Category Archives: Getting Promoted

Issues related to the promotion process at Pratt

ARPT FORUM FOR FACULTY, AUGUST 28 (FIRST EVER!)

The UFCT Executive Committee would like to invite you to a discussion/meeting/conference on matters pertaining to: Appointments, Reappointments, Promotions and Tenure (i.e. ARPT, see: article XVI of the CBA). This will take place on Friday, August 28th, from 10:00 to 2:00 on Pratt's Brooklyn campus (actual room TBA as dependent on how many members will [...]
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The Question of Collegiality

Is "collegiality" a valid category in assessing whether a faculty member merits promotion?  This statement from the American Association of University Professors explains in the plainest terms the dangers of separating collegiality out from those criteria traditionally taken into account at most institutions of higher learning: teaching, research, and service.  The statement argues that by [...]
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Getting Evaluated and Promoted: The Basics

The process of evaluating faculty at Pratt for retention and promotion is called the "ARPT" process.  ARPT stands for Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure.  Article XVI of the CBA enumerates the procedures for ARPT. Each department has an ARPT or so-called: "PART", "CART" or [Faculty] ‘Peer Review Committee.' When a faculty member applies for any [...]
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Faculty Actions Update October 11, 2007

From an October 11, 2007 email send by Kye to the membership: Dear Faculty Colleague: The faculty action cycle has begun. For those who are applying for: (1) Reappointment (those full-time faculty on the tenure track), (2) Promotion (part-time and full-time alike applying for a change in rank: Instructor to Assistant, Assistant to Associate, or [...]
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Status Quo, Part 1

Status is one's employment level. Certain rights and/or protections whether implied or actual are associated with one's status. The discussions about visiting status have been illuminating and expansive, and often referenced other issues such as: FT: PT ratios, peer review, evaluation, promotions and/or changes in status. It is clear that all of these considerations are [...]
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