Affiliate and Annually-Appointed Clinical Faculty Promotion
Effective immediately, faculty in clinical-non-salaried, clinical-salaried, and affiliate titles will not be subject to promotion review by provost. Rather, a change in rank will now become a local school/college/campus-level (dean/chancellor) decision that is made through the annual reappointment review.
The goal of this change is to acknowledge and leverage the reappointment process for annually appointed faculty as the appropriate mechanism for assessing qualifications for appointment at rank. Leveraging the existing process will save time and effort while maintaining the substantive value of the school/college/campus review.
With the shift to a reappointment process, the unit is responsible for creating clear local processes and procedures for consideration of a change in rank at reappointment, consistent with attainment of qualifications prescribed in Faculty Code Chapter 24-34. Such procedures should be documented and readily accessible by unit faculty and staff. For clinical and affiliate appointees receiving compensation from the UW, a compensation change can coincide with reappointment. Thus, the traditional 10% salary increase that had been available to these populations upon successful promotion can still occur with a change in rank at reappointment.
OAP is reworking the reappointment process for affiliate and annually-appointed clinical faculty approved for rank and salary changes. Updates and revised web content will be provided closer to reappointment deadlines.