The Office of the Provost sponsored an information session on promotion and tenure for deans, department heads, and departmental and college P&T committee members on Sept. 7, 2007. The session has been broken down into six podcasts:

Provost Mark McNamee

Provost Mark McNamee's introduction discusses the university's goal of a fair and effective Promotion and Tenure review at all levels, how various issues are considered by the university committee, and the importance of removing some of the "mystery" of the P&T review process for participants.

Length: 7:08 | Download MP3 (6.8 MB)

Provost Mark McNamee and Associate Provost Pat Hyer

Drs. McNamee and Hyer present information regarding the recent Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) survey of Virginia Tech's pre-tenure faculty conducted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Part I Length: 26:17 | Download MP3 (24.6 MB)

Part II Length: 26:16 | Download MP3 (24.6 MB)

Dr. Sam Easterling

Dr. Sam Easterling, member of the Commission on Faculty Affairs, discusses recent policy changes adopted by University Council and the Board of Visitors in 2006-07. These include part-time tenure-track appointments, pre-tenure reviews, annual evaluations, P&T committee composition and related changes, and the new instructor career ladder.

Length: 20:20 | Download MP3 (19.0 MB)

University P&T Committee Panel

Drs. Dick Benson, Charles Bostian, Karen Inzana, and Art Keown discuss how they approach the work of reviewing dossiers at the university level, how they look at dossiers from different disciplines, what aspects of dossier presentation are most critical, what makes it easier for them to draw conclusions, etc. Questions and answers follows in Part II.

Part I Length: 28:17 | Download MP3 (26.5 MB)

Part II Length: 22:15 | Download MP3 (21.4 MB)