (no easy feat when there are no entrance requirements for students) as well as faculty peer-reviews, b) 6 peer-reviewed publications in 6 years, and c) a very good record of service to the university. At the six year mark I exceeded these expectations by achieving excellent student and peer teaching evaluations, 7 publications in 6 years, and a very good service record. I submitted my dossier for tenure last winter with confidence. The tenure review process went forward and the School of Science committee voted unanimously to grant me tenure (5/5 members). The School of Science Director over-ruled the School of Science committee's decision, however and recommended tenure denial. For a candidate to be legally denied tenure however, 2 levels of tenure evaluation must vote for denial, so the Director sent my dossier to the College committee, but they voted 6 to 3 to grant me tenure. Since majority rules, this committee also recommended tenure. The School of Science Director then went to the Chancellor, who backed the Director's decision, and was able to get the required two levels to deny me tenure. What's more is that approximately half of the candidates who apply for tenure here are denied. The expectations here are too high for the quality of student admitted here, and the tenure process is unfair.