Rethinking the Role of Service in Promotion & Tenure: Defining It, Measuring It, and Addressing Inequities: A Podcast Series
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56m
Rethinking the Role of Service in Promotion & Tenure: Defining It, Measuring It, and Addressing Inequities: A Podcast Series
Table of Contents
What is service as it relates to promotion and tenure? Join us as we explore definitions, guidelines, methods of measurement, and equity.
Overview
Service is often a significant part of faculty members’ contributions to the institution and overall workload. Yet, it remains hard to define both what counts as service and how to measure it as part of personnel reviews (e.g., promotion and tenure, post-tenure reviews, merit reviews, term faculty reviews, etc.), and promotion and tenure progress, and reviews. Research has shown that certain faculty, including women and BIPOC faculty, face an additional service burden that can delay their career progression and negatively impact their earning potential.
Despite what seem like more challenges than solutions, many institutions are beginning to think about service differently and are actively seeking to implement changes. The central questions—how to reward service, and how to ensure that the faculty performing service are valued and rewarded—are driving new thinking and approaches to service in promotion and tenure.
This podcast series will bring together examples of innovative and evolving thinking and practices around service as it relates to promotion and tenure, both at the unit and central levels, with the aim of helping to transform existing structures and policies. We’ll center the discussion on practical ways to address:
- Defining service and what counts as service.
- Effectively measuring service as part of major personnel reviews.
- Addressing both inequities and inequities in service loads and making service more transparent.
- Impacts of service on career progression and advancement, especially for faculty from historically marginalized groups.
Who should attend?
This series is designed for central and unit-level faculty affairs leaders, provosts, vice presidents for academic affairs, deans, senate leaders, department heads, and anyone else who may be interested or involved in discussions about reworking faculty promotion and tenure processes, policies, and procedures.
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Ericka Zimmerman
Director of the School of Health Sciences and Professor, Western Carolina University
Donna Garcia, Ph.D.
Director of the Diversity, Equity in Promotion, Hiring, and Tenure (DEPTH) Center and Professor of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB)