Jan 29, 2025  
Fall 2024 Faculty Handbook 
    
Fall 2024 Faculty Handbook
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POLICY 4.10.2 - Evaluation System


All faculty members applying for promotion in rank and/or career faculty contract will undergo a comprehensive evaluation. Application normally may be submitted according to the following schedule.

Promotion to Rank of… Minimum year for application (if granted, to be effective on August 16 the following year)…
Assistant Professor Third year as instructor
Associate Professor Fifth year as assistant professor
Full Professor Fifth year as associate professor
Career Faculty Contract Final year of probationary contract (usually fifth year of full-time employment at Shenandoah University)

The following are examples of the application schedule:

  • An Instructor who has completed two years of full-time employment at Shenandoah University or at another college or university may apply for promotion to Assistant Professor during the third year of employment at Shenandoah University.
  • An Assistant Professor who has completed four years of employment at Shenandoah University may apply for promotion to Associate Professor in the fifth year as an Assistant Professor.
  • A faculty member hired as an Associate Professor who has completed two years of employment as an Associate Professor at another institution and two years as an associate professor at Shenandoah University may apply for promotion to Professor in the fifth combined year as an Associate Professor.
  • A faculty member hired as a Professor who has completed four years of employment at Shenandoah University may apply for career contract in the fifth year as a Professor.




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