WHEREAS, the UW Madison Unclassified Title Guideline states for Category A academic staff titles, “The first three professional prefixes (Associate, No Prefix and Senior) reflect successively greater experience, expertise and applied ability in a particular specialty area”;
WHEREAS, the UW Madison Unclassified Title Guideline further states, “these three prefixes constitute a ‘natural career progression’ track through which professional academic staff might be expected to progress in the area of specialty”; WHEREAS, approximately 11.5% of academic staff members who qualify for promotion review have not been promoted within the suggested time frames;
WHEREAS, approximately 11.5% of academic staff members who qualify for promotion review have not been promoted within the suggested time frames;
WHEREAS, Category B titles have been established with a relationship to faculty titles and do not have the same “natural career progression” concept as Category A titles;
WHEREAS, Category B titles offer more specific criteria on a title-by-title basis to progress in the title prefix;
WHEREAS, while promotions are based on factors such as increased experience, expertise and responsibility and not based on “time in grade,” a review for promotion is a reasonable expectation after an appropriate period of time;
WHEREAS, the UW-Madison has determined the “appropriate” periods of time are one to two years at the Associate prefix and seven years at No Prefix for Category A professional titles; BE IT RESOLVED: The Academic Staff Assembly approves establishing a system of annual promotion reviews of
Amended 14 March 2005
