Each academic department is required by University Handbook policy to develop department documents containing criteria, standards, and guidelines for promotion, tenure, reappointment, annual evaluation and merit salary allocation. These documents must be approved by a majority vote of the faculty members in the department, by the department head or chair, by the dean concerned, and by the provost.
In addition, each department has developed a set of guidelines describing the minimum-acceptable level of productivity for all applicable areas of responsibility for the faculty, as well as procedures to handle such cases of chronic low achievement. Minimum-acceptable levels of productivity are defined along with a clear explaination as to how the department or unit will determine when a tenured faculty member's low performance in one or more instances fails overall to meet the minimum acceptable level. These guidelines are to be included in the department's evaluation document. The outcome of K-State's Post Tenure Review can be obtained, in PDF format, by clicking on the underlined portion of this sentence.
In accordance with University Handbook policy, provision must be made to review these documents at least once every five years or more frequently if it is determined to be necessary. Dates of revision (or the vote to continue without revision) must appear on the first page of the document.
This site contains the following information for every academic department: Department Mission Statement; Departmental Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment Criteria; Annual Evaluation and Merit Salary Allocation Procedures; Departmental Minimum Standards; Chronic Low Achievement Procedures; and Dates of Revision for Departmental Documents.
To access the above information for a given department, select the appropriate college as listed below.