Abstract
Promotion and tenure procedures at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville are presented through university, college, and departmental policies, with particular attention to the Department of Speech and Theatre. The article explains that tenure decisions are initiated by the department head and tenured faculty rather than by formal application, while candidates carry responsibility for providing evidence of teaching, scholarship or creative activity, and service. It outlines policies on probationary periods, consultation with faculty in related units, the relationship between promotion and tenure, and departmental procedures for notification, information gathering, evaluation, voting, and communication of results. Special attention is given to theatre faculty, including documentation of directing, design, creative work, classroom performance, advising, publication, and external evaluation of major productions. The article concludes by noting that creative activity has increasingly been treated comparably to scholarly achievement in promotion and tenure deliberations.
Recommended Citation
Yeomans, G. Allen
(1984)
"Promotion and Tenure Policies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,"
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin: Vol. 50, Article 12.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/aca/vol50/iss1/12
