DEPARTMENT
OF HISTORY
RPT Guidelines
REVISED
"Reappointment, Promotion,
and Tenure" (RPT) procedures & standards for tenure-track faculty
members in the UNO Department of History" (Adopted by the
faculty
of the UNO Department of History at their departmental meeting on the
afternoon
of Nov. 17, 2005).
1. All tenure-track faculty members in the UNO Department of History who are being considered for reappointment, promotion, or tenure must complete "the Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Form" (hereinafter "RPT Form") of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and submit that form along with all required supporting documents by the annual deadline established by UNO's Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. In every respect, the "RPT procedures and standards" for tenure-track faculty members in the UNO Department of History conform to the requirements of the current Contract between the UNO Chapter of the AAUP and the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.
2. Every newly appointed tenure-track faculty member of the UNO Department of History will be assigned a mentor from among the tenured faculty members of the Department. Every mentor will periodically meet with the assigned mentoree to provide needed and requested advice and encouragement.
3. Each newly appointed tenure-track faculty member in the Department of History will receive from the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences an initial letter of appointment which will specify the number of years of service required for that faculty member to become eligible for consideration for tenure at UNO. The number of such years will normally not be less than three and never more than six. Newly appointed faculty members who have had several years of full-time teaching experience at other colleges or universities and who have published several scholarly articles or a book may negotiate with the chairperson of the Department of History and with the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences in order to be considered for tenure at UNO after the third or fourth or fifth year of tenure-track service.
4. Annually, every tenure-track faculty member being considered for reappointment and/or promotion and/or tenure will be first evaluated by all tenured and tenure-track faculty members of the Department of History acting together as "the Departmental Advisory Committee." In each case, the mentor of the tenure-track faculty member being evaluated will serve as the chairperson of that member's "Departmental Advisory Committee" and will prepare the written evaluation to accompany the RPT Form submitted by this tenure-track faculty member. This procedure applies in every instance with the exception of a tenure-track faculty member's reappointment to a second year of employment at UNO as described in item 7. below.
5. Those members of the Department of History who are eligible to vote in decisions regarding reappointment, promotion and tenure are all tenured and tenure-track faculty and also faculty on phased retirement.
6. The chairperson of the Department of History is obliged to write an independent evaluation of every tenure-track faculty member being considered for reappointment, promotion, and tenure. The chairperson will in each case endorse the rankings of "the Departmental Advisory Committee" but will write an independent narrative report.
7. To be eligible for consideration for reappointment for a second academic year of service at UNO, a tenure-track faculty member in the Department of History must have demonstrated competence in teaching, research, and service. In this instance, reappointment may be accomplished by means of a positive letter of recommendation from the chairperson of the Department of History to the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. It is understood that the chairperson will write such a letter only after having received the advice and consent of the tenured and tenure-track faculty members in the Department of History.
8. To be eligible for consideration for reappointment for a third or fourth academic year, a tenure-track faculty member must at the very least have demonstrated proficiency in either teaching or research and have shown competency in the handling of all other work. Ordinarily a tenure-track faculty member is expected to accomplish some scholarly publication during the faculty member's first three years of service at UNO.
9. To earn tenure in the UNO Department of History, a tenure-track faculty member must have taught at UNO for the number of years specified in the initial letter of appointment (see item 3 above) and be rated "distinguished" in either teaching or research and "proficient" in each of the remaining two categories in which every tenure-track faculty member must be annually rated. The "notebook" of any faculty member being considered for tenure in the UNO Department of History must include letters of recommendation from at least three established scholars in that faculty member's fields of teaching and historical research.
10. To be eligible for promotion to the rank of Associate Professor in the UNO Department of History, a tenure-track faculty member is expected to have achieved at least "proficiency" in teaching and to have published -- or have had accepted for publication -- either a book published with a university or a commercial press or substantial publication in refereed journals. In every instance, the quality, as well as the quantity, of these scholarly publications will be examined and evaluated. A tenure-track faculty member who has published an equal or greater number of such works while serving at another college or university -- or while serving in a part-time or temporary full-time position at UNO -- will normally be considered for promotion at UNO during the second year of teaching in a tenure-track position at UNO.
11. To be eligible for promotion to the rank of Full Professor in the UNO Department of History, a tenured faculty member is expected to have consistently achieved "proficiency" or better in teaching and to have published one book with a university or a commercial press or substantial publication in refereed journals since having been promoted to Associate Professor.
