Academic Advancement

The decision to retain, grant tenure to, or promote a faculty member is among the most vital that take place in a university. One key measure of the excellence of a university is the quality of its faculty and their scholarly achievements. The policy and procedures for the review and evaluation of faculty are designed to equitably document and assess the performance of individual faculty members, rewarding both excellence and diversity in contribution made to School's and University's goals. In the development of these policies and procedures, the University recognizes the uniqueness of individual faculty members, the schools of which they are a part of and their specific fields of research.

Policies, procedures and forms are based on the UC Merced Academic Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual (MAPP) and University of Calfiornia Academic Personnel Manual (APM) and are designed to assure fairness in the academic personnel review process. The policies and procedures pertaining to review of academic employees may be found below.