Section II.G: Administrative Positions

Faculty Appointed to Administrative Positions

Faculty members appointed to any administrative position should receive a joint administrative/faculty contract. This contract defines the portion of the faculty member’s time to be devoted to the administrative position and the amount of time to be devoted to teaching, research, and institutional service. The individual retains tenure, rank, and departmental or program affiliation while holding the administrative position. When the faculty member leaves the administrative post, he or she automatically returns to full-time faculty status in the department or program.

Non–Lewis & Clark Faculty Appointed as Administrators

Faculty members from other institutions who are appointed as administrators at Lewis & Clark may wish to retain their instructional faculty status and rank. Such individuals must be reviewed by the chair and tenured members of the department or program that corresponds most closely to the field in which the candidate holds the PhD, or its equivalent. In the Law School, the tenure and rank review shall be conducted by the tenured and tenure-track faculty. These reviewers may or may not recommend faculty status. If faculty status, rank, or departmental participation is recommended, the recommendation must also be approved by the appropriate dean. The letter of initial appointment to the administrator should include information on faculty status, rank, and departmental participation.

The following options exist for administrators seeking faculty status:

• Faculty Status: Department faculty may recommend tenure or tenure-track status. If tenure is recommended, the recommendation must go to the appropriate faculty committee on promotion and tenure and/or other pertinent body of the faculty in accordance with established practice.
• Faculty Rank: The department may not propose a faculty rank lower than the rank held by the individual at the previous institution. This restriction shall not apply at the Law School.
• Faculty Departmental Participation: On the recommendation of the department, or pertinent faculty body, the administrator may teach from time to time. The agreement to teach should also specify other duties such as advising student majors, participating in department meetings with or without vote, and sharing in the selection of department members.

Review of Faculty Holding Joint Faculty/Administrative Appointments

A faculty member who holds a joint faculty/administrative appointment and who continues to
teach may be reviewed both as a faculty member and as an administrator. The individual remains subject to the promotion/tenure review criteria and to salary adjustment review and procedures of the school to which he or she is appointed. The individual is also subject to review as an administrator according to procedures that exist in the relevant administrative area. Any administrative salary increase is independent of any faculty salary increase.