12. In any aspects of reappointment, promotion, or tenure not specifically mentioned in items 1 through 11 above, the "RPT procedures and standards of the UNO Department of History" will conform to those of the UNO College of Arts & Sciences.
1. All tenure-track faculty members in the UNO Department of History who are being considered for reappointment, promotion, or tenure must complete "the Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Form" (hereinafter "RPT Form") of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and submit that form along with all required supporting documents by the annual deadline established by UNO's Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. In every respect, the "RPT procedures and standards" for tenure-track faculty members in the UNO Department of History conform to the requirements of the current Contract between the UNO Chapter of the AAUP and the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.
2. Every newly appointed tenure-track faculty member of the UNO Department of History will be assigned a mentor from among the tenured faculty members of the Department. Every mentor will periodically meet with the assigned mentoree to provide needed and requested advice and encouragement.
3. Each newly appointed tenure-track faculty member in the Department of History will receive from the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences an initial letter of appointment which will specify the number of years of service required for that faculty member to become eligible for consideration for tenure at UNO. The number of such years will normally not be less than three and never more than six. Newly appointed faculty members who have had several years of full-time teaching experience at other colleges or universities and who have published several scholarly articles or a book may negotiate with the chairperson of the Department of History and with the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences in order to be considered for tenure at UNO after the third or fourth or fifth year of tenure-track service.
4. Annually, every tenure-track faculty member being considered for reappointment and/or promotion and/or tenure will be first evaluated by all tenured and tenure-track faculty members of the Department of History acting together as "the Departmental Advisory Committee." In each case, the mentor of the tenure-track faculty member being evaluated will serve as the chairperson of that member's "Departmental Advisory Committee" and will prepare the written evaluation to accompany the RPT Form submitted by this tenure-track faculty member. This procedure applies in every instance with the exception of a tenure-track faculty member's reappointment to a second year of employment at UNO as described in item 7. below.
5. Those members of the Department of History who are eligible to vote in decisions regarding reappointment, promotion and tenure are all tenured and tenure-track faculty and also faculty on phased retirement.
6. The chairperson of the Department of History is obliged to write an independent evaluation of every tenure-track faculty member being considered for reappointment, promotion, and tenure. The chairperson will in each case endorse the rankings of "the Departmental Advisory Committee" but will write an independent narrative report.
7. To be eligible for consideration for reappointment for a second academic year of service at UNO, a tenure-track faculty member in the Department of History must have demonstrated competence in teaching, research, and service. In this instance, reappointment may be accomplished by means of a positive letter of recommendation from the chairperson of the Department of History to the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. It is understood that the chairperson will write such a letter only after having received the advice and consent of the tenured and tenure-track faculty members in the Department of History.
8. To be eligible for consideration for reappointment for a third or fourth academic year, a tenure-track faculty member must at the very least have demonstrated proficiency in either teaching or research and have shown competency in the handling of all other work. Ordinarily a tenure-track faculty member is expected to accomplish some scholarly publication during the faculty member's first three years of service at UNO.
9. To earn tenure in the UNO Department of History, a tenure-track faculty member must have taught at UNO for the number of years specified in the initial letter of appointment (see item 3 above) and be rated "distinguished" in either teaching or research and "proficient" in each of the remaining two categories in which every tenure-track faculty member must be annually rated. The "notebook" of any faculty member being considered for tenure in the UNO Department of History must include letters of recommendation from at least three established scholars in that faculty member's fields of teaching and historical research.
10. To be eligible for promotion to the rank of Associate Professor in the UNO Department of History, a tenure-track faculty member is expected to have achieved at least "proficiency" in teaching and to have published -- or have had accepted for publication -- either a book published with a university or a commercial press or substantial publication in refereed journals. In every instance, the quality, as well as the quantity, of these scholarly publications will be examined and evaluated. A tenure-track faculty member who has published an equal or greater number of such works while serving at another college or university -- or while serving in a part-time or temporary full-time position at UNO -- will normally be considered for promotion at UNO during the second year of teaching in a tenure-track position at UNO.
11. To be eligible for promotion to the rank of Full Professor in the UNO Department of History, a tenured faculty member is expected to have consistently achieved "proficiency" or better in teaching and to have published one book with a university or a commercial press or substantial publication in refereed journals since having been promoted to Associate Professor.
12. In any aspects of reappointment, promotion, or tenure not specifically mentioned in items 1 through 11 above, the "RPT procedures and standards of the UNO Department of History" will conform to those of the UNO College of Arts & Sciences.
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