Step 3: Movement from Tenure Line to Educator or Research Line

A tenure-line member of the faculty may request appointment to the educator or research line at any time before the individual has exhausted the probationary period and failed to achieve tenure on the tenure line pursuant to the Faculty Handbook. Consideration for appointment to an educator or research line rank will be on the basis of total qualifications.

Tenure track positions are created when a department has demonstrated that a new tenure track position meets the school’s research and education goals and mission and has obtained approval from the EVP to create the position. There are two ways that a research or educator-track faculty member may be considered for a new tenure track position: (1) when there is an open search or (2) when a strategic opportunity has been identified.